Background: Incorrect tooth brushing behavior can cause dental and oral diseases in childhood. Educational media is one of the efforts that can help increase knowledge and awareness of the importance of dental and oral health behavior. Objective: To determine the influence of educational media “daily book challenge” in improving tooth brushing behavior in children aged 10-12 years at SD Isl…
Background: Several treatments in dentistry often can cause wounds, especially to the gingiva. Corn hair is a natural ingredient that is used as an alternative in the treatment of wounds. Several studies have stated that corn hair content such as flavonoids, saponins, and tannins can accelerate wound healing, but their effect on the fibroblasts in gingival wound healing is not yet known. Object…
Introduction: GIC is one of the materials used for restorations. The advantages of GIC as a dental restoration are that it has a thermal expansion coefficient similar to a teeth and it can chemically bond with enamel and dentin and the disadvantages are that it is fracture-prone and brittle. CRGIC is a ceramic-reinforced GIC capable of providing hardness properties. Class II restorations are re…
Background: Staphylococcus aureus is a pathogen that caused some oral infections. The use of antibacterial agents such as Chlorhexidine can eliminate Staphylococcus aureus, but may exhibit side effects, such as oral mucosa irritation, taste perception alteration, burning sensation, and tooth staining. Therefore, Ananas comosus crown leaf is used as an alternative therapy because it has antibact…
Background: Saliva is a complex body fluid that provides a general protective function for the hard tissues of the mouth. The salivary function will run optimally if the salivary flow rate increases. Increased salivary flow rate has an effect on increasing salivary pH, due to an increase in the buffering capacity of saliva. Yogurt has high nutrition and can be considered as a way to prevent car…
Background: Antibacterial effectiveness is the level of antibacterial agent’s ability in controlling bacteria through growth-inhibiting or killing activities. Antibacterial agents in dentistry can be synthetic or natural based on their sources. Natural source that has potency to be used as alternative is beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) because it contains phenolic compounds, flavonoids, saponins,…