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KMID : 1157520130090030145
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International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry
2013 Volume.9 No. 3 p.145 ~ p.148
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Salivary Parameters of Buffer Capacity, pH Saliva and pH Plaque Related to Dental Caries Activity in School Student
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Risqa Rina Darwita
Peter Andreas
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Abstract
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Objective: Dental caries is a major worldwide oral disease problem in children. Although caries are known to be influenced by dietary factors, the disease results from a bacterial infection; thus, caries susceptibility may be affected by environment factors such as saliva. This study aimed to determine a possible correlation between caries prevalence and caries risk mark-ers that important factors for caries development in school children age 7-8 year in 5 areas of DKI Jakarta.
Methods: The study was conducted as a cross-sectional study which data were collected from 500 school children in DKI Jakarta age 7-8 years old who were received dental examination including dental caries was used score DMF-S, pH saliva, pH plaque and buffer capacity.The screening starts with simple clinical observations, expanding to a diversified pattern of tests to assess the un-stimulated buffer capacity, pH saliva and pH plaque.
Results: The results show that the Mean±SD score DMF-Sof school children was 0.193±0.4015. While Mean±SD buffer capacity of un-stimulated saliva was 4.763±2.1628, the pH un-stimulated saliva 6.830±0.4991, the other result shows that pH plaque was 6.246±0.4094. There was significant correlation (R=0.229, p＜0.0001) between score DMF-Sand buffer ca-pacity, pH saliva and pH plaque.
Conclusion: The findings suggest that the level of buffer capacity, pH saliva, and pH plaque are the importance of screening for caries risk markers.
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KEYWORD
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salivary, buffer capacity, pH saliva, dental caries activity, Indonesia
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