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Denture wearers use cleanser with chemical cleaning solution to eliminate the formation of plaque, tartar and food scraps, as well as bad breath. Thus, many natural materials used as alternative synthetic materials have recently been developed. One of natural materials developed is Taro Leaf. To determine the effectiveness of Taro leaf extract as a denture cleanser against Candida albicans on acrylic plate. The acrylic plate was soaked in sterile saliva and then soaked in Candida albicans for 24 hours. Those samples then were divided into four groups, namely one control group and using Taro leaf extract at concentrations of 40%, 60%, and 80%. After the treatment, they were planted on Sabaroud Dextrose Agar and then incubated for 24 hours. After 24 hours, the visible growth of Candida albicans colonies was measured. The results then were analyzed by using the Kolmogrov Smirnov, Levene test, one way ANOVA, and Tukey HSD test. There was a significant difference in the growth of Candida albicans colonies between the treatment group using Taro leaf extract at the concentration of 40%, 60% and 80%. This study can be concluded that the immersion of acrylic resin plate in taro leaf extract (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) with a concentration of 80% can effectively decrease the number of colonies of Candida albicans on acrylic resins.
Keywords: antifungal, taro leaf extract, denture cleanser, resin acrylic, Candida albicans
INTRODUCTION
Denture wearers who continually equip the denture without cleaning it regularly can increase the accumulation of plaque and can cause inflammation in the oral mucosa, such as denture stomatitis. Candida albicans is known as pathogenic microorganisms that are able to produce hydrolytic enzymes that are toxic and can cause denture stomatitis (Bhat, et al. 2011). Index usage of protesa in Indonesia, based on the data of the national health research, was 4.5% with 5.0% on men and 5.6% women (Widati, K. C. 2017).
Removable partial dentures can be cleaned mechanically, chemically, or a combination of both. The materials that are often used as cleaning agent is alkaline peroxide and alkaline hipochloride. Test the effect of alkaline cleaning agents hypochlorite and alkaline peroxide showed discoloration of the denture base (Gajwani-Jain, et al. 2015; Kazanji, & Ahmad, 2004). Evaluation of the effect of some denture cleansers on...