PENGARUH MENYIKAT GIGI MENGGUNAKAN SIKAT GIGI BERBULU SOFT DAN MEDIUM DENGAN METODE HORIZONTAL DAN VERTIKAL TERHADAP PEMBENTUKAN PLAK PADA ANAK PEREMPUAN USIA 12 DAN 13 TAHUN

The formation of dental plaque can be influenced by some factors. These factors include the toothbrush design and methods used when brushing teeth.The aim of this research is to find out the influence of brushing teeth uses a soft and medium bristles with horizontal and vertical method on the plaque formation in girls aged 12 and 13 years old. Quasi experimental with crossover design performed on 30 girls. The subjects is divided into two groups, 15 girls aged 12 and 15 girls age 13. Each subject was given four treatments that brushing teeth using soft toothbrush with horizontal method, brushing teeth using soft toothbrush with vertikal method, brushing teeth using medium toothbrush with horizontal method, brushing teeth using medium toothbrush with vertikal method. Each treatment was done in 5 days withe the wash out period for 3 days.Score plaque were measured daily with the index PHP modification Amith. Data tested using two way anava. Average the result showed reduction of forming plaques largest on child age 13 use a medium toothbrush with horizontal method. Test anava two ways show there are significant differences (p