EFFECTIVENESS OF DEMONSTRATION METHOD AND PAGEM (FUN BOARD) GAME ON TOOTH BRUSHING SKILLS OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

Abstract

ABSTRACT .arly childhood often consumes sweet foods or drinks, but is not accompanied by the behaviour of cleaning teeth properly, so that it can cause dental caries. One of the efforts to increase knowledge in maintaining oral hygiene is to conduct counselling using the right method. The problem in this study is that the tooth brushing skills of preschool children at KB-RA Hidayatullah Surabaya are still low. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of counselling using demonstration methods and PAGEM (fun board) games on preschoolers' tooth brushing skills. This type of research is a Quasi Experiment with pretest posttest design, and a population of 58 students. The data collection instrument used was an observation sheet. The data analysis technique used the Wilcoxon test and the Mann Whitney test. The results showed that there was no difference between the demonstration method and the PAGEM (fun board) game on preschoolers' tooth brushing skills at KB-RA Hidayatullah with a significant value of 0.644 (p>0.05). The demonstration method and PAGEM (fun board) game are equally effective in improving tooth brushing skills.

Keywords: KeywordTooth Brushing Skills; Demonstration Method; PAGEM Game.