Background: Tooth extraction can cause tissue injury to the gingival epithelium. The post extraction wound will undergo the wound healing process. This process involves reepithelialization process which contributes in forming a new-strong epithelium layer that can protect the underlying tissue. Gambier is a herbal plant that contains active substances such as cathecin, tannin, and flavonoid tha…
ABSTRACT Background: The use of nanofilled composite resin requires matching the color of the composite resin with the color of the patient's teeth, so dentists must provide many shades of composite resin color. The solution to this problem requires a composite resin that can match all tooth colors, namely a universal single shade composite resin. Objective: To find out the comparison of surfac…
Background: The percentage of Indonesian who receives treatment from dental health service facilities according to Riskesdas 2018 is only 10.2%. Factors related to the utilization of dental health services are tariff and service quality. High tariff makes difficult access of health services while low tariff reduces the health services quality. Health services tariff is calculated based on unit …
Background Maxillary intercanine width is known correlated with dental arch form and facial breadth. Dental arch form has a correlation with facial type which determined by facial index measurement. Most of the population in Palembang is Deutro Malay. Research about the relationship maxillary intercanine width and facial index of Deutro Malay in Palembang has not been done. Aim. To determine th…
Bulk fiil composite resin is a resin composite which designed to speed up restoration process. It can be filled up to 4 mm of depth and shrinkage can be minimized during polymerization. Split horizontal incremental technique is a phased placement technique which reduce c-factor and minimize microleakage. This study aimed to compare the microleakage of bulk fiil composite resin (X-tra fiil, Voco…
Background. Crowded is a discrepancy between tooth size and jaw size which may cause an adverse effect on oral health especially anterior crowded. The prevalence of anterior crowded is about 35,1%. In general, crowded can be caused due to genetic and environmental factors such as ethnicity which had certain characteristics and dental arch width that was different. Objective. The purpose of this…
Fixed orthodontic appliance is one of orthodontic appliance that used by attaching o n the teeth t o correct the malocclusion. The use of fixed orthodontic appliance induces changes in the oral environment among others changes in salivary pH, flow rate and ion concentration, one of them is salivary calcium concentration. The purpose of this study w as t o find out the mean o f salivary pH, flow…
Malocclusion is an abnormal relation thal could happen at inter-arch or at the pos i t ion ofthe leeth. Malocclusion could ajfect teeth functions, such as physical function (mastication), speaking and esthetic (appearance), that injluence the quality oflife. Based on the latest research, severe malocclusion had affect the quality of life of the adui t people. The aim of this study is t o determ…
Jaw fractures were damaging or rupturing the continuity of a bone tissue, involved the maxilla and mandible that can be caused by trauma, either directly or indirectly. Jaw fractures can occur in all age ranges, bot h males and females. One of the main causes of jaw fractures was traffic accident. The high incidence rate of jaw fractures and there was been no previous research about jaw fractur…
Occlusion is the relalionship of teeih when in contact involve teeth, periodontal ligament, jaw, joints, muscles, and nerves. In normal occlusion, the upper and lower teeth will be contact which the lower incisal edges contact with palatal surface of the upper incisors or slightly above the cingulum called overbite. The overbite is influenced by degree of vertical development of dento-alveolar …
Indonesia consists of various racial and ethnic, including Chinese and Arab. Each race and ethnic has a special characteristic that can b e used t o Identification. According t o craniofacial, dental arch form and head shape could b e the characteristic. The information about dental arch form and head shape of Chinese ethnic and Arab ethnic in Indonesia is still very lacking when both of it are…
The exposure of soft drinks to enamel surface has effect in the dental erosion. Consuming soft drinks through a straw have an advantage to minimize the contact of acid in soft drink with the tooth surface. The purpose of this study was to compare the rate of dental erosion among children who consumed soft drinks through a straw and without straw. The subject of this study were children aged 10-…
Fixed orthodontic treatment is treatment by attaching orthodontic appliances on teeth in the oral cavity. Orthodontic treatment may be onefactor in the etiology of temporomandibular disorders because orthodontic treatment is considered as a major cause of pain in patients. Basically, fixed orthodontic treatment will not cause signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders when treatment is d…
Children in mixed dentition period have a high risk of dental caries because they often eat carbohydrates, especially sucrose between meals. 5-10 minutes after consuming sucrose, oral pH drops below 5 or 5.5. One of the preventive measures to prevent the decrease of salivary pH is chewing sugar-free gum as xylitol or sorbitol. The content of xylitol and sorbitol in chewing gum has the effect to…
Tonsil enlargement or tonsillitis is the most common factor that causes a person to breath through the mouth. mouth breathing can cause malocclusion and affect the facial profile. it is because when someone breath through the mouth, there is unbalance of muscle movement around the face. The aim of this study was to see tonsillitis influence on malocclusion and facial profile of tonsillitis pati…
