| Summary: | Background: The application of fissure sealants is one of the efforts to prevent
the incidence of caries in the pit and fissure in the permanent molar teeth. The
application of fissure sealants at the Dental Health Department Clinics of
Yogyakarta Health Polytechnic has never been evaluated. This research aims to
identify the factors that contribute to the successfull application of fissure sealants
at the Dental Health Department Clinic of Yogyakarta Health Polytechnic.
Research Methods: This is a case study employing a non-experimental
quantitative approach. Subjects were 38 fifth-semester students in Dental Health
Departement in the 2011/2012 academic year. The measuring instrument used was
a questionnaire survey to measure knowledge, the role of the clinical supervisor,
the role of facilities and infrastructure, attitudes, motivation as well as a checklist
to measure skills that contribute to the application of fissure sealants at the Dental
Health Department Clinics. For purposes data analysis, logistic and multiple
regression tests were used.
Research Results: Analysis of the degrees of success in the application of fissure
sealant showed the following results: 68,4% satisfactory, 31,6% broken. The
factors that significantly contributed to the successful application of fissure
sealants were knowledge (p=0,001), skills (p=0,001), the role of the clinical
supervisor (p=0,020), attitudes (p=0,005), and motivation (p=0,005). The factors
that had no significant contribution to the successful application of fissure sealants
were the subjects� of facilities and infrastructure (p=0,151).
Conclusions: 1) The subjects� of facilities and infrastructure do not indicate a
significant influence on the successful application of fissure sealants at the Dental
Health Department Clinics. 2) Increased knowledge and skills, the role of the
clinical supervisor, attitudes and motivation enhance the quality of the application
of fissure sealants. 3) The skills variable makes the greatest contribution, i.e.
21,131% to the successful application of fissure sealants at the Dental Health
Department Clinic of Yogyakarta Health Polytechnic.
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