Comparative Effectiveness of Angsana Latex (Pterocarpus indiscus) and Chlorhexidine 0.2% Against Growth of Streptococcus mutans
- DOI
- 10.2991/idsm-17.2018.34How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- comparative effectiveness, angsana latex, chlorhexidine 0.2%, Streptococcus mutans
- Abstract
The aim of this research was to investigate the comparative effectiveness of ang-sana latex (P. indiscus) and chlorhexidine 0.2% against growth of S. mutans. This research was a laboratory experiment (true experimental), with a post-test only completely randomized design, consisting of four treatments: angsana latex 40% (w/v), angsana latex 80% (w/v) positive control (chlorhexidine 0.2%), and nega-tive control (distilled water). Each treatment was replicated six times. The bacteri-cidal effect of the inhibition zone that formed on Muller??"Hinton media was rated. Result: One-way analysis of variance showed that the inhibition zones were sig-nificantly different; the angsana latex 80% (w/v) had a larger mean inhibiting zone than that of chlorhexidine 0.2% against S. mutans. These results indicate that angsana latex 80% (w/v) had a greater bactericidal effect than that of chlor-hexidine 0.2% against S. mutans.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Wimmy Safaati Utsani AU - Mahmud Kholifa PY - 2018/05 DA - 2018/05 TI - Comparative Effectiveness of Angsana Latex (Pterocarpus indiscus) and Chlorhexidine 0.2% Against Growth of Streptococcus mutans BT - Proceedings of the 11th International Dentistry Scientific Meeting (IDSM 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 251 EP - 256 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/idsm-17.2018.34 DO - 10.2991/idsm-17.2018.34 ID - Utsani2018/05 ER -