TOOTH FILLING MOTIVATION WITH THE ACHIEVEMENT OF PERFORMANCE TREATMENT INDEX (PTI) OF ELDERLY PATIENTS IN THE DENTAL CLINIC (STUDY AT SINGOTRUNAN BANYUWANGI HEALTH CENTER)

Abstract

ABSTRACT. Oral health in the elderly is very important as it is closely related to overall health. The
elderly are expected to have at least 20 functioning teeth. One of the efforts to maintain elderly
teeth is to fill in cavities. Problems In elderly patients at the dental clinic Singotrunan Banyuwangi
Health Center, the results of the calculation of PTI achievement were 12%, this percentage is lower
than the PTI target of 50%. This shows that the problem in this study is the low PTI achievement of
elderly patients. Objectives This study aims to determine the relationship between tooth filling
motivation and PTI achievements of elderly patients in the dental clinic of Singotrunan Banyuwangi
Health Center. Methods The type of research used is cross sectional analytic. The target of this study
were elderly patients in the dental clinic from January 2023-February 2023 with sampling techniques
using non-random sampling using accidental sampling method. The data collection instruments used
were questionnaire sheets and DMF-T examination sheets. The data analysis technique used was the
Spearman Rank test. Results The results showed that the value of Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.04 < α 0.05.
Conclusion It can be concluded that there is a relationship between tooth filling motivation and PTI
achievement of elderly patients in the dental clinic of Singotrunan Banyuwangi Health Center.
Keywords: dental filling motivation, performance treatment index (PTI), elderly, dental clinic