Interdental Jurnal Kedokteran Gigi (IJKG)
Vol. 17 No. 2 (2021): Interdental Jurnal Kedokteran Gigi (IJKG)

THE EFFECT OF CHOCOLATE BISCUIT AND JELLY CANDY CONSUMPTION ON SALIVARY pH IN ELEMENTARY STUDENTS : Pengaruh Konsumsi Biskuit Coklat Dan Permen Jelly Terhadap pH Saliva Pada Siswa SD

Putu Widani (Department of Pedodontic Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar, Indonesia)
Putu Yetty Nugraha (Department of Pedodontic Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar, Indonesia)
I Gede Andhika Wiguna Aryana (Undergraduated Student Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Jun 2022

Abstract

Introduction: Dental caries is a disease of hard dental tissue, namely enamel, dentin, and cementume caused by a microorganism in a carbohydrate that can be shared. Stimulus secretion of saliva consists of mechanical stimulation including talking, chewing, and gargling, while chemical stimulation in the form of the impression of taste. Chocolate biscuits and jelly candies are sweet, sticky, and chewy cariogenic foods that greatly affect changes in salivary pH. Children aged 9-10 years are more susceptible to dental disease because it is a critical age group, at that age there is a transition of tooth growth from baby teeth to permanen teeth. Purpose: This study aims to determine the differences in salivary pH between consuming chocolate biscuits and jelly candies in students aged 9-10 years. Materials and Methods: The research design used was a pre-experimental study with a pretest and posttest control group design. The number of subjects required was 32 respondents, by taking a Simple Random Sampling, which was divided into 2 groups, each group consisting of 16 people. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon test and One Way ANOVA. Result and Discussion: The result showed that, the mean value of saliva pH before chewing chocolate biscuits was 8.09, in minute to five was 3.96, in minute to ten was 6.50, then in minute to fifteen was 7.33. While the mean salivary pH before chewing jelly candy was 7.66, in minute to five was 5.17, in in minute to ten was 6.81, and in minute to fifteen was 7.50. Conclusion: The conclusion of this study was that chewing chocolate biscuits was more influential in lowering salivary pH than chewing jelly candies after 5 (five) minutes of mastication and there was no difference in mean increase in salivary pH between groups after 10-15 (ten-fifteen) minutes of chewing chocolate biscuits and jelly candies.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

interdental

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Dentistry Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

Description

Interdental Journal is a scientific published and supported by Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Mahasaraswati Denpasar and published twice annually, every June and December. The submission process opens throughout the year. All submitted manuscript will be screened with double-blind peer review and ...