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

Knowledge about Maintaining Dental and Oral Hygiene with Dents in the Box Media for Deaf Students in 4-6 Grades at SLB B Karya Mulia Surabaya

Izzakiya Chalida Zain (Department of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Silvia Prasetyowati (Department of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Sri Hidayati (Department of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia)
Bambang Hadi Sugito (Department of Dental Health, Poltekkes Kemenkes Surabaya, Surabaya, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Jun 2025

Abstract

Maintaining oral and dental hygiene is an important thing for the whole community, especially for vulnerable groups such as deaf children. However, deaf children have difficulty receiving and absorbing information about maintaining oral hygiene due to hearing impairments, which affects their level of understanding. Deaf children have a condition of debris index status in the poor category. This study aims to determine differences in knowledge about maintaining dental and oral hygiene before and after using Dents in the Box media among deaf students in 4-6 grades at SLB B Karya Mulia Surabaya. This research uses a Quasi Experimental type of research: One-Group Pretest-Posttest Group Design with a target number of 28 deaf students. Pre-test and post-test data were collected through questionnaire sheet instruments. The data analysis technique uses the Wilcoxon Test. The results of this study show that there is a difference in knowledge about maintaining dental and oral hygiene before and after using Dents in the Box media among deaf students in 4-6 grades at SLB B Karya Mulia Surabaya. The level of knowledge of deaf students is in the good category after using Dents in the Box media.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijahst

Publisher

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, ...