Ummi Arifach
Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
Title: The DMF-T Index For The Apprentice Of Sukamiskin’s Youth Correctional Institution in Bandung City
Biography
Biography: Ummi Arifach
Abstract
Caries is one of the most common disease in oral cavity. It could might be happen to anyone and including in this case, The Apprentice of Correctional Institution or Convicted Child. The apprentice of correctional institution is a child below 18 years old which are already convicted by the court to serve out detention in Youth Correctional Institution. The apprentices have the same right as normal kids including health facilities. Their oral health in caries cases can be determined using the DMF-T index.The DMF-T index describes a level of permanent damage or decay. Sampling technique for the DMF-T index is a simple random sampling. The amount of samples decided by Slovin’s Methods for 66 person. The inspection for sampling is being held at Sukamiskin’s Youth Correctional Institution, Bandung City. The outcome of this investigation showed that DMF-T index is 4,83. The D-T component is the biggest contributor of this index with scale of 4,79. Followed by M-T component with scale of 0,03 and F-T component with scale of 0,01. The conclusion of this study is shown that the DMF-T index from Sukamiskin’s Youth Correctional Institution in Bandung City, are classified to high category.