Dental health is an essential component of overall health that affects individual well-being and productivity. The 2023 Indonesian Health Survey reported a high prevalence of oral and dental problems and a low utilisation of dental health services. PT X, a state-owned enterprises in Palembang, provides additional health insurance for its employees and their families through PT Y. This study aim…
Latar Belakang: Pengetahuan kesehatan gigi dan mulut merupakan pemahaman tentang cara merawat dan mencegah kondisi mulut terbebas dari penyakit. Pengetahuan kesehatan gigi dan mulut sangat penting diketahui pada semua kalangan usia, terutama pada usia remaja. Dalam perkembangannya, remaja sering mengalami masalah kesehatan gigi dan mulut yang tidak hanya dipengaruhi dari sisa makanan, plak dan …
Background: Enamel is the outermost and hardest tissue covering the crown of the tooth. Tooth enamel consists of 95% inorganic components in the form of hydroxyapatite crystals, such as calcium and phosphate, and the rest are organic components. If these components are lost, it is called demineralization. The demineralization process causes porosity, resulting in roughness on the tooth surface.…
Background: Tooth extraction is one of the procedures in dentistry when the condition of the teeth can no longer be maintained with conservation treatment. This action will cause tooth socket wounds. When a wound occurs, physiologically it will be followed by a wound healing process through several phases, namely the hemostasis phase, inflammation phase, proliferation phase, and remodeling phas…
Background: Single shade universal composite resin is a composite resin that is able to adapt all of the tooth colors, the use of composite resin generally leaves unpolymerized monomers thereby reducing mechanical strength, especially compressive strength. Several studies found that preheating is one way to increase the compressive strength of composite resins. Objective: This study aims to kno…
Background: Endodontic treatment failure can be caused by Gram-positive bacteria, namely Enterococcus faecalis. Natural ingredients such as beetroot extract (Beta vulgaris L.) can be used to inhibit the growth of Gram positive bacteria. Beet fruit extract (Beta vulgaris L.) has antibacterial properties because it contains active substances of flavonoids, phenols, tannins, saponins and alkaloids…
Topical application is an act of giving anticaries material that in this study used APF gel 1.23% and NaF solution 2%. Fluoride as a topical application material has been reported to have an antibacterial effect that inhibits acid formation and growth of microorganisms in dental plaque. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of topical application with APF 1, 23% and NaF 2% …
Resin modified glass ionomer cement (RMG1C) is a modification of glass ionomer cement (GIC), which has resin substance in its formula. The acid contained in the beverages was found to cause restorative material erosion. One of beverages which contain acid is cola drinks. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of cola drinks immersion time on RMGIC compressive strength. Thirty samples…
Resin Modified Glass ionomer Cement (RMG1C) is a developed form of conventional glass ionomer cement. RMGIC has hydrophilic nature which can absorb the fluid in the oral cavity such as saliva and the fluidfrom outside of the oral cavity such as mouthrinses with various concentration of alcohol. One of important mechanical properties of RMGIC is compressive strength. The aim of this study w as t…
Cyclea bar bata Miers w e re plant which originated from ASEAN. Cyclea barbata Miers contains a major active compound is klorofil and flavonoid and other active compound are polifenol, saponin and alkaloid. They have been known as an antiinflammatory, antibacterial, antivirus and antioxidant that can process SAR healing rapidly. This research aim at investigating the influence of Cyclea barbata…
Background. The community dental and oral health is one of the aspect that need to be considered According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the prevalence of caries in Indonesia in 2010 amounted to 60-90%. Plaque is a major etiologic factor in the occurrence of dental caries. Dental caries can b e prevented by plaque control. Chewing gum can act as plaque control, either mechanically or …
Glass ionomer cement is a restoratrve material used for permanent restoration of children teeth. One of the disadvantages of this material is low wear resistance so U’s easy for loosing its mass. This material can contact with children toothpaste that contain abrassive particles. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of children toothpaste with various abrassive particles on mass …
The prevalence of brushing teeth correctly is just a little in Indonesia. Because of the difficulty to ensuring p/acjue removal by mechanical method, antibacterial agents are to complenientary of brushing teeth methods. One of the natural products that have antibacterial properties is propolis. Propolis is proven to be effective in inhibiting the growlh of oral bacteria and inhibit dental plaqu…
