POTENSI EKSTRAK DAUN SIRIH (PIPER BETLE L.) TERHADAP Streptococcus mutans SEBAGAI ANTIBAKTERI

Backgrounds:Dental and oral health is important for a person's general health, because a healthy mouth allows a person to eat, talk and socialize without experiencing pain and discomfort. Streptococcus mutans is the main bacteria that causes caries which is characterized by demineralization of the teeth. Dental caries occurs due to the interaction of several factors, namely the host, bacteria, substrate, and time, which damages the hard tissues of the teeth. There has been a lot of scientific writing that utilizes natural ingredients and aims to produce medicines. One of the natural ingredients currently being developed is betel leaf (piper betle L.). Betel leaf (Piper betle L.) is a type of climbing herb belonging to the Piperaceae family. Betel leaf contains essential oils consisting of bethelphenol, kavinol, sesquiterpenes, hydroxycavinol, cavibetol, estragol, eugenol, and carvakrol. Some scientific writings state that betel leaf also contains the enzyme diastase, and sugar and tannins. Purpose: To provide information about the content of betel leaf extract (Piper Betle L.) against Streptococcus mutans as an antibacterial. Methods: The design of this paper is a systematic review. Search articles through the PubMed and Google Scholar search engine databases for 2012-2022. The keywords included are: the potential of betel leaf extract against Streptococcus mutans as an antibacterial. The inclusion and exclusion criteria were specified. Results: Based on the search, 296 articles were obtained and carried out so that only 5 articles were met. Conclusion: The results obtained are that at concentrations of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, and 25% can inhibit the growth of streptococcus mutans bacteria and get results at a concentration of 80% have antibacterial activity against streptococcus mutans bacteria because they contain alkaloid compounds, tannins and oils. volatile which acts as an antibacterial against Streptococcus mutans bacteria.
Keywords:Caries, Streptococcus Mutans, Bethel leaf (Piper Betle L.)