8 articles in this issue
L. Natamiharja,O. Dewi
There are still many controversial results concerning which type of tooth brush is more effective in removing plaque. This study was done to compare the effectiveness of reducing plaque among the two groups, the tooth brush group with filament's surface w... see more
R. H. Rusli
Cu3Sn is indeed the e phase in the Copper-Tin system, which is one of the main phase of High Copper Amalgam Alloy (Ag-Sn-Cu Alloy) and at present very little emphasis has been placed on the microstructure and the mechanical properties of Cu3Sn p... see more
Effects of cooling rate (at the time of solidification on the elastic constants of Cu3Sn phase of Ag-Sn-Cu dental amalgam alloy were studied. In this study, three types of alloys were made, with the composition Cu-38-37 wt% Sn by means of casting, wh... see more
Budiharto Budiharto
Dental health services utilization is a dental health behavious component included practicing domain. Dental health services utilization is mothers practicing demand for promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative in mothers' or her family dental h... see more
Febrina Setiawati
Residence of Slawi Subdistrict, Tegal District Central Java Province have a frequent tea drinking habit with specific characters of high concentrate tea without sugar or a lot of sugar. It is acknowledged that fluor content in tea can prevent dental carie... see more
Soeherwin Mangundjaja,Abdul Muthalib,Ariadna Djais,Elza Ibrahim Auerkari
The aim of the study was to evaluate the level of distribution of mutans streptococci on the margin of amalgam restoration, compared with that on the enamel and on the surface of restoration. It is assumed that the level of distribution of mutans streptoc... see more
Elza Ibrahim Auerkari,Hedijanti Joenoes
Dentinogenesis Imperfecta (DI) is a hereditary, simple autosomal dominant disorder showing abnormalities in the dentin of the developing teeth and occurring at a rate of about 1 in 8000 births. The expression of DI shows a high penetrance and a low mutati... see more
Elza Ibrahim Auerkari,Hari Sunarto,Ariadna Djais
The reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is widely applied for detecting mRNA expression and cloning cDNA. This method consists of two parts: cDNA synthesis from mRNA by reverse transcription (RT) and amplification of cDNA by PCR. The ... see more