Activity of Averrhoa Bilimbi L Leaf Extract as Denture Cleaner Towards The Number of Colonies of Candida Albicans in Heat Cured Resin with a 30 Minutes Period

Denture stomatitis is a chronic inflammatory condition of the oral mucosa thatgenerally occurs in users removable dentures. The cause multifactorialbut often associated with presence Candida albicans. mucosawhich covered by denture base also reduces function saliva whichfunctions as cleanser for cavity and results food wasteaccumulating microorganisms such albicans can increase innumber. normal flora which anopportunistic pathogen. starfruit plant (Averrhoa billimbi l) naturalingredient that be used an antifungal agent. aim was to determinethe ratio effectiveness leaf extract billimbi) betweenthe concentrations 12.5%, 25%, 50%, 100%, control + (Clorhexidine) andcontrol - (Aquadest) reducing number colonies. Thetest method dilution method, colony count albicansusing spectrophotometer. one way ANOVA statistical testresulted significance value p = 0.000 (p <0.05) means thereis difference average concentration between theextract control. -namely 6.78 ± 0.35, 6.27 0.21, 4.89 0.29, 1.01 0.18, 0.59 0.19 9.13± 2.28 inhibiting growth this confirmed theTukey HSD posthoc test. conclusion study there adifference extract(Averrhoa 50% 100% inhibitingthe