Journal Center of Excellent : Health Assistive Technology (CoE)
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): Journal Center of Excellent : Health Assistive Technology

Website-based Dental Health Promotion on Night Tooth Brushing Patterns in Junior High School Students

Lili Kurnia Sari (Department of Dental Health, Polytechnic Health of Tasikmalaya)
Cahyo Nugroho (Department of Dental Health, Polytechnic Health of Tasikmalaya)
Tita Kartika Dewi (Department of Dental Health, Polytechnic Health of Tasikmalaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
21 Mar 2023

Abstract

Background: According to Riskesdas in 2018at the age of 15-24 years the percentage of correct brushing time is still very less, namely 3.3%. Promotive efforts that can be done are through a health website which contains health information about the importance of a night toothbrush that can change the student's toothbrush pattern. Aim: This study was to the effect of promotive health websites on night brushing patterns for junior high school students in Kawalu City, Tasikmalaya. Methods: pre-experimental design with a one group pretest posttest design on 23 students. Promoting the health website was carried out twice with a pretest on filling out the night toothbrush pattern questionnaire. Results: Wilcoxon test obtained the night toothbrush pattern with a value of p = 0.000 (p< 0.05), which means that there is a significant effect of Health website on night brushing patterns for junior high school students in Kawalu, Tasikmalaya city. Conclusion: Website-based dental health promotion is effective in improving night brushing patterns in junior high school students.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jchat

Publisher

Subject

Dentistry Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Journal Center of Excellent : Health Assistive Technology aims to facilitate researchers, especially in the field of health to disseminate the results of his research. And disseminate knowledge to build new knowledge to the general public. This journal contains a script on Health Sciences that ...