The Effect of Cucumber Fruit (Cucumis Sativus L) on pH Saliva at The Rapha-EL Orphanage Foundation

Abstract

Increasing the pH of saliva will affect oral health. One way to increase the pH of salivais to chew fruit that is fibrous, crunchy and contains lots of water. The researchobjective was to determine the effect of cucumber on salivary pH at the Bina MandiriSocial Orphanage. This type of research is a one group pretest and posttest groupdesign. The study population was the children at the Rapha-El OrphanageFoundation. The sample size is determined based on the Roscoe formula of 20 people.Methods of data collection by measuring the pH of saliva before and after chewingcucumbers using a digital pH meter. The data that has been collected, then analyzedby paired t test. The results showed that there was a difference in the average pH ofsaliva before and after chewing cucumber (p = 0.001). The conclusion is that there isan effect of chewing cucumber on increasing the pH of saliva in children at the Rapha-El Orphanage Foundation.