PERBEDAAN STATUS ERUPSI GIGI MOLAR PERTAMA DAN INSISIVUS CENTRALIS PERMANEN RAHANG BAWAH ANTARA ANAK LAKI-LAKI DAN PEREMPUAN USIA 6-7 TAHUN

Tooth eruption is the process of teeth emerge through the soft tissues and mucosa of the oral cavity, in contact with teeth of the opposite arch. Genders factor is one of the causes of the difference in a time of tooth eruption, causing the rapid and slow eruption of teeth between the two genders. 6-7 years old is the age permanent teeth erupt or also known as the mixed dentition period. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in the eruption status of first molars and mandibular permanent central incisors between boys and girls aged 6-7 years. This study was a cross-sectional study. The number of subjects in this study were 82 subjects, consisting of 41 male and 41 female subjects. The determination of the eruption status of permanent teeth was carry out by scoring each tooth of 16, 26, 36, 46, 31, and 41. Mann Whitney test were used to analyze the data in this study. The results of this study showed that 36 and 46, had significance values of 0.000 (p<0.05) and 16 had a significance value of 0.010 (p<0.05), these means that there was a difference in the tooth eruption status between boys and girls aged 6-7 years. Different results were shown in 26, 31, and 41 with a significance value of 0.065 (p>0.05) in 26; 0.090 (p>0.05) in 31; and 0.143 (p>0.05) in 41 which were showed that there was no difference in the tooth eruption status between boys and girls aged 6-7 years. The conclusion of this study was there were differences in the tooth eruption status of the maxillary right first molar, mandibular right first molar, and mandibular left first molar between boys and girls aged 6-7 years. There were no differences in the tooth eruption status of maxillary left first molar, mandibular right central incisor, and mandibular left central incisor between boys and girls aged 6-7 years