TikTok Media as an Effort to Increase Dental Health Knowledge for High School Students

Background: The first step in an effort to increase knowledge and prevent dental and oral health problems is to provide counseling. The success of counseling in changing target behavior is influenced by the extension media used, one of the learning media that can be used on the internet is the TikTok application. Objective: To analyze the effectiveness of TikTok media as an effort to increase dental health knowledge among students of SMAN 1 Gunung Sindur in 2022. Methods: This study used a quasi-experimental method. This research was conducted on 32 people obtained by purposive sampling technique. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire about oral health. Analysis of the data used is a paired sample test. Results: The results of this study showed that before being given education the average was 62.66, while after education, the average was 93.91. The results of the paired sample test obtained p value = 0.000, meaning that there is a difference in knowledge before and after dental health education with TikTok media. Conclusion: TikTok media is effective in increasing dental health knowledge in high school students. Keywords: TikTok, Education, Dental Healt