Abstract

Abstract Background: Poor oral circumstances in children will disrupt the function and activity of the oral cavity, thus affecting the nutritional status and the impact on quality of life. More than 50 million school hours lost per year due to gum disease, which will affect the performance of children in school and later life success. The Objective: This study aims to develop and implement the information system of oral health and prevention of oral disease as part of health promotion activities in Indonesian schools to implement the dental health program known as Unit Kesehatan Gigi Sekolah (UKGS) or School Health Dental Unit. Method: This type of research is qualitative by design System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), through the planning stage and the analysis, design and design, system implementation, implementation and system maintenance. Data were analyzed using content analysis and system test. Result: Based on the information needs of the program, applications of UKGS have four roles of users, consisting of 1) Ministry of health has a role to see all data contained in Indonesia, 2 Provincial Health Department has a role to look at all data provided in the coverage area of the provinces 3) Health Department has a position to see all data contained in the related city area coverage, 4) Health Center has a role to look at all data provided in the relevant health centers coverage. Conclusion: The system is robust enough to do the monitoring and evaluation of UKGS activities. Keywords: Information Systems, UKGS, users

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