Trial Of Dental Health Care Model (“AGITA”) Towards Increasing Maternal Knowledge And Teeth Brushing Skills Of Children

Abstract

The prevalence of dental caries in children in Indonesia based on Riskes das data in 2018 is 36.4% with an age range of 3-4 years suffering from dental and oral health problems. Untreated dental and oral health problems can lead to infection, pain, and tooth loss that affect a child's quality of life. Maintenance of dental and oral hygiene in children from an early age based on good mother's knowledge is an effort to prevent dental caries in children in the future. Technological developments in the health sector are growing rapidly, so the need for the latest educational media by following the development of the industrial revolution 4.0 so that it can achieve the goal of increasing mother's knowledge and children's brushing skills. This study used Research and Development (R&D) and model trials using one group pre-experimental pretest and post test design. There are 5 stages of research namely 1) information collection, 2) model design, 3) expert validation and revision, 4) product/model trials, 5) product results. The mother and child study subjects was 82 samples, given interventions by applying “AGITA” for 10 days. The “Agita” model contains the stages of mother training, assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Mothers were asked to fill in pre and post test data, mother's bio data, fill in the assessment stage, fill in the diagnosis stage, approve the planning stage, fill in the implementation stage, and fill in the evaluation stage. The data was tested using intra class correlation and Wilcoxon tests. “AGITA” model validation test obtained an average value of 95.1 is categorized very decent (p=0.016), an increase in mother's knowledge (p=0.001), and an increase in children's tooth brushing skills (p=0.001). The application of the toddler dental health care model (“Agita”) is effective for increasing mother's knowledge and child's brushing skills.