International Journal of Advanced Health Science and Technology
Vol. 5 No. 3 (2025): June

Knowledge of Maintaining Dental and Oral Hygiene Using Grodio Dental Box Media for Blind Students in III-VI Grades at SLB A YPAB Surabaya

Fidinova Ika Putri Sang'adji (Departement of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Silvia Prasetyowati (Departement of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Sunomo Hadi (Departement of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Ida Chairanna Mahirawatie (Departement of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Jun 2025

Abstract

Maintaining dental and oral hygiene is something important to do, especially for children with special needs such as blind people. However, blind children often find it difficult when they want to get information about maintaining dental and oral hygiene. The oral hygiene status of blind students is categorized as poor. This study was conducted to assess whether there are significant differences in knowledge regarding oral hygiene maintenance before and after counseling using the Grodio Dental Box media. This research uses a Quasi Experiment type of research: One-Group Pretest-Prosttest. The population in this study were 20 blind students. The data collection instrument used was a questionnaire sheet which was distributed before and after the counseling. The data analysis technique was tested using the SPSS data processing application with the Wilcoxon Test. The results of data analysis in this study using the Wilcoxon test showed that the Asymp Sig (2-tailed) value was 0.001 < 0.05, indicating that there is a difference in knowledge of dental and oral hygiene maintenance before and after using Grodio Dental Box media among blind students in grades III-VI at SLB A YPAB Surabaya. The level of knowledge of blind students after using Grodio Dental Box media is in the good category

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijahst

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Subject

Electrical & Electronics Engineering Health Professions Nursing Public Health

Description

International Journal of Advanced Health Science and Technology (IJAHST) publishes peer-reviewed, original research and review articles in an open-access format. Accepted articles span the full extent of the Public Health, Environmental Health, Nursing, Oral and Dental Health, Midwifery, Nutrition, ...