PERBEDAAN KEKERASAN EMAIL PADA PERENDAMAN MINUMAN BERSODA DAN ISOTONIK DI MAKASSAR TAHUN 2018

Syamsiah Syam (Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar)
Nurasisah Lestari (Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar)
Hikmah Syahrida Wahyuni Putri (Fakultas Kedokteran Gigi Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Makassar)

As-syifaa Jurnal Farmasi
Vol 10, No 2 (2018): AS-SYIFAA Jurnal Farmasi

Background : Email is the most outer layer of the teeth, harder compared with the layer below which is dentin. Email hardness  is a physical conditions that belongs of the part of dental, it’s called email that can be measured using Vicker Hardness Tester by Kg/mm. Soft drink and isotonic is consisting of various types of a acids that lower of pH in oral cavity.  Objective : To know the difference of email hardness which is soaked in soft drink and isotonik.Method : Teeth post extraction, then soaked in to soft drink and isotonik for 2 hours. After that measured email hardness using Vicker Hardness Tester.Result : Based on Independent Sample T-test result the difference of email hardness which is soaked in soft drink and isotonic in Makassar 2017 obtained value of soft drink decreased of the email hardness  with value p = 0,662. Conclusion : Showed there’s a difference email hardness which is soaked in soft drink and isotonic, while the result of email hardness decreased between soft drink and isotonic there’s no significant difference.