HUBUNGAN INTENSITAS RASA SAKIT TERHADAP NAFSU MAKAN PADA PENGGUNA ALAT ORTODONTIK CEKAT

Creation of occlusal relation to achieve good facial aesthetics can be done
through orthodontic treatment. Pain is the problem that often occur during the
procedure of fixed orthodontic treatment. Pain during orthodontic treatment has a
different duration and intensity based on patient 's experience. This study aimed to
determine the relationship between the pain intensity of orthodontic patient with
its effect on their appetite. Appetite is one of thing that is often easily distracted
and easily changed if disorder emerge or disruption in the body. The study is
aimed to know the relation between pain intensity of patient with fixed orthodontic
appliance with an appetite. This study were took palce in dental clinic Asri
Medical Center as one of health care facilites that provide fixed orthodontic
treatment.

Method of this study is analytic survey using a population at the
implementation, due to the inclusion criteria that has been determined is sufficient
to take the population. The intensity of pain was measured using the Visual
Analog Scale (VAS) and appetite were measured using guestionnaires with closed
guestions (closed-ended) dichotomous choice. Data which have been collected
and analyzing using Spearman's rho correlation tesi.

Correlation tesis have been done through the results data of this study
indicated that there was no any correlation of pain intensity on appetite in fixed
orthodontic patient in dental clinic Asri Medical Center Yogyakata. Both
relationship was weak because obtained that r value is 0,20-0,399.

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