HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN RESPONDEN DENGAN PEMILIHAN OPERATOR SELAIN DOKTER GIGI DITINJAU DARI BAHAYA PEMASANGAN ALAT ORTODONTIK

Abstract

Background: Orthodontic treatment is increasingly in demand by the public. Orthodontic treatment
performed by an operator other than dentists who are competent if it’s not appropriate with properly
maintenance procedures will cause adverse impacts. Purpose: The objectives of this study are knowing the
respondent’s level of knowledge about bad impacts of orthodontic mounting and knowing the correlation
between respondent’s level of knowledge with operator choice beside dentist. Method: This study was an
observational analytical with cross sectional approach. This study was done to 30 students of SMAN 2
Banjarmasin. Result: When the study and analyze data were done, the result was most of respondent have level
of knowledge in good category, they were 24 students (80%), Conclusion : There is correlation between
respondent’s level of knowledge with operator choice based on bad impacts of orthodontic mounting.
Keywords : Level of Knowledge, Operator Choice, Bad Impacts of Orthodontic Mounting