Backgroud: Mahkota dewa (Phaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl) is a traditional plant which conlains flavonoid, saphonin, alkaloid, and pholifenol. Based on previous studies had been known that Jlavonoid was able to dissolve kidney stone calcium. Dentin contains many inorganic materials present in C03 (PO4)2. Flavonoid contained in mahkota dewa fruit suspected capable dissolving calcium of tooth…
Children in school age are easily suffer ffom dental caries. This problem is caused by the lack of oral and dental health knowledge. One of caries preventive effort is through counselling. There are various methods of counselling, for example clasical methode and video methode. Problem: The lack of oral and dental health knowledge caused prevalence of dental caries among elementary school stude…
Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) is a foaming agent that is commonly used in toothpaste. The use ofSLS 1,5% in toothpaste can affect the healingprocess and pain of ulcers in patients with SAR. Toothpaste containing SLS 5% can decrease the sensitivity of sweet taste. Aloe vera contains saponin has a possibility to replace the SLSfunction as a foaming agent. The aim of this study was to determine whe…
Dental caries is a process of demineralization in dental hard tissue, which is caused by acids present in a carbohydrate produced by the bacteria, followed by damage to organic materials. Dental caries has a multifactorial etiology, which is the host, microorganisms, food, and time. Food is one of the factors causing dental caries. Different diets on the people of vegetarian and non vegetarian …
In a Journal, the data obtained from Dr. Hasan Sadikin hospital that in 1999- 2001 were 840 patients who received sedative-hypnotic drugs for dental treatment procedure in pediatric and adult, 50 of them patients with inhalation sedation of N20-02, 123 patients with oral midazolam sedation, 38 patients with intravenous midazolam sedation, 7 patients with intravenous propofol sedation, and other…
Candida albicans is kind of yeast found in oral cavity, gastro-intestinal, vaginal area cavity and it is found 40-60% in oral health cavity. The aim of the present study was to investigate the influence of ketepeng cina (Serma alata Linn) flower extract against Candida albicans. In this study, ketepeng cina (Senna alata Linn) flower extract was used for inhibiting the growth of Candida albicans…
Childs in the elementary school still depends on their parents, especially their mother. In the daily life, parents can be a model or an examplefor their children tofollow. So the behaviour and habits ofmothers can be an examplefor their children. The mother ’s knowledge and education about oral hygiene will determine their child’s oral hygiene. Thereby, it needs to be done a study about th…
Recently encountered a variety oftooth paste product contaning herbal extract ofpiper betle 's, because this material is a natural substance that is safe to use. In addition, the tooth paste containing piper betle ’s extract has antibacterial activity against bacterial plaque formation as well as other bacterial that cause periodontal. The purpose ofthis research is provide the correlation of…
Water is an essential matter in life, no living thing in this world that do not reguire water. Water is very important especially for residents who live in drainage basin. In addition lo meeting the needs of households, the river water is also used as water sources. This is happens also to the villagers that utilizes Rasau River Musi river waterfor their daily needs as well as to the source of …
Pop up book is a book that has parts that can move or has a three dimensional elements. This book that has very attractive visualization and suitable for the developing child of age 4 to 5 years old. Objective: To know the influence of dental and oral health knowledge with pop up book media to the knowledge of children concerning dental and oral health in Cahaya Intan Kindergarten, Palembang. M…
School children generally have habit to overconsume certain types of snack which are sweet and sticky on teeth. The pattern of having snacks is consisted of the type and the frequency of eating the snacks. Snacks contain carbohydrates, especially sucrose, which is one of the major causes of dental caries. Dental caries is a disease with high outspread. It is estimated that the disease is occure…
Plaque control is an important factor for wearers of fixed orthodontic appliance to support the success of treatment. The simplest of plaque control method is brushing the teeth. Wearers offbced orthodontic appliance are suggested t o brush their teeth using orthodontic toothbrush. However, it can also be used an additional interdental brush to remove plaque. The purpose of this study was to de…
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,…
Background: Periodontal disease is one of the most common dental and oral health problems in Indonesia. One of the microorganisms that play a role in periodontal disease is the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis). Catfish (Pangasius sp) as the most cultivated fish in South Sumatra is reported to contain fatty acids and amino acids that have the potential as antibacterial. Objecti…