Latar belakang: Candida albicans merupakan jamur yang dapat menyebabkan kandidiasis psuodomembran atau oral trush, yang apabila tidak dirawat dapat menyebar ke aliran darah dan menyebabkan sepsis dan syok sepsis. Menyikat gigi dengan pasta gigi dapat mengontrol plak secara kimiawi. Kombinasi fluoride dan ekstrak gambir terbukti dapat menghambat pertumbuhan C. albicans, kombinasi kedua bahan ter…
Background: Enamel is the outer layer and hardest tissue covering the crown of the tooth. Tooth enamel consist of 96% inorganic and 4% organic components. The missing component is called demineralization. Demineralization can be fixed by remineralization process. Remineralization can be enhanced by adding herbal ingredients such as gambir toothpaste as an alternative. Objective: This study aims…
The research aimed to study the effect of adding concentrations of gambier extract and gum arabic on the physical, chemical and functional characteristics of gambier toothpaste. This research used a Factorial Completely Randomized Design (FCRD) with two treatment factors and each treatment was repeated three times. Factor A is the addition of gambier extract concentration (1.5%, 3% and 4.5%) an…
Background: Porphyromonas gingivalis is one of the main etiologies in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease found in plaque. Plaque can be controlled using toothpaste. The combination of herbal ingredients and toothpaste can produce complementary effects. Meanwhile, Gambier extract (Uncaria gambir Roxb.) was reported to contain catechin and tannin which act as antibacterial. Objective: The pu…
Tooth paste containing herbal ingridients can be an alternative to reduce the symptoms ofgingivitis. One of the herbal ingridients which recently studied by scientists is that Aloe vera. The aim ofthis study was to determine the effect ofa toothpaste that contains Aloe vera to gingivitis. Methods ofresearch conducted on 32 samples consisting students ofSDN 113 aged 10 to 11 years who comprised …