Erupsi Gigi Sulung pada Anak dengan Riwayat Lahir Prematur, Berat Badan Lahir Rendah

Growth and development of the teeth are parts of growth and development of the body. It is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Prenatal environment might cause premature birth and disturbances of teeth development. The purpose of this research was to find out the time of deciduous teeth eruption in premature born children with low birth weight/LBW. This was a cross-sectional study, conducted in January to June 2009 in Dental Hospital Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Padjadjaran. Subjects were children aged 4–30 months with prematurely born low birth weight and normal birth weight as control. The technique was consecutive admissions; 49 prematurely born LBW children (gestational age 2,500 grams). Deciduous teeth eruption was determinated by the number of erupted teeth. Linear corelation regression analysis and t- student test were used in this research. The results showed that there was a significant correlation between deciduous teeth eruption and age, (p<0.01) and deciduous teeth eruption in prematurely born children with LBW was significantly delayed (p