Prevalensi Kelainan Jaringan Lunak Rongga Mulut Pada Anak Stunting Di Puskesmas Tanjung Selamat Kabupaten Langkat

Abstract

Stunting is a condition of failure to achieve physical development measured by height for age with a Z-Score value below -2 SD. Malnutrition is the main factor causing stunting and stunted children have a high risk of disease and soft tissue disorders of the oral cavity. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of stunting children with oral soft tissue disorders and the prevalence of types of oral soft tissue disorders and the prevalence of oral soft tissue disorders based on the stunting category at Tanjung Selamat Health Center. This type of research is descriptive with a cross sectional approach, the number of research samples is 106 children and selected by purposive sampling method. The results showed that there were 39 stunting children with oral cavity soft tissue abnormalities (36.8%), while 67 people (63.2%). Soft tissue abnormalities of the oral cavity in stunting children at the Tanjung Selamat Health Center, namely oral thrush 23 people (59.0%) namely 11 children in the short category and 12 children in the very short category, angular cheilitis 10 people (25.6%) namely 7 short categories and 3 very short categories and 6 people (15.4%) atrophic glossitis only in the short category. Based on the results of the study, it was concluded that in the oral cavity of stunted children, soft tissue abnormalities were found in the oral cavity, namely oral thrush, angular cheilitis, and atrophic glossitis. Oral thrush is the most common disorder in stunting children.