Pengetahuan Remaja Mengenai Upaya Penurunan Hipersensitivitas Dentin Terhadap Minuman Dingin

Hypersensitivity of dentine is a common dental and oral health problem. Dentine hypersensitivity occurs because the exposure of dentine due to erosion caused by the enamel demineralization process. Mild tooth erosion known as dentine hypersensitivity, that is signed by a sensation of pain because of thermal stimulation. Cold drinks is one of the drinks that can cause enamel demineralization. Teenager is one of the most population that consuming cold drinks. The purpose of this study is to know the teenager's knowledge about prevention and treatment of dentine hypersensitivity. This research type is qualitative research, with number of research subject is 25 person. Data collection was done by division of questionnaire to research subjects. From the results of 25 subjects, 18 subjects suffered dentine hypersensitivity after being exposed cold drinks. The results also showed that only 10 people know about hypersensitivity but most of subject know about prevention and treatment of hypersensitivity dentine. Based on this study concluded that most research subjects can resolve their dentine hypersensitivity after being exposed cold drinks.