Effectiveness of Using Toothpaste and Mouthwash of Beluntas Leaf Ethanol Extract in Reducing Streptococcus mutans Bacteria Number in Tooth Plaque

摘要

The aim of this study is to analyze the differences in the effectiveness of toothbrushing and gargling using 10% beluntas leaf ethanol extract toothpaste and mouthwash to reduce the number of colonies of Streptococcus mutans in dental plaque. The type of this research is experiment with completely randomized with pre-posttest control group design, with 105 samples divided into three treatment groups and four control groups. There is a significant decrease in the amount of Streptococcus mutans in dental plaque after receiving treatment at 95% confidence level with P=0.00 or P 0.05. Both beluntas leaf ethanol extract gargle and toothpaste group with positive control group using chlorhexidine and triclosan, is equally effective in reducing the number of colonies of Streptococcus mutans in dental plaque, so it can be concluded that the extract of beluntas leaves ethanol effectively decreases the amount of Streptococcus mutans colonies in dental plaque and there is no difference in effectiveness between the treatment group and the control group.