Abstract
Many microorganisms have been found colonizing the dorsum of tongue. To prevent infection and development of
other pathologies in oral cavity, tongue cleaning has been advocated to reduce the amount of coating and
microorganism loading in the mouth. The aim of this study is to find out the impact of tongue cleaning using tongue
scraper against tongue coating index and anaerobic bacterial colony count on tongue dorsum. This study was
carried out on 24 male and 16 female participants aged 11 to 17. Tongue coating index was used to assess tongue
coating and tongue samples were taken to count the bacterial colony. The result showed that there is a significant
difference tongue coating index (Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, p=0.000) and amount of anaerobic bacteria colony (tpaired
test, p=0.007)before and after using tongue scraper. In conclusion, tongue scraper can reduce tongue
coating index and there was significant difference in anaerobic bacteria colony count before and after using tongue
scraper.
Recommended Citation
Hamid, Hamdini; Aulia, Rabia'tul; and Samad, Rasmidar
(2011)
"Efektivitas penggunaan tongue scraper terhadap penurunan indeks tongue coating dan jumlah koloni bakteri anaerob lidah Effectivity of tongue scraper on reducing tongue coating and anaerobic bacteria colony count,"
Dentofasial: Vol. 10:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
DOI: 10.15562/jdmfs.v10i1.249
Available at:
https://scholarhub.unhas.ac.id/dentofasial/vol10/iss1/7
Pages
32-35
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©2016Hamdini Hamid, Rabia’tul Aulia, Rasmidar Samad
DOI
10.15562/jdmfs.v10i1.249