Prevalence of medically compromised children regarding dental caries and treatment needs in Wahidin Sudirohusodo hospital

The main problem of oral cavity among children in indonesia is dental caries. risk of caries on children with systemic diseases will be different with children without systemic diseases. children with high caries risk should be given special care by doing intensive treatment to remove caries or decrease the caries risk. to determine the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs among medically compromised children in wahidin sudirohusodo hospital. cross-sectional study and descriptive-observational approache. a total of 53 patients of wahidin sudirohusodo hospital were included in this study as a sample of accidental sampling method. caries status of patientsmeasure using dmf-t index,and treatment need status measure (using tni/utn index) were recorded by clinical observation. prevalence of dental caries among medically compromised children,in this cases is thalassemia diseases,is high (57,1%) with caries status is poor (based on who scores) and treatment needs status is moderate which need restoration treament about one or two surfaces. there is a relationship between caries prevalence and systemic diseases.