The improvement of quality health service has become a national and global main
issue in the health development. This is due to great demand of service in health
organization to provide optimum service health. The effort of improving quality
health service consists of health organization and health professionals. This study
aimed to describe patient satisfaction of service quality of health professional in
dental clinic of RSUP Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Makassar. The samples of this
descriptive survey study were patients of the hospital who fulfill criteria of
inclusion. Intake of samples by purpose, and sample size was 85 people. Patient
satisfaction was determined using RATER dimensions -reliability, assurance,
tangible, empathy and responsiveness. Service quality, which was assessed based
on average of percentage of patient answers, is considered good if satisfaction is ≥
60% and bad if satisfaction is ≤ 60%. The results show that the reliability,
assurance, tangible, empathy, and responsiveness of health officer, are 82.4%,
76.5%, 89.4%, 87.1%, and 78.8% respectively. The study concludes that service
quality of the dental clinic in 2007 was good.

Edentulous state causes disorders in chewing, esthetic, phonetic, temporomandibular
joint, and the vinicity tissue. As dental students, they must have to replace their teeth
with denture. This study aimed to know the reason why dental students of Hasanuddin
University didn’t use denture. This descriptive study involved 30 samples based on
purposive sampling technique. Data was obtained from questionnaire and
examination of oral cavity. The result showed that 23 samples wanted to use denture,
and 26 samples said that the denture was necessary. The reasons of not using denture
were as follows: no time, not disturbed, expensive, fear, and just for orthodontic
treatment. It can be concluded that most respondents had known the importance of
using denture. However, the behavior of using denture had not yet existed because of
external and internal factor. For that, it is suggested to socialize the imprtance of
using denture.

The digital era has transformed the manner in which scientific material is presented
to dental professional. With recent technological advances, speakers presenting
information have greater options to deliver their materials. Most notably, speakers
are able to use media to assist and enhance presentations. Recent technology of
presentations with software such as PowerPoint has becoming popular lately, because
this software has many advantages, such as the ability to incorporate graphics, text
and sound in a multimedia files. An effective presentation is when your audience can
easily grasp the ideas you are trying to get across. In scientific presentations
engaging and clear visuals complement the speaker role of translating and
communicating information. Scientific presentation with projecting images and test
stimulates audience attention and retention. The purpose of this article is to provide
key points on in focus in the delivery of presentation, and to maximize its effectiveness
by using the benefit of electronic digital media.

This study was aimed to determine the periodontal treatment needs of teenagers in
Kabupaten Sinjai. The study samples consisted of 306 subjects, age range between
15-20 years old, consisted 121 males and 185 females. Samples were selected through
stratified random sampling from two different senior high schools in Sinjai. Flat
dental mirror and CPITN probes were used in this study. Periodontal condition was
evaluated using CPITN. The severity and prevalence of periodontal disease, as well
as its frequency distribution were evaluated and reported according to gender, age,
frequency of dental brushing, and sample’s bad habit. In this study, only 11.8% of
subjects demonstrated a healthy periodontal status. Bleeding was noted in 4.6% of
subjects and calculus had the highest score (70.3%). Shallow and deep pockets were
found in 12.7% and 0.3% of the population studied, respectively. Hence, 11.8% of
subjects didn’t need periodontal treatment. Oral hygiene instruction, through
demonstration, instruction, etc, was needed by 33.7% of subjects. Scaling and oral
hygiene instruction was needed by 77.3%. Then, 12.7% of subjects needed scaling
and oral hygiene care. And 0.3% needed scaling, root planning and oral hygiene
instruction. Scaling and oral hygiene instruction is the most needed periodontal
treatment of teenagers in Sinjai.