Institusion
Universitas Sriwijaya
Author
RISTANIAR, RISTANIAR
Haki, Helmi
Subject
GB651-2998 Hydrology. Water
Datestamp
2023-05-17 02:27:39
Abstract :
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 the occurrence of
oral diseases. There are several control mechanisms of plaque that is by using
material antiplaque as xylitol and probiotic that contained in the gum. The index of
plaque is a way to appraise the accumulation ofplaque on the surface of a tooth. The
purpose of research is to compare the difference of plaque index between chewing the
xilitol gum with probiotic gum in children aged 9-11 years. The type of research is
quasi experimental with pretest-posttest design with control group. A subject of study
consisting of 60 children, divided into 3 groups. Respectively- each consisting of
groups of chewing wax gum, chewing xylitol gum and those chewing probiotic gum.
Examination before and after of plaque index based on Patient Hygiene Performance
(PHP). Result analysis conducted by Anova test than continued by Post Hoct test by
using SPSS 16 for Windows. Post Hoc test results indicate its value p>0.05 i t means
HO was accepted, so it can be concluded that there is no difference of plaque index
between chewing xylitol gum with probiotic gum in children aged 9-11 years.