Effectiveness of Use of Ultraviolet Sanitizing Devices for Reduction of Bacterial Colonies on Toothbrushes

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dc.contributor.authorPasiga, BDen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-04T04:58:07Z
dc.date.available2019-11-04T04:58:07Z
dc.date.issued2018-07
dc.description.abstractThe use of toothbrushes plays an important role in the spread of disease and increased risk of oral infections because toothbrushes can serve as a place for microorganisms, this can occur in healthy individuals, there is oral disease, and or who have systemic disease. The purpose of this research is to know the effectiveness of uses of ultraviolet sanitation equipment on the reduction of bacterial colony on toothbrush. The type of research is laboratory experimental with. Design: Pretest and Posttest Group Design. The sampling method used is purposive sampling. As a sample is student of faculty of dentistry of Hasanuddin University amounted to 11 people. Each selected sample was then given 2 toothbrushes and 2 new tubes of toothpaste for the initial and post-intervention phase. The respondent was instructed to brush twice daily, after breakfast and before bed, and to rinse the toothbrush under running water for 30 seconds after brushing. Subjects are instructed to store their toothbrushes in disposable cups provided for the participants and left to dry. Result: There were found 9 species of bacterial colonies either breeding with Sodium Agar or Mc.Conkey or most enterobacter colony species. The effectiveness of the use of UV tools for germ decontamination was found to have significant differences in the reduction of bacterial counts before and after the use of UV sanitation (p<0.001). Conclusion: The use of sanitary UV for bacterial decontamination of toothbrush can be considered to prevent bacterial contamination on toothbrush surface, as a whole it is found there is a difference of colony average reduction before and after intervention using Ultra violet sanitation.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia; bpasiga@gmail.com/bpasiga@unhas.ac.iden_US
dc.identifier.citationPasiga BD. Effectiveness of Use of Ultraviolet Sanitizing Devices for Reduction of Bacterial Colonies on Toothbrushes. International Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences. 2018 Jul; 7(2): 1676-1683en_US
dc.identifier.issn2454-8952
dc.identifier.issn2320-1118
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/183623
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherDr. J.S. Sodhi Memorial Educational Societyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume7en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.18311/ijmds/2018/20073en_US
dc.subjectBacteries Colonyen_US
dc.subjectUltraviolet Sanitizing Devicesen_US
dc.subjectPublic Healthen_US
dc.titleEffectiveness of Use of Ultraviolet Sanitizing Devices for Reduction of Bacterial Colonies on Toothbrushesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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