Background: Bit fruit (Beta vulgaris) is plants as group of vegetables, has potencial as a source of natural dyes for food products. In dental health, a coloring agent which has contrast color with teeth is used for GHQWDO SODTXH LGHQWL¿FDWLRQ 'LVFORVLQJ VROXWLRQ LV WKH PRVW FRPPRQ used material for this purpose. 3XUSRVH RI WKLV VWXG\ ZDV WR LGHQWLI\ LI bit fruit can substitute disclosing solution as coloring agent for plaque LGHQWL¿FDWLRQ Method: Research design was Quasi Eksperimental 5HVHDUFKZLWK 3RVWWHVW 2QO\ &RQWURO *URXS 'HVLJQ 6DPSOHV ZDV 36 elementary students which divided into 2 groups. Group 1 was 18 students given disclosing solution while group 2 was given bit fruit solution. Independent t test was used to determine diferences between two groups. Result: Research results showed mean of plaque index after application of bit fruit and disclosing solution was 3,75 and 2,66 , ZLWK LQGHSHQGHQW WWHVW UHVXOWHQ VLJQL¿FDQF\ 7KHUH ZDV differences of plaque index after two group of application. Conclusion: the bit fruit was more effective to determine plaque compared to disclosing solution.
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