| dc.description.abstract | Oral hygiene of removable denture users is necessarily concerned, since it may support oral health completely.
Removable denture users necessitated to clean their dentures in order to prevent food debris attach on the denture. One of
the methods is to inform the users about how to clean removable denture and the communication built between dentist
and the patient, and it may be accompanied by some aids such as leaflet. The purpose of this study was to know the
influence of verbal and written communication by providing leaflet on the knowledge, attitude and denture hygiene of the
removable denture users, who ordered removable dentures at the Prostodontic Clinic in Dental Hospital Jember
University. Total sample was 96 subjects, the research were patients who came to Dental Hospital Jember University for
removable denture. The samples were divided into 2 groups, the first group received verbal and written communication
(leaflet) and control group achieved only verbal communication. The communicator explained the methods of
maintaining a removable denture. The results showed that there was a significant differences (p=0,00) of the knowledge
behavior between the two groups and the denture hygiene. In conclusion, there were significant differences on the
knowledge, attitude and denture hygiene between verbal and written communication of the removable denture user. | en_US |
