THE USE OF ANIMATED VIDEOS IN IMPROVING CHILDREN'S KNOWLEDGE IN TEETH BRUSHING

Animated videos that are currently widely used in everyday life can provide great benefits for the field of dental and oral health related to how to brush teeth properly. Based on interview data with 10 fifth grade students, it is known that 7 students do not know how to brush their teeth properly, how long to brush their teeth, and the time to brush their teeth. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of using animated videos in increasing knowledge in how to brush teeth of fifth grade students of SDN 1 Nibong, North Aceh Regency. The type of research used Quasi Experiment using pre-post test with One group Design. Data collection by interview, questionnaire and intervention. The sample in this study amounted to 43 students. Data analysis used Statistic Paired T-Test. The results showed an increase in the value of students' knowledge before being given dental health education with animated videos in the less good category, namely 28 (65.1%) and students' knowledge after being given dental health education with animated videos was in the good category, namely 43 (100%). The conclusion is that there is an influence before and after being given dental health education with animated videos on knowledge of how to brush teeth with a P value of 0.000 <0.005. It is recommended that students improve their understanding of dental and oral health related to brushing techniques that are in accordance with health standards.