The Relationship between Stunting and Tooth Eruption of Primary School Children at Tuah Negeri Sub-district, Musi Rawas District, South Sumatera Province, Indonesia

mohammad, zulkarnaian (2022) The Relationship between Stunting and Tooth Eruption of Primary School Children at Tuah Negeri Sub-district, Musi Rawas District, South Sumatera Province, Indonesia. Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 10 (E). pp. 238-242. ISSN 1857-9655

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Stunting is a condition where the body height is shorter than normal, unproportioned to the child age, caused by lack of nutrition, and/or caused by repeated disease in a long time period since the development of fetus until the first 2 years of life. The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System states that calcium, phosphorus, Vitamin C, and Vitamin D intake are extremely important so that lack of those nutrients can prohibit body growth and tooth development and eruption. Tuah Negri Sub-district at Musi Rawas District, South Sumatra Province, Indonesia is one of sub-district in Indonesia with high prevalence of stunting event. AIM: This research was performed to show that there is a relationship between stunting and tooth eruption of primary school children at Tuah Negeri Sub-district, Musi Rawas District, South Sumatera Province, Indonesia. METHODS: The research employed a quantitative research design with a cross-sectional analytical survey method. Nutritional status was examined anthropometrically to identify stunting event. Tooth examination was performed among 94 students of five purposively selective primary schools based on their high prevalence of stunting cases. The results were then put into the odontogram. RESULTS: The results of the study showed that there were 31 children with stunting (33.0%), which is higher than the national data, and 21 of those with the stunting (67.7%) were identified as having delayed tooth eruption. Statistical examination using Chi-squared test showed that the proportion of children with delayed tooth eruption was significantly higher among children with stunting compared to those without stunting, with p = 0.034 and odds ratio 2.63 (95% C.I. = 1.7–6.5). CONCLUSION: There is an association between stunting and tooth eruption of primary school children at Tuah Negeri Sub-district, Musi Rawas District, South Sumatera Province, Indonesia. Children with stunting have 2.63 times higher possibility to experience delayed tooth eruption compared with those without stunting.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R5-920 Medicine (General)
Divisions:	04-Faculty of Medicine > 11201-Medicine (S1)
Depositing User:	Dr Zulkarnain Mohammad
Date Deposited:	04 May 2023 10:38
Last Modified:	04 May 2023 10:38
URI:	http://repository.unsri.ac.id/id/eprint/98938

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