One of the diseases that many people suffered as a resultof gingival inflammation is gingivitis. Gingivitis can be curedwith intensive treatment, namely by way of a toothbrush isgood and true, tartar cleaning and the use of mouthwash.According to the American Dental Association ( ADA ) mouthwashshould be able to kill organisms that can causedisease or that are anti- bacterial and helps clean up theleftovers . Antiseptic mouthwash to kill germs that cancause plaque , gingivitis and bad breath. Khlorheksidinemouthwash containing 0.2 % or povidone iodine antiseptic.The research purpose to determine differences in theeffective use of khlorheksidine 0.2 % and povidone iodineagainst the gingival status of patients at the health centerTegalrejo gingivitis.The kind of research in this thesis is aquasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest researchdesign. The study population was patients at the healthcenter Tegalrejo gingivitis . Sampling Method by SimpleRandom Sampling by 30 respondents. Variable influencekhlorheksidine 0.2 % and povidone iodine, variables affectedgingival status. Techniques of data collection by therespondents were divided into 2 groups, each group consistingof 15 respondents , the respondent group I was fedirrigation and mouthwash khlorheksidine 0.2 % . Group IIwas fed irrigation respondents and povidone iodine mouthwash.Statistical test using a different test Paired t-test.The examination results obtained significantly by 0.000
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