PERAN PENDAMPINGAN ORANG TUA PADA TINDAKAN MENJAGAKESEHATAN GIGI ANAK TERHADAP STATUS KEBERSIHAN GIGIANAK BALITA DI KELURAHAN PEDALANGAN KECAMATANBANYUMANIK KOTA SEMARANGTAHUN 2018

Behavior on the dental and oral health of children is a must for a mother, because a mother is the spearhead of child development. The role of the mother is very necessary in guiding, providing understanding, reminding and providing facilities for children so that children can maintain the cleanliness of the mouth. If the children of a healthy family of course because the parents of the family have been able to pay serious attention to the health of their children. Therefore, children are generally more of a mother's business, so bad children become a reflection of mother's attitude toward children. The purpose of this study is to determine the difference in the child's hygiene status before and after being given assistance.This type of research is Quasi Experiment with pre and post test design. The sample in this study A total of 38 respondents who are parents who have children under five taken by purposive sampling. As for to see the difference of tooth hygiene status of toddlers between before and after given assistance. Data analysis used Wilcoxon signed test tanked test and Mann Whitney U Test.TheStatistic Test Wilcoxon shows that there is difference of pre and post-test value on tooth hygiene status of children under five with P value = 0,000