Long-term smoking effects can cause a decrease in salivary pH to be more acidic. To investigate the correlation of smoking habit and salivary pH on smoker students in the South Kalimantan Student Dormitory in Yogyakarta. This research is an analytical survey with a cross-sectional design, sampling was done by purposive sampling method and the sample used was 39 smoking students who have smoked with a minimum period of 1 year. The results were analyzed using Kendall-Tau correlation test with SPSS program. Smoking habits in the student smokers are included in heavy smoking habits (61.5%), whereas saliva pH was mostly included in the acid salivary pH criteria (64.1%). Results of cross-tabulation as many as 56.4% of smoker students have a heavy smoking habit with acid salivary pH. The test of statistical analysis obtained significance value (p) of 0.000 with Kendall-Tau correlation coefficient of -0.727. The p-value (0.000) < 0.05, meaning that the results showed a significant relationship between smoking habit and salivary pH. There is a significant correlation between smoking habit and salivary pH on smoker students in the South Kalimantan Student Dormitory in Yogyakarta.
Background: According to studies in Asian countries, including Indonesia, 80-90% of children under the age of 18 are affected by dental caries. Dental caries is caused by factors: food, bacteria, teeth and saliva. The state of saliva that is acidic, at a pH of 5.5 will result dental caries. To overcome the overly acidic condition, brushing teeth right after eating and before sleeping is necessary. Brushing teeth properly and correctly can increase salivary pH and it help the remineralization process of small lesions in the enamel layer.Methods: This research was conducted using pre-test and post-test quasi-experimental with control group design. The sample is all students of Nglahar public elementary school, Sumbersari, Moyudan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, with a total of 85 students using total sampling technique. The data was collected with examine the effect of brushing teeth before and after eating on the salivary pH.Results: The elementary school students’ salivary pH was 7.59 (alkaline) when the students brushed their teeth before eating, whereas tooth brushing within 20 minutes after eating resulted in elementary school students’ salivary pH of 7.82 (alkaline). This showed that brushing the teeth 20 minutes after eating can return salivary pH as before eating.Conclusions: Brushing teeth 20 minutes after eating can increase the salivary pH as a before eating.
The anxiety in children when visiting a dentist results in children not wanting to check the condition of their oral cavity to the dentist, therefore it causes many problems with their oral and dental health. Children who visit a dentist experience an anxiety level of 5% to 52%. The behavioral problem in the children with excessive anxiety tends to have multifactorial, one of which is the parenting. This research to investigate the correlation between parenting and the anxiety levels of children aged 6-12 years in the tooth extraction. This research was analytical survey research using a cross sectional design. The subjects of this research were children patients and their parents, who visit Private Dental Clinics for tooth extraction, as many as 47 respondents. Sampling used the accidental sampling technique. The research instrument used questionnaires to see their parenting, and also used the Facial Image Scale to see the level of anxiety. The parenting method showed the democratic parenting as much as 40.4%. The children’s anxiety level showed the anxiety level of anxious as much as 55.3%. The analysis results of the Lambda test analysis showed the democratic parenting with the level of child anxiety was 0.07, permissive parenting with the level of child anxiety was 0.008 and authoritarian parenting with the level of child anxiety was 0.007. Parents with democratic parenting is not related to children's anxiety level, authoritarian and permissive parenting are related to children's anxiety level.
Introduction: Candida albicans (C. albicans) is the most common fungus found in the human oral cavity. This fungus has the ability to form a biofilm that causes infectious diseases in the oral cavity. Nowadays, the incidence of infectious diseases caused by C.albicans was increasing due to resistance to antifungal drugs. This study aimed to investigate the effect of Moringa oleifera ethyl acetate extract on the inhibition of C. albicans planktonic cell growth and biofilm formation in vitro. Methods: C. albicans (ATCC 10231) was the fungus used in this study. Determination of inhibition planktonic cell growth by microdilution method. The polystyrene microplate assay method was used to test the inhibition of C. albicans biofilm formation. The extract concentrations used in this study were 25%, 12.5%, 6.25%, 3.13%, and 1.57%, respectively. A crystal violet (CV) assay assessed the biofilm's inhibitory activity. Results: The minimal inhibitory concentration of Moringa oleifera leaf ethyl acetate extract against the planktonic form of C.albicans was found to be 1.57%. Starting at 6.25% concentration, Moringa leaf ethyl acetate extract inhibits the formation of C. albicans biofilm. Conclusion: Since Moringa oleifera leaf ethyl acetate extract inhibits C. albicans planktonic and biofilm formation, it has the potential to be developed as an alternative anti-fungal agent. Keywords: Moringa leaf extract, planktonic cells, biofilm, Candida albicans
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