The level of knowledge about dental malocclusion in students at Islamic boarding schools

Introduction: Malocclusions often found daily include crowding of teeth, open bites, cross bites, protrusion, and maxillary or mandibular teeth. This proves that the community's need for orthodontic treatment is very high. Knowledge results from human knowledge, which occurs after people sense certain objects. A person's knowledge of an object contains two aspects, namely positive aspects and negative aspects. Purpose: To identify the level of knowledge about dental malocclusion in students at Islamic boarding schools. Methods: The questionnaire was prepared for pre and post-tests. The questionnaire contains 12 questions using the Guttman scale which has two answer choices "yes" or "no", where positive answers are given a score of 1 and negative answers are scored 0. Results: There was a significant increase of understanding in the mean of subject matter from the post-test mean was higher (14,4%) than the pre-test rate (12,1%) with a significant difference (P=0.000) Conclusion: The goal of this community service was to successfully provide counseling about the importance of awareness of dental malocclusion at the Islamic Boarding School in Karangmojo, Ponorogo, East Java by conducting a questionnaire of pretest and posttest to understand the level of knowledge of dental malocclusion. The level of knowledge was increased by the result of the post-test mean was higher (14,4%) than the pre-test rate (12,1%) with a significant difference (P=0.000).