Perbedaan daya hambat terhadap Streptococcus mutans dari beberapa pasta gigi yang mengandung herbal (The difference of inhibition zones toward Streptococcus mutans among several herbal toothpaste)

• Main Author: Rini Pratiwi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitas Airlangga 2005-06-01
• Series: Dental Journal: Majalah Kedokteran Gigi
• Subjects: zone inhibits; streptococcus mutans; herbal toothpaste
• Online Access: http://e-journal.unair.ac.id/index.php/MKG/article/view/1141

<span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Prevention of dental caries and periodontal disease with health promotion has been the main goal of Dentistry, since the dental </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>plaque is a common and predominating factor leading to loss of teeth both caused by both dental caries and periodontal disease. </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Most devices used for plaque removal and periodontal care are based on mechanical action, including toothbrushes, interdentally </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>brushes and oral irrigators. Today, plaque control is facilitated by an increasing variety of active agents based on either natural </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>ingredients or synthetic product. Alternative materials based on essential oil and plant extracts are therefore of particular interest. </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>The aim of the present study was to investigate the different of zone inhibition of Streptococcus mutans of herbal toothpastes. Samples </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>of the subjects were 4 types of herbal toothpastes and 1 herbal toothpaste as control. For inhibition zone trial toward Streptococcus </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>mutans, agar diffusion method was used and the interpretation was done by measuring the widest inhibition zone. The result of the </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>study indicated a statistical significance different on inhibition zone among the 5</em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>th </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>toothpastes, but toothpaste containing siwak was </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>the widest inhibition zone.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" /></span></span></span>