Dental Care Flip Model: Dental Health Education to Improve Dental Health Maintenance Behavior of Elementary School Students

Background: One of the risk factors causing high oral health problems is knowledge, attitudes, and actions. To overcome these problems, media is used as a tool, with the Dental Care Flip model. It is hoped that it will be a solution to facilitate the education process so that it can help elementary school children to improve their knowledge, attitudes, and actions to maintain oral health: Produce a Dental Care Flip model that is feasible and effective in changing the knowledge, attitudes, and actions of primary school children's dental and oral health maintenance Methods: The study used the research and development (R&D) method: to create a feasible model with a research design using quasi-experimental (pre-post with control group design) to determine the effectiveness of the model. The sampling technique used purposive sampling, consisting of 31 intervention group children using the Dental Care Flip model and 31 control group children using flipchart, which was given for 10 days. Data were analyzed using the interclass correlation coefficient test, normality, Wilcoxon, and Mann-Whitney. Results: The Dental Care Flip model is feasible as a model in improving knowledge, attitudes, and oral health maintenance actions of elementary school children with a p-value = 0.000. This model is effective in improving knowledge (p=0.001), attitudes (p=0.000), and actions (p=0.000) compared to the control group Conclusion: The Dental Care Flip model is feasible and effective in improving the knowledge, attitudes, and oral health actions of elementary school children.