Saat ini terjadi perkembangan populasi lansia di Indonesia sehingga isu kesehatan lansia merupakan sesuatu yang esensial. Lansia adalah individu yang telah mengalami proses menua sehingga terjadi berbagai perubahan biologis pada tubuhnya, sehingga berpengaruh terhadap penurunan fungsi organ. Kehilangan gigi adalah salah satu masalah yang umum pada lansia sehingga kebutuhan untuk pemasangan gigi tiruan merupakan hal penting yang perlu diperhatikan masyarakat kelompok lansia. Implan gigi tiruan merupakan salah satu alternatif pengganti kehilangan gigi yang memiliki banyak keuntungan dibandingkan gigi tiruan lain. Namun perlu disadari bahwa penggunaan implan gigi memiliki pertimbangan-pertimbangan kondisi rongga mulut dan sistemik tertentu untuk menunjang keberhasilan perawatan. Pemahaman mengenai terjadinya proses menua dan hubungannya dengan pertimbangan penggunaan implan sangat penting untuk diperhatikan oleh klinisi sebelum merencanakan perawatan, terutama berkaitan dengan perubahan pada sistem pertahanan tubuh yang terjadi seiring proses menua.

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Background. Simonart's band is a soft tissue band that connects the cleft gap of the base of the nostril or the margin of the alveolus. While research on the prevalence of Simonart's band in cleft lip and palate cases has been carried out in various countries, research on Simonart's band in Indonesia has yet to be conducted.Objectives. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of different types of Simonart's band at a cleft center in Indonesia.Material and methods. The data of cleft patients were reviewed retrospectively over a 9-year period at the

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 can spread rapidly. Surgery in the oral cavity poses a high risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend the use of mouthwash containing 1.5% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) or 0.2% povidone iodine (PI) to reduce the viral load in the upper respiratory tract and decrease the risk of transmission. The aim of the present study was to analyze the effect of mouth rinsing and gargling with mouthwash containing 1% PI, 0.5% PI, 3% H2O2, or 1.5% H2O2 and water on the cycle threshold (CT) value obtained by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Methods: This study is a randomized single blind controlled clinical trial which has been registered in the International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN) registry on the 3rd February 2022 (Registration number: ISRCTN18356379). In total, 69 subjects recruited from Persahabatan General Hospital who met the inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups or the control group. The subjects were instructed to gargle with 15 mL of mouthwash for 30 s in the oral cavity followed by 30 s in the back of the throat, three times per day for 5 days. CT values were collected on postprocedural days 1, 3, and 5. Results: The results of the Friedman test significantly differed among the groups (n=15). The CT values increased from baseline (day 0) to postprocedural days 1, 3, and 5. Conclusions: Mouth rinsing and gargling with mouthwash containing 1% PI, 0.5% PI, 3% H2O2, or 1.5% H2O2 and water increased the CT value.

Objective: To evaluate the possible association of a polymorphism in the gene encoding methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 1 (MTHFD1), 1958G>A, with the susceptibility to orofacial cleft in an Indonesian population. Material and Methods: A total of 200 stored secondary biological samples from 30 cases of orofacial cleft and 170 unaffected controls were analyzed to determine the polymorphism status at base 1958. The analysis was conducted using the PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique after digestion with the Msp1 restriction enzyme. The samples were then subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis to investigate the presence or absence of the following fragments: genotype GG, 196, 86 and 40 base pairs (bp); genotype AA, 282 and 28 bp and genotype AG, 282, 196, 86, 40 and 28 bp. The test groups were compared using the Chi-square test. Results: The wild-type allele containing 1958G, as well as the genotype GG, were significantly more common in the control group than in the orofacial cleft group. Conclusion:The MTHFD1 1958G>A polymorphism was significantly associated with orofacial cleft susceptibility in the tested Indonesian population.