Abstract
Dental caries is still a dental health problem in Indonesia. Fluoride, one of the dental caries prevention material, but its safety and the danger of fluorosis is still debated. Theobromine is an alkaloid compound contained in cocoa beans. Theobromine is believed to increase enamel microhardness with mineral changes in the enamel superficial layer. Objectives: To determine the influence of theobromine on the enamel surface microhardness. Methods: This study used 40 premolar tooth crown pieces that were embedded in epoxy resin. Furthermore specimens were randomly divided into 4 groups, which were control (distilled water), theobromine 100 mg/L (T100), theobromine 500 mg/L (T500) and theobromine 1000 mg/L (T1000). Specimens were immersed for 15 minutes and microhardness test was performed using Knoop microhardness tester. Results: Increasing enamel microhardness was observed after treatment with four different theobromine concentrations. The highest icreased of enamel microhardness was shown in T1000 group and difference compared to other groups were statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: theobromine is a potential dental caries prevention material due to its effect in improving the microhardness of tooth enamel.
Highlights
Efek teobromin terhadap kekerasan mikro permukaan email
an alkaloid compounds contained in cocoa beans
40 premolar tooth crown pieces that were embedded in epoxy resin
Summary
Efek teobromin terhadap kekerasan mikro permukaan email. Karies gigi masih menjadi masalah kesehatan gigi di Indonesia. Simpulan: Teobromin merupakan bahan pencegah karies gigi yang potensial karena kemampuannya dalam meningkatkan kekerasan permukaan email gigi. Sampai saat ini karies masih merupakan masalah dalam kesehatan gigi dan mulut di Indonesia dengan data prevalensi karies aktif sebesar 63%, sehingga pencegahan menjadi penting.[1] Pencegahan karies gigi dapat dilakukan melalui pengubahan gaya hidup, kebiasaan penyikatan gigi, kontrol diet, perbaikan kualitas saliva, terapi antibakteri, terapi penghambatan proses demineralisasi email serta terapi menggunakan biomaterial untuk menghambat proses karies dengan pelapis ceruk dan fisur gigi, atau bahan tambal dari semen ionomer kaca yang mengandung fluor.[2,3]
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