Effectiveness of Purple Sweet Potato Extract and Disclosing Substance for Plaque Identification

Oral hygiene is an indicator of oral and dental health which can be assessed based on the presence or absence organic deposits, such as pellicle, materia alba (dental deposit), food residue, calculus, plaque. Plaque cause tooth decay among world's population. surface used hygiene. Poor cleaning lead to stickier plaque tartar after calcification. The thin almost same color teeth, so that cannot seen with naked eye. formed from contact fluids detected by using certain dye. This study aims determine Effectiveness Purple Sweet Potato Extract Disclosing substance for Identification children in Aisyah Orphanage, Tilatang Kamang Sub-District, Agam District. was a quasi-experimental post-test-only design. samples this were 30 at District, inclusion criteria permanent teeth index teeth. selected through total sampling technique. results showed applying purple sweet potato extract Orphanage Bukittinggi City, most them had Patient Hygiene Performance (PHP) moderate (50%). Furthermore, disclosing substances PHP poor (56.7%). t-test independent statistical test obtained p-value 0.000 (p <0.005), indicating significant difference between substance. more effective than identifying surface. Further recommended apply different concentrations alternative ingredient identify