The Improvement of Oral Hygiene and Knowledge Through Dental Health E-Book Program for Elementary School Students

Abstract

Abstract Riskesdas 2018 shows that the highest percentage of dental problems in Indonesia is dental caries (45.3%). The provision of dental health services in school is UKGS. Counseling methods and tooth-brushing demonstrations to promote dental health are routinely carried out for elementary school students. This method is used to change the behavior of maintaining dental health by brushing teeth properly and correctly. With current technological developments, Android use become common in learning activities. Android applications can be media favored by children. The educational program named “e-book dental and oral health maintain” with an android application is an innovative way to increase the behavior of maintaining dental and oral hygiene in children. The research objective was to determine the effect of e-book program with an android application on the maintenance of dental health in children, so do the role of parents. The sample consisted of 100 students of 5th grade elementary school. The increase of knowledge and the role of parents in improving dental health was significantly different between before and after the intervention, where p-value = 0.001. The research concluded that the knowledge and parent role, is vital in improving children’s dental health.