Gambaran Sikap Guru SMA Negeri 1 Kakas terhadap Karies Gigi

Abstract: Dental caries if not prevented or treated early will affect one's health and activities. Attitudes towards caries must be seen as a preventive and careful step to ensure dental health conditions, such as checking caries to the dentist, brushing teeth regularly and regularly. Attitude factors play an important role in influencing the status of dental and oral health. Education or knowledge of teachers does not necessarily shape or encourage teachers to be consistent with what is believed to be norms, rules, ideas, habits in behavior patterns, as well as attitudes about caries. This study aimed to obtain the overview of teachers' attitude towards dental caries at SMA Negeri 1 Kakas. This was a descriptive study with a cross sectional design. Samples were teachers at SMA Negeri 1 Kakas who were willing to be respondents, obtained by using total sampling method. Instrument study was questionnaire using the Likert scale. The results showed that there were 47 teachers (94%) with very positive attitude, and three teachers (6%) with positive attitude. There were no teachers with negative and very negative attitude. In conclusion, the attitude of teachers of SMA Negeri 1 Kakas towards dental caries was classified as very positive. Keywords: teachers’ attitude; dental caries; education; knowledge    Abstrak: Karies gigi yang tidak dicegah atau tidak ditangani sejak dini akan berpengaruh terhadap kesehatan tubuh dan aktivitas seseorang. Sikap terhadap karies harus dilihat sebagai suatu langkah preventif dan cermat untuk memastikan kondisi kesehatan gigi, seperti memeriksakan karies ke dokter gigi, menyikat gigi secara rutin dan teratur. Faktor sikap sangat berperan penting dalam memengaruhi status kesehatan gigi dan mulut. Pendidikan atau pengetahuan yang diperoleh guru tidak serta merta membentuk atau mendorong guru untuk bersikap konsisten terhadap apa yang diyakini, demikian juga sikap tentang karies. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran sikap guru terhadap karies gigi di SMA Negeri 1 Kakas. Jenis penelitian ialah deskriptif dengan desain potong lintang. Sampel penelitian yaitu guru di SMA Negeri 1 Kakas yang bersedia menjadi responden. Pengambilan sampel mengunakan metode total sampling. Instrumen penelitian berupa angket atau kuesioner dengan menggunakan skala Likert. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan subjek dengan kategori sikap sangat positif sebanyak 47 guru (94%), sikap positif sebanyak tiga guru (6%); tidak ditemukan guru dengan kategori sikap negatif dan sikap sangat negatif. Simpulan penelitian ini ialah sikap guru SMA Negeri 1 Kakas terhadap karies gigi tergolong sangat positif. Kata kunci: sikap guru; karies gigi; pendidikan; pengetahuan