Dental health problems often found in children are dental caries. Poor dental health status such as caries that is not treated will cause the child's quality of life to decline. Dental health education aims to tackle dental health problems, the community groups are given motivation in how to maintain dental health. Irene’s Donut application is a caries risk simulator (SRK) of the Inter Active program, which is a communication tool between health workers and parents of students, so that dental health education to parents or students is more interesting and effective. This type of research is quasi-experimental or quasi-experimental, with One Group Pre-Test Post-Design Test design. The population and sample in this study were kindergarten students in the Ilir Barat I Region of Palembang City. Data obtained using the T test method, used normally distributed data. The results showed there were differences between the dental and oral health status of children before and after counseling with the Android version of Irene’s Donut. The statistical tets result showed a significant Based on Irene’s Donut application, the Android version is effective in reducing plaque in children in kindergarten, Ilir Barat I District, Palembang
Early childhood caries (ECC), dental caries affecting the primary teeth in preschool aged children, is prevalent, especially among low social economic groups in developing countries. Treatment of ECC in developing country is almost nonexistent, so that it can cause more serious complications. Untreated ECC can affect on quality of life in preschool aged children. This cross-sectional study aim was to evaluate association between untreated ECC and quality of life of preschool children (aged 3-5 years). This cross sectional study was conducted on September-October 2018 in playgroups/kindergartens in Ilir Barat I Subdistrict, Palembang and consisted of 334 preschool children-parent pairs. Untreated ECC was assessed by PUFA/pufa index and preschool children's quality of life by ECOHIS instrument. Association between untreated ECC and quality of life were analyzed using the Fisher's exact test with 95% CI. The result showed that ECC prevalence was 84.1% and the pufa was developed in 39.1% untreated ECC. There wasa significant association between untreated ECC and preschool children's quality of life (p<0,05). Children with ECC in this study had a good quality of life (95.2%), sufficient (4.2%), and bad (0.6%). Similarly, parents who had children with ECC had good quality of life (86.6%), sufficient (10.8%), and bad (2.4%). ECC that was not treated was statistically related to the quality of life of children and their parents (p <0.05). The conclusion of this study is that ECC that is not treated can affect the quality of life of children and their parents so that the ECC must be dealt with immediately.
Denture cleaning methods can be done in two ways, namely mechanical and chemical. Mechanical cleaning is performed using toothbrushes, powders, pastes, or ultrasonic tools, while chemical cleaning is carried out by immersing the dentures in a cleaning solution such as in a disinfectant. The price of disinfectants and antiseptics on the market is now quite expensive, so that traditional ingredients can be used as substitutes or alternatives. One type of traditional medicinal plant that can be used is aloe vera. According to the monitoring of the service at the Elderly Dahlia Posyandu, there are those who use dentures and do not know how to make a disinfectant solution from aloe vera to treat dentures. This activity aims to train the elderly / family to make their own anti-inflammatory dentures made from aloe vera plants. The target of this training is the elderly at the Dahlia posyandu. The expected result is that the elderly can make a disinfectant solution from aloe vera to dentures.
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