Relationship between level of parents education with oral hygiene status street children

Level of education is education that has taken. level of formal education consisted of basic, secondary, higher education. According to a study that the level of parental education will determine how the parents in guiding and directing his child. Attitudes are formed on each individual in formal education will vary among primary school graduates, junior high school, high school and college. Education is the second largest after the socio-economic factors that influence health status. Cases of oral disease is more common in children of low socioeconomic families, single parents or parents with low education levels. Aim of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship with the parents' education level dental and oral hygiene status of street children. The research used observational analytic study with cross-sectional design. The total sample of 113 street children. OHI-S examination on street children and the provision of education questionnaire on their parents. From result of research, parents who do not have the education to have children with the percentage of dental hygiene and poor oral highest of 79.4%. The results of the analysis using the chi-square indicates P