PENGARUH PELATIHAN MENYIKAT GIGI TERHADAP PENURUNAN INDEKS PLAK PADA ANAK RETARDASI MENTAL (KAJIAN PADA SLB-C DHARMA RENA RING PUTRA II YOGYAKARTA)

Background : Brushing teeth is an activity that children need to be socialized at an early age, especially in children with mental retardation. Because of limitations of limitations of the mentally retarded child in the theoretical intellect, work and do normal things done in any other normal child, needed special guidance in maintaining their oral hygiene. The purpose of this study to determine whether there is any effect of tooth brushing training conducted in children with mental retardation in SLB C Dharma Rena Ring Putra II Yogyakarta. Objective : Type of research is a Quasi Experiment, which is a study that did not use a control class for comparison. Quasi Experiment research design used is OneTime Series Design Group, which is the treatment carried out a series of studies on the same subject. In research conducted in SLB C Ring Rena Dharma Putra II Yogyakarta. The study subjects consisted of 43 students with mental retardation. Data was collected with a checklist calculation plaque index score based on PHP (Personal Hygiene Performance). The statistical test used to use test paired sample t-test. Method : The results showed there is a significant effect on the reduction of training brushing plaque index scores in students with mental retardation in SLB C Ring Rena Dharma Putra II Yogyakarta, which shows that significant value is the 0023 pretest and posttest so that p <0.05. Conclusion : training brushing can reduce plaque index scores in children with mental retardation in SLB C Dharma Rena Ring Putra II Yogyakarta.