PENGARUH POSTER CARA MENYIKAT GIGI TERHADAP SKOR PLAK REMAJA SMP USIA 13-15 TAHUN (Kajian di Pondok Pesantren Ibnul Qoyyim, Yogyakarta)

• Main Authors: , RIS DIANA PRIMA ESTI, , drg. Hendrawati, M.Kes.
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2013
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/126701/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=66930
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

Oral health is a fundamental part of general health as well as the effect on well-being. The most commonly recommended way of oral hygiene care was tooth brushing. With regular tooth brushing, plaque-related diseases such as caries and periodontitis can be controlled. Adolescents were known to be very susceptible toward plaque-related disease due to the incomprehension of the right procedure of oral hygiene. How to brush teeth poster contain about the right way of brushing teeth. Adolescents aged 13-15 years had a great ability to absorb and utilize knowledge. This study aimed to determine the effect of how to brush teeth poster in decreasing plaque score in Adolescents aged 13-15 years. This study used a quasi - experimental method. Subjects were 30 students of Pondok Pesantren Ibnul Qoyyim Yogyakarta aged 13-15 years that were randomly selected. How to brush teeth poster were posted in each bathroom. In period of 21 days, the subjects were looking at the poster while brushing teeth. Data obtained from plaque score day 0, day 7, day 14 and day 21 after treatment. Data were analyzed using Friedman test . The result showed mean plaque score at day 21 was lower (80,03%) compared to the mean plaque score on day 0 (90,05%). Based on the analysis of the Friedman test that there was a significant difference of plaque score decline between day 0 with plaque score day 21 in Adolescents aged 13-15 years (p<0.05). The conclusion of this study was that how to brush teeth poster had an effect in decreasing plaque score in Adolescents aged 13-15 years.