Nurul Husna
Program Profesi Pendidikan Dokter Gigi Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia

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Effectiveness of peppermint-based mouthwash as antibacteria in the mouth: Efektivitas mouthwash berbahan dasar peppermint sebagai antibakteri rongga mulut Nugraha Putri Mahendra; Lenni Indriani; Nurul Husna; Widi Aspiah Azhary
Makassar Dental Journal Vol. 12 No. 3 (2023): Volume 12 Issue 3 Desember 2023
Publisher : Makassar Dental Journal PDGI Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35856/mdj.v12i3.711

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Indonesia has a variety of plants that can be used as medicinal plants, one of which is peppermint which is widely used as an anti-bacterial and antiallergenic. This literature review discusses the effectiveness of peppermint as an antibacterial, namely se-condary data and literature studies, analyzed descriptively by presenting and comparing the results of studies regarding the con-tent of peppermint in the form of mouthwash which can be an antibacterial in the oral cavity. It is concluded that peppermint-based mouthwash contains menthol, thereby creating a synergistic effect in increasing antibacterial activity.