THE DIFFERENCE OF PH SALIVA IN WOMEN RINSED WITH TEA BAG AND CRUSHED IN PKK KELURAHAN MUKTIHARJO KIDUL

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TITLE THE DIFFERENCE OF PH SALIVA IN WOMEN RINSED WITH TEA BAG AND CRUSHED IN PKK KELURAHAN MUKTIHARJO KIDUL ABSTRACT Tea is an herbal product that has the ability to increase salivary pH and has an antibacterial effect. Tea has antibacterial and anticariogenic effects that can decrease saliva and plaque acidity so that it is effective in preventing caries. Almost half of the PKK mothers had moderate tooth decay. Every day they consume tea either tea bag or tea tubruk. The aim of this research is to know the difference of change of mouthwash of tea bag and tea tubruk to saliva pH. Type of research used is Experiment. The research method used in this research is Quasi Eksperiment or often called quasi experiment is a research with the existence of a treatment to the sample group but there is no control group (all groups of samples get treatment). The design of this study using two groups of subjects namely pretest and posttest. Sample used as many as 24 people. Sampling technique that will be used in this research is total sampling that is entire population used as sample. Data analysis used in this research is descriptive quantitative. The results showed changes in salivary pH before and after rinsing tea bags and tea tubruk before rinsing tea showed average salivary pH 6.6, after rinsing tea dye showed average salivary pH 7.6 with difference of 1.0 and before rinsing tea tubruk average saliva pH is 6.8, after rinsing tea tubruk average saliva pH is 7.4 with difference 0,6. From this study it can be concluded that gargling tea can increase saliva pH higher than tubruk tea, so it is advisable to rinse / consume tubruk tea in order to cope with the increase of high salivary pH. Key words : Tea Bag, Tea Tubruk, pH of Saliva