Oral and dental health is part of the health of the body that cannot be separated from one another because it will affect the health of the body. One of the oral health that must be considered is the growth and development of teeth,Because children's knowledge about dental hygiene and is still very lacking Therefore, the role and knowledge of parents in caring for oral hygiene is needed in guid…
Background: Nasolabial angle as a part of facial profile plays role in determining facial attractiveness. Class II division 1 malocclusion has a small nasolabial angle and convex facial profile, causing an unaesthetic facial profile. Class II division 1 malocclusion can be treated with orthodontic treatment using fixed orthodontic appliances to obtain more aesthetic face. Changes in facial stru…
Background: Root canal preparation produced smear layer. Irrigant solution used to eliminate debris, microorganism, organic and inorganic components of the smear layer. Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.) peel extract is natural irrigation solution that has active compounds to eliminate smear layer from root canal. Objective: To determine the difference between mangosteen peel extract irrigatio…
Latar belakang: Kawat ortodontik stainless steel dan nikel-titanium dapat mengalami korosi yang dipengaruhi oleh pH makanan dan minuman yang dikonsumsi. Korosi akan meningkatkan kekasaran permukaan kawat sehingga meningkatkan friksi yang akan mengganggu pergerakan gigi secara ortodontik. Susu UHT merupakan bahan pangan bergizi tinggi yang sering dikonsumsi masyarakat dan tergolong larutan asam …
Latar belakang: Produksi kepiting bakau di daerah Banyuasin mencapai 80.000 ton/musim/tahun. Hasil samping produksinya yang berlimpah masih belum dimanfaatkan secara maksimal. Mengolah limbah cangkang kepiting menjadi sumber kitin untuk bahan baku pembuatan kitosan merupakan salah satu upaya yang dapat dilakukan untuk memanfaatkan hasil samping tersebut. Kitin dalam kepiting memiliki persentase…
Background: Panoramic radiographs are often used for the initial examination of complete edentulous patients. The results of panoramic radiographs often experience patient positioning errors which cause a decrease in the quality of the radiograph so that it might affect the diagnosis and treatment planning for the complete edentulous patient. The aim of this study was to evaluate the patient po…
Introduction: Enamel is the hardest substance in the human body and serves as the wearresistant outer layer of the dental crown. Demineralization releases mineral ions which causes a decrease in the enamel surface hardness. Demineralization can be neutralized to recover minerals, and this process is called remineralization. Almond milk is an alternative to cow’s milk, supporting tooth enamel …
THE EFFECT OF PASTEURIZED HOLSTEIN AND JERSEY COW’S MILK FOR EMAIL HARDNESS Rida Agustia Ningsih Dentistry Program Medical Faculty of Sriwijaya University ABSTRACT Background: Email was the hardest part of teeth. Email composed of minerals that can be released from the tooth surface when the pH of the oral cavity was below 5,5. The decrease in pH could lead to a demineralization process. Alte…
Background: Thalassemia is a genetic disorder characterized by the absent or decreased production of α and β-globin chains. Beta-thalassemia patients usually have growth retardation, especially of the condyles and the ramus of the mandible, which can cause malocclusion. Malocclusion in beta-thalassemia patients can be treated with orthodontic treatment by considering cephalometric analysis, w…
Background: Conventional nanofilled composite resin has a good aesthetic properties and flexural strength. However, the color matching procedure for conventional composite resin takes longer and is more expensive to store various composite resin colors. To overcome this problem, a universal single shade composite resin was developed which can naturally match various tooth colors. Objective: Thi…
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…