PENGARUH PEMAKAIAN ALAT ORTODONTIK LEPASAN TERHADAP LAJU ALIRAN SALIVA
Abstract
Background : One of the factors to maintain the oral hygiene is saliva. Salivary
flow rate influenced by several factors, one of them is caused by the mechanical
factors by using of orthodontic appliances in oral cavity. Using removable
orthodontic appliances may affect salivary flow rate and salivary pH by the
increasing of salivary flow rate. Increasing salivary flow rate may prevent the
pathogen microorganisms colonization by optimizing the environmental condition
in the oral cavity.
Objectives : To identify the effect of salivary flow rate after placement of
removable orthodontic appliances.
Methods : The study design is analytic observational, conducted by cross
sectional. The study population consisted of 20 subjects a control group and 20
subjects of removable orthodontic appliance users as at RSGM Universitas
Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta for measured the unstimulated salivary flow rate
with spitting method. Samples were choosen with purposive sampling. The result
were analyzed by using Independent Sample t-Test.
Results : The study showed that there was a difference of salivary flow rate in the
group of removable orthodontic appliances users and in control group as
evidenced by the results of analysis test by using Independent sample t-Test of
0,004 (p<0.05). the mean value of unstimulated salivary flow rate (USFR) in the
group of removable orthodontic appliances users was 0,7087 gram, whereas in
the control group or non-users of removable orthodontic appliances was 0.4926
gram. Conclusion in this study, there is an effect using removable orthodontic
appliances to unstimulated salivary flow rate.