CORRELATION OF PREGNANCY STAGE AND GINGIVA STATUS OF PREGNANT WOMAN WHO VISITED PUSKESMAS SIHEPENG MANDAILING NATAL

Abstract

Pregnancy causes hormonal changes that will affect the oral health of pregnant women. Hormonal changes cause the gingiva to become more sensitive to toxins or irritants which results in inflammation of the gums or gingivitis during pregnancy, namely pregnancy gingivitis. Gum disease in pregnant women begins in the second trimester of pregnancy. This gum disease condition reaches its most extreme stage in the third trimester of pregnancy at the age of eight months. Increasing gestational age has a significant effect on periodontal tissue damage.

This type of research was analytical research with a cross-sectional research design. The aim was to determine the relationship between gestational age and gingival status in 40 pregnant women visiting the Sihepeng Community Health Center, Mandailing Natal Regency. Examination of the oral hygiene of pregnant women is determined by examining the gingival status using the Gingival Index (GI). The results of the analysis using cross-tabulation showed that the gestational age and gingival status of the respondents were the highest in the third trimester with severe gingival status, 13 respondents, and the lowest was in the first trimester, with moderate gingival status, 1 respondent. The results of the analysis using Pearson correlation showed the correlation between gestational age and gingival status in pregnant women with a significant value (p-value) of 0.000 and sig-a of 0.05, thus showing the p-value results are smaller than sig-a. So Ha (both variables have a significant relationship) or accepted, namely p-value (0.000) < sig-a (0.05), There was a significant correlation between gestational age and gingival status in pregnant women at the Sihepeng Community Health Center, Mandailing Natal Regency.