Abstract:
Background: The most common disease in society is dental problems. People often care less about oral health. Dental hard tissue disease is considered as a mild disease, not contagious and not life-threatening, so people will visit the dentist if they feel disturbed, especially in terms of mastication, swallowing and speaking. Dental hard tissue diseases in conservative dentistry that often causes problems are reversible pulpitis, irreversible pulpitis, and pulp necrosis. Until now, there are no definitive data on the prevalence of dental hard tissue disease in conservative dentistry in Indonesia, as well as data on the prevalence of dental hard tissue disease in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. Purpose: To find out the prevalence of hard tissue disease in conservative dentistry in patients who came to Gusti Hasan Aman Dental Hospital, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan in 2015-2018. Methods: This research was a descriptive study through a retrospective study. Samples in this study were taken by purposive sampling method, totaling 11,480 medical records of patients who came to the Conservative Dentistry Department at Gusti Hasan Aman Dental Hospital Banjarmasin in 2015-2018. Results: The data obtained showed the prevalence of reversible pulpitis as many as 6,700 (59%), irreversible pulpitis as many as 1,291 (11%), pulp necrosis of 3,234 people (28%), and others as many as 255 people (2%). Conclusion: The highest prevalence of dental hard tissue disease in the Conservative Dentistry Department of Gusti Hasan Aman Dental Hospital in 2015-2018 is reversible pulpitis, followed by pulp necrosis, and irreversible pulpitis.
