Gambaran Status Kebersihan Mulut Pada Pasien Geriatri Di Puskesmas Sentolo Kabupaten Kulon Progo Yogyakarta

The number of elderly people in Indonesia is increasing every year. Increasing age in the elderly is degenerative resulting in non-communicable diseases such as diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension. DM and treatment of hypertension cause hyposalivation so that the self-cleansing effect is reduced and dental and oral hygiene worsens. The aim of this study was to describe the status of oral hygiene in elderly prolanis participants at Puskesmas Sentolo 1, Kulon Progo. Type of research is descriptive observational with a crosssectional, using a total sampling technique and obtained 88 respondents. The study was conducted on elderly prolanis participants aged ≥60 years at Puskesmas Sentolo 1. The variable measured was the status of dental and oral hygiene with the Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S) instrument. The data obtained is then categorized as good, moderate, or bad and presented in the form of a frequency distribution. The results of the study showed the status of dental and oral hygiene in the good category (0%), moderate category (10.2%) and bad category (89.9%). The male has the most status of bad dental and oral hygiene, the age range 60-69 years with systemic disease hypertension has the most status of bad dental and oral hygiene, the type of work of housewives has the most status of dental hygiene and bad mouth, elementary education level has the most bad dental and oral hygiene status. Most dental and oral hygiene status is in the poor category in the elderly with female sex, age range 60-69 years with systemic hypertension disease, type of housewife job and elementary school level of education.