Abstract

Background: Deaf is the disabled with hearing disorders. A prominent characteristic of deaf children is verbal communication disorders, lost all or part of the power of hearing and uses sign language to communicate. Limitations of deaf children causing bottlenecks in the health care of teeth and mouth. Deaf children with hearing resulted in more diverting obstacles to the functioning of the visual observations so much time spent deaf children to learn to understand other people's language and intent of what is seen from the people around. The Objective: The study aims to determine the effectiveness of media animation for knowledge and plaque score deaf students. Method: This type of research is a quasi-experiment with a pretest-posttest design with the control group. The sample represents a total population 30 people who consist of the intervention group and the control group, and each totaled 15 people. Result: The results showed the increase in the value of knowledge and a decrease in plaque score was not significant in the control group. On the other hand, increase the knowledge and decrease plaque scores in the intervention group were significant. Conclusion: Unique and special teaching media should be developed to teach the deaf students in order they are able to take care of their dental health.