Plaque is a thin film on the surface of a tooth containing a variety of microorganisms. At cm early stage, plaque containing only microorganisms gram-positive facultative then will happen growth and maturalion of the plaque, so microorganisms turned into gram-negative facultative, gram-negative anaerobic and spirocheta. These microorganism will disturb the balance of the oral cavity its cause t…
There are many variants of shape, size, number, and position of the palatal rugae. Palatal rugae pattems also have differences of gender and race. The pattems of palatal rugae has a role in prosthodontic treatment, which is for increasing retention in the maxillary denture base. Many studies reported that there were differences of palatal rugae based on race and gender but there were no differe…
Wasting nutritional status is a problem faced by Indonesia with a significant percentage rate. Based on ihe results of Household Health Survey 2004 showed the wasting on the nutritional status of school-age children and adolescents aged 5-17 years at 17.6%. Nutritional status could be caused by lack of consume intake of nutrients and could give bad impact for the oromaxillofacial. Wasting nutri…
Background. Orthodontic treatment has several advantages, such as for increasing smile esthetic. One of the important components in smile esthetic is smile line. Smile line is the harmony between the curvature of the incisal edges of the maccillary anterior teeth towards the upper border of the lower lip. Smile line could be affected by some factors, such as Angle ’s malocclusion. Aim. The ai…
Background. Selection of the proper anterior artificial teeth size is cm importcmt thing that determine the denture es the t ic. The absence ofpre extraction record will make i t hardfor the dentist to determine the teeth size. Nowadays several methods have been developed to determine the width of maxillary anterior teeth using crcmiofacial anatomy. Intercanthal distcmce is one of facial anatom…
Background Making a complete denture would be difficult without pre-extraction records. Choosing another anatomical landmarks measurement methods are necessary to determine the predictor of teeth width in order to achieve the aesthetics. Interalar width is one of the biometric parameter to determine intercanine tip width of maxilla. AirtL The aim of this study is to knowing the correlation betw…
Resin Modified Glass ionomer Cement (RMGIC) is a developed for m of conventional glass ionomer cement. RMGIC can release fluoride into the iooth slructure and take up fluoride from external sources such as fluoride-containing mouthrinses with various consentrations. One of important mechanical properties of RMGIC is compressive strength. The aim of this study was to identify the ejfect of fluor…
Chemotherapy in cancer patients can cause side effects in oral health. These side effects occur because chemotherapy agents not only destroy, suppress and prevent the spread of cancer cells but also affect normal cells. The cells that could be affected are salivary gland cells. The chemotherapy agents will influence saliva secretion thus cause xerostomia. This study aimed to examine correlation…
Occlusion plays an important role in the balanced of Stomatognathic System. A change of occlusion (malocclusion) can caused disorder or dysfimction of temporomandibular joint (TMD). The pressence of clicfcing sound during mouth opening or closing were some of the signs. Clicking often happened painless that ’s why people were less aware of temporomandibular disorder. The purpose of this study…
The first food consumed by babies is human milk or cow milk as an altemative. Milk is very important in the child’s growth like for development of bone and teeth forming. Besides that, milk also has a potential cariogenic because it contains lactose that can be fermentated by the main bacteria causing caries, Streptococcus mutans. The aim of this study was to observe the effects of deciduous …
Third molar are the teeth most often impacted can cause chewing problems and various complications that need to be done odontektomi action as early as possible in order to avoid the possibility of morbidity. The purpose of this study is to know the prevalence of odontectomy third molar impacted in Palembang period 2006-2010. This study is a descriptive survey research, performed by observation …
Demineralization is the process of removing calcium and phosphate ions from hydroxyapatite crystals in hard tissues of the teeth. The lost calcium and phosphate ions can be replaced by application of a remineralization agent ie hydroxyapatite. Hydroxyapatite can be synthesized from natural ingredients such as fish bones. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of hydroxyapatite fr…
BackgroundExcessive gingival display on smile is a situation that is less aesthetically according to s om e people. One of the causes of the condition are Altered Passive Eruption (APE), which is a failure of passive eruption of teeth. The term describes the variation of tooth morphology with excessive gingival display\ maxillary anterior teeth were short, and that is the coronal gingival margi…
Dental arvciety is the anxiety that arises at the time of dental and oral Dental anxiety is influenced by three factors: personal factors, external factors and dental factors. In general, dental anxiety begins during childhood and can continue to develop in subsequent ages. The purpose of this study w as to count prevalence of dental anxiety of 6-12 years old children who had not had treatment,…
Rokok merupakan salah satu faktor risiko penyakit periodontal dan memiliki hubungan dengan prevalensi penyakit periodontal. Periodontal probing digunakan sebagai evaluasi awal untuk menentukan diagnosa penyakit periodontal terutama gingivitis. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui hubungan kebiasaan merokok dengan terjadinya perdarahan saatprobing. Jenis penelitian ini adalah surve…