Latar Belakang: Stunting adalah kondisi ketika seorang anak memiliki panjang atau tinggi badan yang tidak sesuai dengan usianya. Karies gigi merupakan penyakit multifaktorial yang menyerang jaringa…
Background: The 2018 Riskesdas recorded the proportion of oral and dental problems at 57.6%. The prevalence of oral health problems in South Sumatra is 52.41% with the highest percentage of 62.01% …
Latar Belakang: Infeksi odontogenik merupakan salah satu penyakit paling umum pada bidang kedokteran gigi yang disebabkan oleh bakteri Streptococcus sanguinis. Upaya pencegahan dan pengendalian inf…
Background: Malnutrition in Indonesia is a health problem that has not yet been fully addressed one of which is stunting. Stunting is a risk factor that can cause disturbances in tooth development,…
Background: Patients with maxillary transverse deficiency can be characterized by a narrowed maxilla, deep and narrow palate, anterior crowding, proclination of anterior teeth, unilateral or bilate…
Background: Tooth discoloration is a process in which teeth experience discoloration or stains that make them appear darker or not white as usual. Tooth discoloration is caused by the entry of comp…
Introduction: Gingivitis is an inflammatory condition that involves the soft tissue around the teeth (gingiva). The main factor causing gingivitis in children and adolescents is the accumulation of…
Background: Students must be able to adapt to the transition from high school to college to avoid stress. As a result of stress, para-functional habits could develop which lead to trauma. One of th…
Latar Belakang: Staphylococcus aureus merupakan salah satu bakteri yang dapat menyebabkan infeksi yang mempunyai karakteristik seperti peradangan, pembentukan abses dan nekrosis, Staphylococcus aur…
Background: The most common dental problems in Indonesia are broken/cavities/toothache. Dental hard tissue disease is one of the ten biggest outpatient diseases in South Sumatera Dental and Oral Ho…
Background: Streptococcus mutans is known to be one of bacteria that causes infections associated with several dental and oral diseases including alveolar osteitis or dry socket. Antibacterial cont…
Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease caused by specific microorganisms which can cause progressive damage to the periodontal tissues. Periodontitis can be affected by systemic conditions, one o…
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on dental and oral health services throughout the world, including Indonesia. Persatuan Dokter Gigi Indonesia recommends that the postponement of…
Background: Periodontitis is a common periodontal disease that is still found in society. One method to examine periodontitis disease is panoramic radiograph. The purpose of this study was to deter…
ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF ALOE VERA JELLY CANDY ON THE GROWTH OF Streptococcus mutans Sayidati Mutiah Dentistry Faculty of Medicine, Sriwijaya University Abstract Background: Streptococcus mutans i…
Background: Hypertension is a high blood pressure disease that is suffered by many patients and requires long-term treatment. Hypertensive patients require antihypertensive drug treatment to suppor…
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is an outbreak of infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The level of severity when contracting COVID-19 is divided into asymptomatic, moderate, mild and severe…
Backgrounds: Oral cancer is one of the ten most common types of cancer in humans. The incidence of oral cancer in Indonesia is 1.5-5% of all cancer cases. Oral cancer is usually preceded by Oral Po…
Background: Cyst is one of the lesions that are often found in the jaw. Odontogenic cysts can occur due to various etiologies. The incidence of odontogenic cysts is also associated with epithelial …
Background: Thalassemia is a group of hemolytic diseases from genetic disorders resulting from a decrease in the synthesis of alpha or beta chains of hemoglobin (Hb). A particular craniofacial ceph…
Latar Belakang: Thalassemia adalah kelainan bawaan yang terjadi akibat gangguan pada sintesis hemoglobin. Indonesia sendiri kasus thalassemia diperkiraan memiliki angka kelahiran 2.500 anak dengan …
Background: Oral diseases was reported as the most prevalent disease in Indonesia. Periapical lesion is a local respond from hard tissue around apical tissue that was caused by pulp necrosis or thr…
Latar belakang: Gigi impaksi merupakan gigi yang gagal erupsi sepenuhnya ke dalam rongga mulut dan bersifat patologis sehingga memerlukan perawatan. Salah satu perawatan gigi impaksi yang dapat dil…