The effectiveness of counseling using videos with demonstrations of dental brushing on improving dental health knowledge of students of SDN 3 Sila in the region remote, disadvantaged by borders and islands (DTPK)

Abstract

Background: Dental caries is still one of the maximums not unusualplace preventable persistent illnesses in children. Likewise, children at SDN 3 SILA in the Remote, Disadvantaged, Border and Archipelago (DTPK) areas also have the same right to obtain optimal degrees of oral health. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of counseling using videos accompanied by demonstrations of brushing teeth to increase dental health knowledge of students at SDN 3 Sila in the DTPK area, Bima Regency, NTB, Indonesia. Material and Methods: This form of studies makes use of a quantitative descriptive approach with a cross sectional approach. The college students who had been sampled on this examine had been magnificence V college students with a complete of 24 people. Education is carried out using a learning approach using educational videos and after that a demonstration of brushing teeth is carried out. Evaluation will be carried out using a pretest and post-test design. analysis test used paired sample t-test with 95% confidence level and processed using IBM SPSS 21. Results: statistical test paired sample t-test before and after being given counseling showed an increase in students' knowledge and skills (p<0.05). Conclusion: providing counseling using video media accompanied by a demonstration of brushing teeth can increase students' knowledge so that it can be an effort to improve dental and oral hygiene for elementary school students who live in remote, remote, and island areas (DTPK).