Effectiveness of Counseling with Chair Side Talk Method on Improving Knowledge of Dental and Mouth Health in Dental Polyclinic Patients of the Ministry of Religion

Tooth and mouth problems in Indonesia in 2013 reached 25.9%, and in 2013 the number of dental and mouth problems in Indonesia was 57.6%, an increase of 31.7%. This is influenced by the domain of health behavior consisting of knowledge, attitudes and actions that determine the degree of public health obtained by a person in determining one's attitude and actions. The Chair Side Talk method is an extension activity carried out by the instructor while the patient is being carried out before or after treatment. Purpose: This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of counseling with a chair side talk method to improve dental and oral health knowledge in the dental clinic patient of the Ministry of Religion. Methods: This study uses a quasy experiment method of pretest and posttest with one group design. The subjects of the study were 50 dental clinic patients of the Ministry of Religion by using purposive sampling technique. Independent variable: chair side talk method and the dependent variable: dental health knowledge. Retrieval of data by giving questionnaires to dental polyclinic patients then given counseling with the chair side talk method and subsequent visits the patient was given a questionnaire again. Data analysis using paired t-test. Results: The average value of dental and oral health knowledge before c