Abstract

One effort to elivate knowledge is health counseling. Counseling with various targets is more emphasized togroups of school children. The school environment is an extension of the family's hands in laying thefoundation of healthy living behavior in school children. In addition, 40% -50% of the total population is atschool children age, 6-12 years that health counseling efforts on school children's should be the foremostpriority. Health counseling in schools is integrated into the school health program (UKS). This study aimedto determine the effect of counseling with cartoon animation media to the level of students’ knowledge abouttooth brushing among the students of grade IV-B SD Negeri 104219 Tanjung Anom, Pancur BatuSubdistrict. The research used quasi experiment method with one group pre and post test while for thestatistic test, t-test dependent test was used. The result of t-Test dependent test was p value = 0,00, because p<0,05 then Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted, meaning that this research showed that counseling withcartoon animation media had an effect to elevate knowledge about toothbrushing. It is expected that studentsexpand their insight and knowledge about how to brush the teeth properly and correctly and maintain theirdental and oral hygiene to avoid dental disease.