Graptophyllum pictum (Daun ungu) is one of the traditional plants in Indonesia. Graptophyllum pictum composition is flavonoid, Flavonoid has an antimicrobial effect. The purpose of this study is to find the effect of Graptophyllum pictum extract prevent the growth of Candida albicans on acrylic resin denture plate. The research was done plaque smear which Candida albicans adhered at the patient denture, then it was cultured and Candida albicans growth was cultivated. The research was done by using 40 samples. The samples were heat cured acrylic resin discs with 10 mm diameter. The research was used dilution method. The samples were divided into four groups.. Each group had been given Graptophyllum pictum extract with 5%, 10%, 20% and 40% for 8 hours. The plates with Sabouraud agar were incubated at 37 o C for 24 hours and then Candida albicans were counted. The data were analyzed by the One way variant analysis and t-test. The result showed there were significant differences among the amount of Candida albicans which grew in different concentration of Graptophyllum pictum extract (p < 0.05). The conclusion was that Graptophyllum pictum extract had prevented the growth of Candida albicans on acrylic resin denture plate. PendahuluanResin akrilik merupakan bahan yang hingga saat ini masih digunakan di bidang Kedokteran Gigi. Lebih dari 95% plat gigi tiruan dibuat dari bahan resin akrilik. 1 Resin akrilik head cured memenuhi persyaratan sebagai bahan plat gigi tiruan karena tidak bersifat toksik, tidak mengiritasi jaringan, sifat fisik dan estetik baik, harga relatif murah, dapat direparasi, mudah cara manipulasi dan pembuatannya. 2 Endang Wahyuningtyas

Denture base material should have a good level of biocompatibility. Acrylic resin is frequently used as a denture base material, however it has a disadvantage of producing residual monomer. Residual monomer is known to have a cytotoxicity effect. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles are used as fillers due to their biocompatibility and ability to enhance the mechanical properties of acrylic resin. The addition of the material to acrylic resin could affect the amount of residual monomer. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the addition of TiO2 nanoparticles as acrylic resin denture base filler on the cytotoxicity in fibroblast cells. The samples consisted of 24 heat cured acrylic resins in disc shape (5 mm in diameter and 2 mm in thickness), divided into 4 groups (n = 6): three groups given treatment with0.5%, 1%, 2% TiO2, respectively and one control group. Cell viability was measured with MTT assay. The results were tested with one way ANOVA with 95% confidence level followed by LSD post hoc test. The results showed that the highest percentage of cell viability was found in the treatment group of 0.5% TiO2 with value of 91.83 ± 1.75%, while the lowest value was seen in the treatment group of 2% TiO2 with value of 79.38 ± 3.34%. Significant differences were shown between the treatment groups of 0.5% and 2% TiO2, as well as between the control and treatment group with 2% TiO2. The conclusions of this research are the addition of TiO2 nanoparticles as acrylic resin denture base filler has an effect on cytotoxicity; the addition of 0.5% TiO2 nanoparticles filler results in lower cytotoxicity on fibroblast cells compared to the addition of 1% and 2% TiO2.

Introduction: Acrylic resin is still the most commonly used denture base material due to its ideal properties. However, acrylic resin denture fractures are still considered a major unsolved problem thus the addition of nanoparticles as filler was performed to increase its mechanical properties. The purpose of this study was to discovered the effect of nanoparticles TiO2 on the flexural strength of acrylic resin denture plate. Method: This study used 27 heat-cured acrylic resin specimens sized 65 x 10 x 2.5 mm. The samples were divided into three concentration groups (n = 9), the control group; 1% of nanoparticles TiO2; and 3% of nanoparticles TiO2. The flexural strength was tested using the Universal Testing Machine. All data were analysed using the one-way ANOVA test with 95% confidence level then continued with the Least Significant Difference (LSD) test. Results: There were significant flexural strength differences in different concentration of nanoparticles TiO2. The highest flexural strength value was found in the 1% of nanoparticles TiO2 group (106.99 ± 6.09 MPa), whilst the lowest flexural strength value was found in the 3% of nanoparticles TiO2 group (91.64 ± 5.38 MPa). Significant flexural strength difference was found between the control group and the 1% of nanoparticles TiO2 group, and also between the 1% of nanoparticles TiO2 group with the 3% of nanoparticles TiO2 group (p < 0.05). Conclusion: From this study can be concluded that concentration of 1% of nanoparticles TiO2 was able to increase the flexural strength of acrylic resin denture plate.

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of local hydroxyapatite (HA) combined with extracted sea cucumber (Stichopus hermanni) collagen as a promising bone graft substitute on bone remodeling. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffractometry, transmission electron microscopy, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, and Sprague-Dawley rat model were used to characterize the microstructure, in vitro cytotoxicity, and in vivo bone-healing properties of the investigated biocomposite material. Analytical results found that the hydrothermal reaction-synthesized local HA had a hexagonal close-packed structure. The addition of extracted S. hermanni collagen did not influence the microstructure and functional groups of the local HA. Moreover, the MTT assay indicated that the investigated biocomposite material possessed a good in vitro biocompatibility. The in vivo animal study also revealed that the investigated biocomposite material exhibited the highest number of osteoblasts after 14 days of healing. Therefore, the results demonstrate that the local HA combined with extracted S. hermanni collagen could potentially enhance osteoblast formation in promoting bone healing and regeneration.

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