Abstract:
Introduction:The Dental Public Health Warrior (DPHW) project is a social activity which
provides a creative, fun, and interactive dental health education throughout elementary
schools in Keputih Area-Surabaya,Indonesia. Purpose: The aim of this study was to
determine the effectivity of those projects in increasing the Performance Treatment Index of
elementary school’s student. PTI score used to measure the willingness to treat their teeth.
Materials and Methods:In this pre experimental study (pretest and posttest only design),
subjects were 54 elementary students (4th grade) . All subjects were educated by the DPHW
team and their DMF-t score and PTI score were collected by calibrated dentists before the
education and in 3 months after the education. Results: The mean of DMF-t score increase
from 6,7 to 6,9. The mean of PTI score increase from 3,7 to 9,5 . Wilcoxon analysis showed
there is significant different between before and after education (p= 0,001). Conclusion:. The
DPHW project can be effectively used to increase the Performance Treatment Index of
elementary school’s student. The increase of PTI indekx means there is increase in
willingness to treat their teeth.
