Smile Card as a Breakthrough to Increase Dental and Oral Hygiene Level in Primary School Students in Jakarta
ABSTRACT
School dental health services are implemented in an integrated manner through primary dental and oral health activities at the Public Health Center with the activities in the form of the School Dental Health Unit (UKGS) program. Various methods are used to achieve maximum dental and oral health, such as promotion and demonstration of toothbrushes for elementary school children. One way to improve children’s behavior in maintaining dental and oral hygiene is by providing dental health education on how to brush teeth properly and correctly by using appropriate and appropriate aids or media. A Smile Card is one of the right methods to change children’s behavior in maintaining dental and oral hygiene. This study aims to determine the effect of Smile Card on the oral and dental health of children. The sample were 150 people divided into groups of intervention and control. The results showed that there were differences in the influence of knowledge and the role of parents in improving dental and oral hygiene between the groups given the Smile Card intervention with the group not given the Smile Card, where p = 0.001 <0.05. It can be concluded that the knowledge and role of parents influence the improvement of children’s oral and dental hygiene.
Keywords: Smile cards, Oral and dental hygiene, Elementary school students
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