Heat cured acrylic (HCA) resin has a rough, hard and porous surface. This causes food scraps to stick frequently and makes it easier for Candida albicans to grow. Lime peel extract (citrus aurantifolia) is a natural ingredient that is antifungal. The pur-pose of this study was to determine the growth of C.albicanscolonies on heat cured acrylic dentures in 40% immersion of lime peel extract. The HCA resin plate samples were 40 samples, namely the 40% lime peel extractconcentration group, the negative control group (akuades) and the positive control group which were soaked for 2 hours and 6 hours. The design of this study was a post-test only control group with data analysis using the one-way Anova test. The results showed that each group was normally distributed and the variance data was heterogeneous (p>0.05). It is concluded that 40% lime peel extract can inhibit the growth of C.albicans colonies on HCA resin plates.
Gigi tiruan diperlukan dalam pemenuhan kesehatan pada umumnya serta kesehatan gigi dan mulut khususnya terutama untuk mempertahankan fungsi kunyah.Tujuan penelitian adalah ingin mengetahui persentase jumlah masyarakat Desa Petang yang menggunakan gigi tiruan untuk menggantikan gigi alami yang telah dicabut. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasi analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Jumlah responden adalah 21 orang yang merupakan pasien yang datang ke Posko Pelayanan di Desa Petang. Pemeriksaan dilakukan dengan mengisi Formulir Pemeriksaan Kesehatan Gigi dan Mulut WHO. Datamenunjukan bahwa tidak ada responden yang menggunakan gigi tiruan. Disimpulkan bahwa pemakaian gigi tiruan masih sangat rendah menunjukkan kurangnyapengetahuan masyarakat dalam upaya pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dan rendahnya kesadaran masyarakat dalam mempertahankan fungsi gigi dan estetik.
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