Harun Achmad, Dian Eka K, Stefani Wijaya
This study aimed to describe the prevalence of dental caries and malrelation of anterior teeth of Down’s syndrome
children in the city of Makassar. The samples were 46 Down's syndrome children who attended schools for
handicapped children or Sekolah Luar Biasa (SLB), namely SLB-C Pembina Tingkat Provinsi, SLB-C Catholic
Rajawali, SLB-D YPAC, and SLB Prima Karya Antang, selected by purposive sampling technique. Each sample was
examined clinically by crossed-sectional approach. Condition of caries was recorded with the DMF-T index. Clinical
observation of anterior teeth including anterior openbite, crossbite, edge to edge, labioversion, crowded was also done.
The results show that the prevalence of dental caries among the Down’s syndrome children in Makassar is 82.6%, the
mean of DMF-T scores is 3.69. According to the interpretation of the WHO, this belongs to moderate category. The
most significant relation is labioversion as with 28.27%. Our results show that Down’s syndrome children in Makassar
have a high prevalence dental caries, with the most significant malrelation is labioversion.