Education of Dental Health Maintenance Using Paint Application

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Education of dental health maintenance is important for children, because the lack of knowledge of children in maintaining dental health will affect the development of dental health in adulthood. The success of education is influenced, among others, by the media or tools used. AIM: This study aims to determine the effect of education using paint application media on the risk factors for caries. METHODOLOGY: This type of research was a quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test designs. To find out changes in knowledge, a questionnaire was administered. The sample was elementary school students, aged 8–10 years, and the number of samples was 60 people. Data analysis using paired t-test. RESULTS: This study showed that there was a significant effect on the average value obtained from students’ knowledge before and after the intervention using the paint application. The results of this study can be used as a basis for the use of paint applications as a medium for education media of dental health maintenance. CONCLUSION: Education using paint application media has increased students’ knowledge. It was stated that education using paint applications had an effect on increasing students’ knowledge in maintaining dental health. It is hoped that the use of the paint application media will be an alternative in the selection of dental health maintenance educational aids.