Skripsi ini membahas mengenai persepsi ibu terhadap kesehatan gigi mulut dan status kesehatan gigi mulut anak prasekolah. Penelitian ini adalah deskriptif analitik potong lintang. Data persepsi ibu tentang kesehatan gigi dan mulut diambil dengan pengisian kuesioner Hiroshima University Dental Behaviour Inventory (HU-DBI) yang dimodifikasi. Data status kesehatan gigi mulut anak diambil menggunakan oral rating index dan oral debri. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan status kesehatan gigi mulut anak lebih baik dibandingkan dengan ibunya dan ditemukan hubungan yang bermakna antara beberapa persepsi ibu mengenai kebiasaan ibu dalam menjaga kesehatan gigi mulut anaknya dengan status kesehatan gigi mulut anak.

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The focus of this study is maternal perception of oral health and oral health status in preschool children. This research is cross-sectional analytic. Data about maternal perception of oral health was carried out by using Hiroshima University Dental Behaviour Inventory that has been modified. Data about oral health status was carried out by using oral rating index and oral debri. The results showed oral health status of children is better than their mother and found a significant association between some maternal perceptions about taking care their children`s oral health with oral health status of children.