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KMID : 1157520090050040229
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International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry
2009 Volume.5 No. 4 p.229 ~ p.232
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The Effect of Broken Orange Pecco tea on caries activity of mutans streptococcal level in dental plaque
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Latif Abdul
Mangundjaja S.
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Abstract
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Objectives: Tea is a traditional drink that is beneficial to health. One of its benefits is its capability to prevent
dental caries because it has active substance polyphenol. The aim of the study is to determine the effect of Broken Orange Pecco(BOP) tea on caries activity level of mutans streptococci in plaque after consuming a glass of tea twice daily for one month.
Materials and methods: Before enrolled in the study, informed consents were received from their parents. The
subject of this study were 30 ,twelve-year old schoolchildren which lived in tea plantation of Malabar, West of Java Indonesia selected for this purpose. 30 subjects conducted two times of treatment as follows: first they were treated as control group by not drinking Broken Orange Pecco tea for one month, and then they were treated as treatment group by drinking a glass of Broken Orange Pecco tea twice daily for one month. Plaque samples were taken with a sterile toothpick along the buccal gingival margin of upper lower and the fissures of the molars. The tips were cut off and put directly into a small tube of Cariostat (Tzu Shimono et al, 1986) and incubated in anaerobic jar. Data obtained were analyzed descriptively and "t- test.
Results: The data showed that there is no significant difference of mutans streptococci in group not treated by
Broken Orange Pecco tea. However, a significant difference (p=0.000) was found as results in group treated with Broken Orange Pecco tea.
Conclusion: Therefore it could be concluded that drinking Broken Orange Pecco tea is effective in inhibiting caries activity levels of mutans streptococci in plague and could be useful for controlling dental caries.
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KEYWORD
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Broken Orange Pecco tea, canes activity, mutans streptococcal
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