IDENTIFIKASI KEBERSIHAN MULUT (ORAL HYGIENE) PADA ANAK PENYANDANG TUNAGRAHITA DI SDLB NEGERI KEDUNGKANDANG

Background: Mouth is the first digestive organ in the food digestion process because the main function of the mouth is to digest the food so that the size of the food is small enough to swallow it in the mouth. Tunagrahita (mental retardation) is a child who actually experiences obstacles and underdevelopment in the intellectual development of intellectuals below average so that they have difficulty completing their tasks. The purpose of this study was to identify the oral hygiene situation of mentally retarded children in SDLB Negeri Kedungkandang. Method: The design of this study is descriptive. The study was conducted at SDLB Negeri Kedungkandang on June 18, 2019. Sampling uses intentional sampling techniques, and the number of samples acquired is the 50 children who entered the exclusion criteria. In this study, data analysis is used descriptively. Result: The results of the study on 50 children with mental disabilities obtained results in indicators of oral hygiene with 40 (80%) children in the fairly good category, on indicators of gum health with 32 (64%) children included in the good category, on dental caries indicators with 30 (60 %) children belong to the heavy category. Discussion: Oral hygiene in children with mental retardation in SDLB Negeri Malang shows good results but in the indicator of dental caries that shows an important category caused by one of the factors that likes to eat sweet foods, therefore, children with Mental retardation still need more attention in oral health care and teeth because children with mental retardation can still be taught, but with a more specific focus