Model Mentoring Teachers and Parents as an Efforts for Brushing Teeth Behavior in Preschool Children

Abstract

The dental health problems of preschool children are higher compared to primary schools, this is due to
children not being able to do independent activities in brushing their teeth. The teacher and parent mentoring
model is a model of learning to brush teeth in an effort to form the behavior of preschool brushing teeth with
a period of 10 days. Methods: This study is the Research and Development (R & D) and test the model using
experimental quasy pretest and posttest with control group design. Preschoolers research subjects were
divided into 2 groups: 1. Intervention model of mentoring teachers and parents brushing teeth 2. Model 21
days as the control. Data were tested using intraclass correlation coefficient tests, repeated measures anova,
friedman, t-test and mann whitney. Results: The application of the teacher and parent mentoring model
was equally effective with the 21-day brushing model for improved tooth-brushing skills (p> 0.304) and
equally effective for increasing plaque-free scores (p <0.788) compared to the control group. Conclusion:
The application of the teacher and parents mentoring model effectively as efforts to establish the behavior
of preschool children brushing teeth.