Children in mixed dentition period have a high risk of dental caries because they often eat carbohydrates, especially sucrose between meals. 5-10 minutes after consuming sucrose, oral pH drops belo…
Tonsil enlargement or tonsillitis is the most common factor that causes a person to breath through the mouth. mouth breathing can cause malocclusion and affect the facial profile. it is because whe…
Plaque is a thin film on the surface of a tooth containing a variety of microorganisms. At cm early stage, plaque containing only microorganisms gram-positive facultative then will happen growth an…
Background: Anxiety and fear of treatment were important factors that cause patients to avoid dental care. Tranquilizers drugs can be used to solve that problem. Mimosa pudica Linn. is one type of …
Dental caries prevalence in the world, include Indonesia, is high. This problem has correlation with host condition, food consumption, microorganism, and contuining interaction between those factor…
Customer really do have to be satisfied, if not they will leave institution as customer and become rival customer. Thus, an institution must assess customer’s degree of satisfactory to know the a…
Oral surgery procedure, like tooth extraction is the common procedure in dentistry: Adequate perioperative medication is very important to maintain this operative procedure. The metaholism, excreti…
Public expectations towards their dental appearance has increased nowdays. Teeth must not only look neat bui must also appear white. Bleaching commonly done in adults with permanent teeth which can…
Nowadays, dental feamess still becomes the major problem in pediatric dental treatment. That’s why, a dentist who treats children should have a variety of behavior guidance approaches and managem…
On the age between 10-12 called mixed dentition teeth period. In this period crowding teeth often happens. Mixed dentition teeth may cause retention increase to the plaque because the cleansing pro…
The increased accumulation ofplaque in smokers due to substances which consist in cigarettes may effects in gingival status and may increasing incidence of gingivitis. This research was conducted t…
Gingivitis is inflammation of gingiva, a common periodontal disease that found in Indonesian elementary school student. Gingivitis is caused by bacterial irritation in dental plaque. Gingivitis in …
Background: Sambiloto is a traditional plant that has a major active compound content of andrographolide, and flavonoids and other active compounds are tannin, saponins and alkaloids. Active compou…
Pregnancy can cause changes in gingival', such as gingivitis and epulis gravidarum. These changes are influenced by changes in the hormonal and vascular factors in conjunction with local irritation…
Tooth extraction is the process of alveolar dental expenses. Revocation or tooth extraction is a surgical operative action quite often done in the practice of dentistry that involves the bone tissn…
Background : Dental caries is a chronic disease of dental hard tissue and low progression. The prevalence of dental canes in child which is still high is due to low appreciation of tooth brushing h…
Malocclusions prevalence and level of orthodontic treatment need in adolesences in Indonesia is still high. From 60,5% prevalence, 23% ofthem are need orthodontic treatment. By the growing of techn…
Impacted is a teeth which obstructed normal eruption so they could not reach the perfect occlusal eruption normally in a dental arch. The most frequently experienced impaction of teeth is ihird mol…
Down syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality that is formed by chromosome 21 (trisomy 21). Growth abnormalities in people with Down syndrome can lead to some complex problems of the teeth and oral ca…
The first food consumed by babies is human milk and infant formula milk. Milk is very important in the child’s growth like for development of bone and teeth forming. Besides that, milk also has a…
There are many variants of shape, size, number, and position of the palatal rugae. Palatal rugae pattems also have differences of gender and race. The pattems of palatal rugae has a role in prostho…
Inflammation process in oral mucosal wounds were commonly found in population and often caused by mechanial traumatic. The ethanolic extract of turmeric contains curcumin which has been proven as a…
One way of demineralization is by increasing the resistance of tooth structure. That is by increasing email hardness and email durability by acidic challenge. One of material that can prevent demin…
Background: Wild banana has been traditionally usedfor bonefracture healing. Wild banana contains a high level of amino acid and mineral. Amino acid can increase the insulin growth factor 1 (IGFl) …
The use of carbamazepines as anticonvulsant drugs for epilepsy suffers could induce hypersensitivity type III reaction. Allergic mediators at hipersensitivity reaction caused eythema multiforme whi…
Wasting nutritional status is a problem faced by Indonesia with a significant percentage rate. Based on ihe results of Household Health Survey 2004 showed the wasting on the nutritional status of s…
Introduction: Composite resin as a restorative material in the mouth is always exposed to water, saliva, and the fluid from food and beverages consumed daily, including yoghurt. Currently, commerci…
Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is one of the most common oral mucosal diseases. RAS could make patients feel discomfort and it would reduce the guality of life, therefore it need an adequale t…
Kepahiang Sub-district, Kepahiang Regency located in Highland of Barisan Hill. People who live in Kepahiang Sub-district were consuming drink water from well water. Fluor contained of well water in…
Background. Orthodontic treatment has several advantages, such as for increasing smile esthetic. One of the important components in smile esthetic is smile line. Smile line is the harmony between t…