IDENTIFIKASI KERENTANAN KARIES GIGI BERDASARKAN AKTIVITAS MIKROFLORA NORMAL PADA SAMPEL SALIVA
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https://doi.org/10.31004/jkt.v6i1.42082Keywords:
dental caries, caries susceptibility, saliva, snyder-testAbstract
Karies gigi merupakan salah satu penyakit infeksi gigi yang paling sering dan umum terjadi di seluruh lapisan masyarakat. Berdasarkan Riset Kesehatan Dasar Indonesia 2018, karies gigi adalah salah satu penyakit endemik pada mulut dengan prevalensi dan tingkat keparahan yang cukup tinggi di Indonesia, yaitu sebesar 88,8% populasi masyarakat pada berbagai rentang usia. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji kerentanan karies gigi pada pria dan wanita yang dianalisis berdasarkan aktivitas mikroflora normal pada mulut dari sampel saliva (air liur) secara in vitro. Sampel yang diidentifikasi berupa sampel saliva yang diambil dari delapan orang sukarelawan wanita dan delapan orang sukarelawan pria. Metode yang dilakukan yaitu Snyder-Test, berdasarkan tingkat keasaman saliva yang teridentifikasi menggunakan reagen mengandung Bromcresol Green. Simpulan berdasarkan hasil yang diperoleh, menunjukkan kerentanan wanita dan pria terhadap resiko karies gigi yang relatif sama, yaitu dengan tingkat kerentanan sedang. Tingkat kerentanan sedang tersebut disimpulkan dari perubahan warna pada media yang semula berwarna hijau menjadi kuning atau dominan kuning, yang terjadi pada pengamatan 48 jam. Perubahan warna mengindikasikan perubahan pH dari kondisi awal pH ±4,7 menuju pH ±4,4. Pembentukan karies gigi dapat dipengaruhi oleh beberapa faktor, di antaranya pemaparan terhadap lingkungan kariogenik, akses dan frekuensi paparan terhadap makanan, serta perubahan fisiologis berkaitan dengan fluktuasi tingkat hormon, yang dapat menyebabkan komposisi biokimia saliva berubah dan membuat keadaan mulut lebih rentan terhadap karies.References
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