Distribusi frekuensi stomatitis aftosa pada pelajar wanita sekolah menengah tingkat pertama: Di Pesantren Putri As-Syafi’iyyah Jakarta periode 15 april 2001 - 15 mei 2001
S tomatitis aftosa adalah penyakit mulut yang sering dijumpai di masyarakat,dan dapat menyerang semua umur. Dari data penelitian yang dilakukan diIndonesia maupun di luar negeri, menemukan stomatitis aftosa lebih banyakpada wanita dibanding pria. Prevalensi tertinggi ditempati oleh pelajar danmahasiswa. Stomatitis aftosa tipe minor sering terjadi dibanding stomatitisaftosa tipe mayor dan herpetiform. Pada penelitian yang dilakukan terhadappelajar wanita SMP di Pesantren Putri As-syafi’iyyah Jakarta, ditemukanstomatitis aftosa sebanyak (6,8%) dengan tipe minor. Lesi stomatitis aftosaterbanyak ditemukan pada mukosa labial (41,67%). Terdapatnya perbedaanhasil penelitian ini dengan peneliti lainnya mungkin disebabkan olehperbedaan tempat penelitian, jumlah populasi yang diteliti dan kriteria yangdigunakan dalam operasional penelitian.
A pthous stomatitis is a kind of oral diseases that often meet incommunity live and can attack people in all of age level. From the data ofvarious observation conducted by reseachers in Indonesia and foreigncountries, have been found out evidences that the number of female patientsaffected by Apthous stomatitis was higher than male. The higgest prevalenceof Apthous stomatitis disease was detected on the student groups. The minortype of Apthous stomatitis cases were mostly identified than the major type orherpetiform. The observation was carried out to all female students of JuniorHigh School at As-syafi’iyyah Islamic Boarding School Jakarta, find outinformation about 6,8 percent of the total number of students suffering minortype of Apthous stomatitis. The Apthous stomatitis lesions were mostly foundon the labial mucosa area, approximatety 41,67 percent. The distinction ofthis observation result with another observer’s result may be caused bydifferent place, number of population, and operational criteria that have beenused in observation.