Open AccessA COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF THE NUMBER OF STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS COLONIES IN THE ENAMEL SURFACE OF TEETH AFTER THE APPLICATION OF CPP-ACP CONTAINING PROPOLIS AND CPP-ACP WITHOUT PROPOLIS
Author(s) -
Risqa Rina Darwita,
Kevin Setijono,
Fadhilah Almasyhur,
Peter Andreas,
Ariadna Adisattya Djais
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of applied pharmaceutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 0975-7058
DOI - 10.22159/ijap.2020.v12s2.pp-25
Subject(s) - propolis , streptococcus mutans , enamel paint , dentistry , chemistry , significant difference , food science , medicine , bacteria , biology , genetics
Objective: This study was to determine the efficacy of CPP-ACP combined with propolis by evaluating the number of Streptococcus mutans colonies inthe enamel surfaces of children aged 7–9 years before and after the application of CPP-ACP containing propolis.Methods: A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design with purposive sampling was used in this study, which was conducted on 32 students aged7–9 years who were divided into two groups that were intervention and control groups. Two young dentists examined the students, and their resultswere calibrated by a kappa value of 0.82. The number of S. mutans colonies was evaluated at baseline, and after a CPP-ACP propolis paste was appliedto white spot surfaces in the intervention group and CPP-ACP without propolis was applied to white spot surfaces of students in the control group inevery day for 4 weeks.Results: There was a significant decrease in the proportion of S. mutans colonies both of the intervention group (28%) and the control group (26%)(p 0.05).Conclusion: This study confirmed that CPP-ACP containing propolis is not better than CPP-ACP without propolis in decreasing the number of S. mutanscolonies; however, the CPP-ACP propolis combination has the potential to be used as an alternative material to prevent demineralization and improveremineralization of white spots in enamel surfaces.