The Difference of Color Change After Using the Red Watermelon Extract (Citrullus Lanatus) and Commercial Toothpaste Towards Tooth Discoloration (in Vitro)

DOI

10.2991/978-94-6463-070-1_33How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Watermelon extract; Whitening toothpaste; Aquades

Abstract

Background: Aesthetics has a value that is not absolute and very subjective. Discoloration teeth that can interfere with aesthetics require treatment, the instance is whitening toothpaste. The amount of chemical content contained in toothpaste is considered to have an effect on health. 99% malic acid in red watermelon has been shown to whiten teeth. This research aimed to determine the difference between the use of red watermelon extract (Citrullus lanatus) toothpaste and commercial toothpaste on color changes in vitro.

Methods: This research is a true experimental laboratory used 12 samples of post-extraction incisors and canines. All samples were discolored with black tea. The treatment group was divided into 3 groups, there are the group that was brushed with extract red watermelon, the group that was brushed with commercial toothpaste, and the group that was brushed with aquadest. Each group was brushed for 56 min. Measurement of color changes used shade guide and spectrophotometer was carried out before and after brushed. The results of the color changes were analyzed used One Way Annova Test and Paired T-Test.

Results: The result of this research used Paired T-Test obtained that the three groups has significance value of p > 0.05 and the result used One Way Annova Test has a significance value of 0.307 (p > 0.05).

Conclusion: This study showed that there was no significant difference in tooth color between using extract red watermelon, commercial toothpaste, and aquadest.

Copyright

© 2022 The Author(s)

Open Access

Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Any Setyawati
AU  - Dini Amalia Dewi
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/26
TI  - The Difference of Color Change After Using the Red Watermelon Extract (Citrullus Lanatus) and Commercial Toothpaste Towards Tooth Discoloration (in Vitro)
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation on Health Sciences and Nursing (ICOSI-HSN 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 274
EP  - 284
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-070-1_33
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-070-1_33
ID  - Setyawati2022
ER  -