Growth Changes of Mouth Germs after Implementation of Oral Hygiene Actions

Hamzah, Arie Utariani, Kohar Hari Santoso, Christrijogo Sumartono, Soni Sumarso, Sulistiawan, Alsep Dolfi Luntungan

2018

Abstract

Implementation of the oral hygiene according to procedures can reduce the growth of oral germs. The aim of this study was to determine the growth changes of oral germ after the implementation of oral hygiene.The subjects were all severe head injury patients who performed oral hygiene action in Intensive Observation Room of Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya from June 1st to July 31st 2014. Samples were taken before and after the action of oral hygiene and then the culture of bacteria were examined against 13 patients during the period. Furthermore, a statistical analysis was performed with paired t-test to determine the amount of germs and McNemar test was used to determine the germs, before and after the oral hygiene action. In 13 patients, the amount of germs were decreased and no amount of germs after the implementation of oral hygiene action. The result of data analysis with paired sample t-test showed a significant result (p = 0.001). The conclusion of this study was decreased of the germ’s number and no amount of germs after the implementation of oral hygiene action.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hamzah., Utariani A., Santoso K., Sumartono C., Sumarso S., Sulistiawan. and Luntungan A. (2018). Growth Changes of Mouth Germs after Implementation of Oral Hygiene Actions.In Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD, ISBN 978-989-758-494-7, pages 316-319. DOI: 10.5220/0008156503160319

in Bibtex Style

@conference{rcd18,
author={Hamzah and Arie Utariani and Kohar Hari Santoso and Christrijogo Sumartono and Soni Sumarso and Sulistiawan and Alsep Dolfi Luntungan},
title={Growth Changes of Mouth Germs after Implementation of Oral Hygiene Actions},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,},
year={2018},
pages={316-319},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008156503160319},
isbn={978-989-758-494-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,
TI - Growth Changes of Mouth Germs after Implementation of Oral Hygiene Actions
SN - 978-989-758-494-7
AU - Hamzah.
AU - Utariani A.
AU - Santoso K.
AU - Sumartono C.
AU - Sumarso S.
AU - Sulistiawan.
AU - Luntungan A.
PY - 2018
SP - 316
EP - 319
DO - 10.5220/0008156503160319