PENGARUH BAHAN PEMBERSIH GIGI TIRUAN TERHADAP KADAR VOLATILE SULFUR COMPOUNDS PEMAKAI GIGI TIRUAN LENGKAP RESIN AKRILIK (Studi pada populasi lanjut usia)

• Main Authors: , Ayu Ambarsari, , Prof. Dr. Haryo Mustiko D., MS., Sp Pros(K)
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2012
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/101120/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=57191
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

Halitosis or malodor is a symptom of a disease that does not realize that can interfere with communication and appearance. Halitosis is closely related to the use of denture. Denture material commonly used is acrylic resin, but besides easy and good esthetics, these materials can be porous and easy to absorb oral fluids will cause odor if not kept clean. Cleaning agents commonly used are water, soap and denture cleansers. Oral Chroma is a device to measure the volatile sulfur compounds (VSC) as the main cause of halitosis. VSC has major components of a compound of hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan and dimethyl mercaptan. The study was conducted on 27 patients using acrylic resin complete denture which was divided into 3 groups. Group I was instructed to clean dentures using only water, group II using soap and group III using denture cleanser (polident). All of them were instructed to clean the dentures for 4 weeks. The three groups were measured using the Oral Chroma before and after cleaning. Data were analyzed with two-way Anova and continued with Least Significant Difference test (LSD) at a 95% significance level. The results showed, there was significant difference between denture cleansers (p<0.05), there was a significant difference between VSC levels (p<0.05), there was a significant difference between the interaction of the denture cleansers with VSC levels (p<0.05). In conclusion, denture cleansers effective to reduce VSC levels of acrylic resin complete denture wearers.