Effectiveness of Using Toothpaste and Mouthwash of Beluntas Leaf Ethanol Extract in Reducing Streptococcus mutans Bacteria Number in Tooth Plaque

Maria Martina, Nahak and Regina, Tedjasulaksana (2008) Effectiveness of Using Toothpaste and Mouthwash of Beluntas Leaf Ethanol Extract in Reducing Streptococcus mutans Bacteria Number in Tooth Plaque. Journal of International Dental and Medical Research, 11 (3). pp. 830-833. ISSN E-ISSN : 1309-100X

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the differences in the effectiveness of toothbrushing and gargling using 10% beluntas leaf ethanol extract toothpaste and mouthwash to reduce number of colonies of Streptococcus mutans in dental plaque. The type of this research is experiment with completely randomized with pre-postest control group design, with 105 sample devided into three treatment groups ang four control groups. There is a significant decrease in the amount of Streptococcus mutas in demntal plaque after receiving treatment at 96% confidence level with P=0.00 or P<0.05 and ther was no difference in effectiveness ot tooth brushing and gargling using 10% ethanol extract of leaves beluntas with 0.12% chlorhexidine and 1% triclosan to decrease the amount of Streptococcus mutans bacteria in dental plaque, with P=0.166 or P>0.005. Both beluntas leaf ethanol extract gargle and toohtpaste group with positive control group using chlorhexidine and triclosan, is equaly effective in reducing the number of colonies of Streptococcus mutas in dental plague, so it can be concluded that the extract of beluntas leaves ethanol effectively decreases the amount of Streptococcus mutas colonies in dental plaque and there is no difference in effectiveness between the treatment group and the control group.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: 10 % beluntas leaf ethanol extrac toothpaste, 10% beluntas leaf entahol extract gargle, Tooth plaque, Streptococcus mutans
Subjects: R Medicine > RK Dentistry
Divisions: Jurusan Analis Kesehatan > Prodi D3
Depositing User: I Ketut Karti
Date Deposited: 07 Feb 2019 00:49
Last Modified: 13 Mar 2019 07:36
URI: http://repository.poltekkes-denpasar.ac.id/id/eprint/1551

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