Abstract
Caries can be caused by various factors such as the amount of salivary flow, salivary acidity, etc. It needs to be known by chewing gum with xylitol and sucrose are most excellent to preventing caries in children. This study aimed to determine the difference of salivary flow while chewing xylitol gum and sucrose bubble gum in students of SD Inpres Toddopuli Makassar. This qualitative research with quase experimental studies method is the pre- and post-test design with control group. The sample criteria were children aged 9-12 years, has a superficial and media dental caries at least three teeth, did not another chewing gum about 60 minutes before examination, and willing to be research samples. As many as 30 samples each in grades 4, 5, and 6 chew xylitol gum on the first day and chew sucrose gum on the secong day of 5 minutes each. Saliva was collected on a cen-trifuge tube, observed amount and acidity of saliva. The results showed significants difference in the amount of salivary flow and acidity between xylitol chewing gum and sucrose chewing gum, namely there was different in amount of salivary flow (0.002) and for salivary pH value (0.000). It was concluded that children who chewed xylitol gum produce more saliva than sucrose chewed gum and sucrose gum had higher acidity than xylitol gum.
Highlights
PENDAHULUAN Masalah pada masyarakat dalam hal kesehatan gigidanmulutadalahkariesgigikarenalarutnya mineral gigi oleh asam yang dihasilkan bakteri
The results showed significants difference in the amount of salivary flow and acidity between xylitol chewing gum and sucrose chewing gum, namely there was different in amount of salivary flow (0.002) and for salivary pH value (0.000)
Dalam penelitian ini,terbuktiada perbedaan signifikan jumlah saliva dan pH saliva antara mengunyah permen karet xylitol dan permen karet sukrosa, karena salivasetelahmengunyahpermenkaret sukrosa yang memiliki pH lebih asam daripada saliva sesudah mengunyah permen karet xylitol yang bersifat basa, serta xylitol terbukti lebih efektif dalam memproduksi saliva yang juga mampu mengurangi organisme mikro di dalam mulut sehingga dapat bersifat antikaries
Summary
PENDAHULUAN Masalah pada masyarakat dalam hal kesehatan gigidanmulutadalahkariesgigikarenalarutnya mineral gigi oleh asam yang dihasilkan bakteri. Perlu diketahui mengunyah permen karet dengan bahan xylitol dan sukrosa yang paling baik dalam mencegah karies pada anak. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui perbedaan laju aliran saliva saat mengunyah permen karet xylitol dan permen karet sukrosa pada murid Sekolah Dasar Inpres Toddopuli Kota Makassar.
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