CORRELATION OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE ON THE USE OF MEDICINE FOR TOOTH PAIN IN THE WORKING AREA OF THE ASAM-ASAM HEALTH CENTER

Abstract

Toothache is a disease that usually attacks the pulp tissue or the tissue around the teeth. Toothache can be caused by stimulating activities on the teeth and can also appear spontaneously, causing inflammation of the dental pulp. The correct handling of toothache complains is by using the right medicationneeded. To analyze the correlation between public knowledge and the use of drugs for toothache in the working area of the Asam- Asam Public Health Center. This research use analytic observational with cross sectional design and sampling technique using purposive sampling. The data collection instrument used a questionnaire google form. Based on research results from respondents knowledge in the category good as many as 16 people (24%), enough as many as 37 people (56%) and less as many as 13 people (20%). The results of the use of drugs for toothache in all respondents is irrational. Spearman rho test results obtained a significance value of 0.000<0.05, the correlation coefficient is 0.681 and the direction of correlation is positive. It shows that there is a correlation between public knowledge of the use of medicine for toothache. Based on the results of research that has been carried out, public knowledge relates to the rational use of drugs for toothache. The need for information and education related to the use of drugs for tootchache rationally