THE SPECIAL TOOTHBRUSH ON DENTAL AND ORAL HYGIENE OF MENTALLY DISABLED CHILDREN

Abstract

Person mentally disabled is something state with function intelligence public who are below average with with decrease ability for adapt self (adaptive behave), which starts arise before 18 years old, people who are mentally experiencing backwardness have development more intelligence (intellectual) low and experience difficulty in the learning process as well as adaptation social. Destination study this is for knowing influence usage brush tooth special to cleanliness tooth and mouth child mentally disabled light on SLBN Cinema Regency Tasikmalaya. Type study this is quasi-experimental design with design study with control one group pretest posttest. Taking sample with total sampling. Data obtained from study this processed with test Wilcoxon. Results test Wilcoxson obtained results significance 0.000 < 0.05 in group intervention and group meaningful control there is significant influence usage brush tooth special to cleanliness tooth and mouth child mentally disabled. There is influence usage brush tooth special to cleanliness tooth and mouth child mentally disabled light on SLBN Cinema Regency Tasikmalaya.