Dental Care

Health education is an attempt to influence, and or invite other people, whether individuals, groups, or communities, in order to implement healthy lifestyle behaviors, health arena is one of the factors that determine human development index (HDI). The expected behavior in health education is to support the healthy way of life, both as individuals and as human communities, the health education because they are very important to support any planned health program. But as we know that the implementation of this education, both in developed and developing countries experience a variety of obstacles in the achievement of goals, namely to achieve healthy behavior for the people. The greatest perceived barriers were the supporting factors, ie, which includes the availability of facilities and infrastructure or facilities for the dental health of the community itself, for example: water supply, waste disposal sites, the availability of nutritious food, and so on.

Dental and Oral Health

Oral health education is all the effort or activity that affects the people to behave well for the health and raise public awareness of oral health as well as providing understanding the ways to maintain healthy teeth and mouth. Oral health education is an important part of overall health education program. Oral health programs in effect are shown to the entire community which aims to improve the oral health of the community itself (DepKes. RI. 1982). As health programs in general, although good health program, when in its implementation without considering the participation of society in it, then the possibility of delays or even failure.

In terms of oral health, some experts said that the Ministry of Health often ignore oral health problems are. As one example, the program held at the health centers on the efforts optimal dental health is still not organized, as do counseling and oral health examination and routine maintenance for school children is still rare. All of this is the main program centers, but often overlooked that it becomes an obstacle in achieving the goal of eliminating or reducing oral health problems and heightens community awareness about the importance of oral health pemerliharaan.

Good programs that are oriented to the needs of society itself. But because most of Indonesian people only have this level of knowledge and the economy is still low, by itself the need for oral health still needs to be raised, so that they realize that oral health should be increased and this is one of the important needs in life . That way they can do themselves the right way in maintaining healthy teeth and mouth.

Business dental and oral disease prevention, especially aimed at school students, among others through a program of Business School of Dental Health (UKGS) in the delivery of fluoride to prevent or reduce dental caries or other dental diseases.

More details there are some prevention efforts that can be done through the School Dental Health Enterprises (UKGS), namely:

1. Gargle, mouthwash with fluoride solution

The goal is to get the enamel more resistant to acid attack. Acid is the end result of the remnants of food that contain carbohydrate. With the enamel more resistant to acid, it is hoped will not happen quickly cavities (caries).

2. Toothbrush

To each student / i is given pasta Fluocaril during this activity takes place. This activity is performed in a special place that has provided the school and should come equipped with a mirror, so they can see for themselves when they brush their teeth. How to brush your teeth well and correctly taught by a nurse on duty at the school site. To test whether the student / i have been given a clean brush your teeth with a solution of (disclosing solution) are colored red. If there are still many remnants of food / plaque layer that sticks will look much part of the tooth (email) are colored red. To the student / i who have not brushed his teeth with a clean brush is recommended to continue the activities of these teeth. By the way expected of each student / i have experience and training to know how long a person should brush your teeth really clean. Activities with this toothbrush can be done several times in one month.

3. Oral health education

In the student / i kindergarten and elementary school provided oral health education by using a handbook which can be obtained from the Dental Health Foundation Indonesia. These books have been arranged in order of its class is the book I for class I and VI and so on until the book comes with a book each work. Counseling provided by a dentist with the help of overhead projector, slides, pictures and teaching aids such as models of interest and other gear so it does not impress counseling boring, besides about dental health, also given counseling on how to maintain oral health will affect the health of your teeth. Cooperation with the principal so are necessary because the extension was carried out during the hours of school and should have been scheduled at the beginning of the school year. The goal of counseling is to enable students / i more aware of how it should maintain healthy teeth and mouth respectively. The participation of classroom teachers and principals of great significance in the success of the business activities of such extension.

Dental care and mouth are shown in obtaining the necessary treatment, especially treatment in relieving pain, and prevent tooth decay gets worse. We recommend that prior to treatment, the first examination was held to make the data from each student / i. At the beginning of each year teaching the initial examination to be made about the state of the status of the card teeth each also about the overall oral health. Based on these data, obtained an idea of ​​how the number of students / i who need fillings and extraction is given a letter to be signed by their parents as a sign of approval that the son / I was allowed to be treated at school. Given UKGS not a polyclinic, the care provided is still filling, milk tooth extraction that it was time to date, dental treatment for pain relief / prevention of further damage.