GAMBARAN PERILAKU KESEHATAN GIGI DAN MULUT PESERTA PROGRAM KELAS IBU HAMIL

Background: oral health is part of health case because a good oral care will support the general health of pregnant women. Each health care personnel have an important role to support the pregnant women to check their oral health condition to dental health care facilities. This is because the behavior of the pregnant women to control their oral health during pregnancy is still relatively low. Therefore planned classroom teaching methods pregnant women.Methods: Observational descriptive cross sectional study. Techniques of collecting data using questionnaires, the samples were 72 people who fit the criteria of inclusion and exclusion that has been determined. The data obtained are then processed using SPSS version 22.0. Result: in this study, have had bleeding gums during pregnancy is 59.7%. Then, there is 73.6% has never been to a dentist or other dental health service to control and clean their teeth during pregnancy. Conclusion: oral health behavior of pregnant women which include brushing frequency is twice a day or more. In case of using dental floss and use mouthwash was never. Handling of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy is rinse with water. Many respondents have not received information about oral health during pregnancy and never made a visit to the dentist