PENANGGULANGAN KARIES GIGI DENGAN PENAMBALAN DAN PENCABUTAN GIGI SEDERHANA ANAK USIA SEKOLAH

Abstrak

Dental health of school age children is very important, especially for primary school age. Because at that age it is time to build a foundation of physical and intellectual development. The purpose of this community service activity is to improve the degree of dental health for school age children. Therefore, the dental health of school-age children must be improved through maintenance, namely by filling the teeth and extracting indicated teeth. The method of implementing dental filling with ART (Atraumatic Restorative Treatment) and simple extraction with Chloraethyl. Participants involved in this activity were all of the students  of SDN 207 Palembang in 2018. The target of this activity was to improve the degree of dental health of school-age children at SDN 207 Palembang in 2018. The result of this activity was that 51 students of SDN 207 Kertapati Palembang had already taken action. dental fillings and extractions as well as counseling on dental health knowledge of school age children at SDN 207 Palembang. The conclusion of this activity was to improve the dental health of 51 students at SDN 207 Kertapati Palembang in 2018. They participated in the implementation of this program by participating in simple dental filling, tooth extraction and counseling activities that were immediately given by the implementing team after treatment with dental fillings to SDN students 207 Palembang. After this activity, students can experience the benefits of treatment through fillings, tooth extraction and can maintain their teeth health with a little knowledge provided by the team, so that the oral health status is better than before.