Abstract:
Calculus and dental caries are tooth tissue damages caused by the bacterium
Streptococcus mutans and plaque substances. Those are giving disturbance for
someone’s living value. Students of Medical Faculty of Riau University (FK UR) had
not a particular topic of dental health in the competency-based curriculum system
(KBK). This research was to determine the knowledge and attitudes of preclinical
Medicine students of Riau University on calculus and dental caries and also dental care
knowledge. This was a descriptive research with 216 respondents. Respondents were
divided into 54 respondents in each grade. Sample were taken by stratified random
sampling based on the Slovin’s formula. Each respondent was asked to complete
questionnaires about their knowledge and attitudes. The questionnaires prepared by
researcher and had been tested the validity and reliability (Cronbach's alpha 0.67). The
results in this research showed that 87.5% of preclinical students had good knowledge
level and 61.1% had moderate attitudes about calculus and dental caries, 92.6% had
good knowledge and 67.1% moderate of attitudes level of about dental care.in this
research founded 0,5% respondents who had bad attitude about calculus and caries.
