Open AccessPerbedaan Indeks Plak setelah Pengolesan Ekstrak Daging Buah Naga Merah (Hylocereus costaricensis) dan Larutan Pengungkap
Author(s) -
Hillary Inggrid Prananta,
Purwanto Purwanto,
Elyda Akhya Afida Misrohmasari,
Niken Probosari,
Surartono Dwiatmoko
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
stomatognatic
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2442-4935
DOI - 10.19184/stoma.v16i1.19957
Subject(s) - flesh , anthocyanin , food science , significant difference , traditional medicine , chemistry , botany , horticulture , biology , medicine
Red dragon fruit flesh extract contains of anthocyanin as red pigmen that potentially to be a natural dye. Athocyanin contains of polysaccharide that can binding with polysaccharide of dental plaque called hydrogen bonds, so dental plaque has been colored and potentially as alternative of disclosing solution. The purpose of this study was to find out the difference of plaque index after smeared by red dragon fruit flesh extract 75% and disclosing solution. The method of this study is a clinical experimental study with a static-group comparison design. 20 subjects were examined the plaque index after smeared with red dragon fruit flesh extract 75%) and disclosing solution). There was no significant difference between groups. Conclusions: Red dragon fruit flesh extract 75% had similar capability with disclosing solution to examine dental plaque.