Abstract
In Indonesia, infectious disease is a disease that often occurs, either that infects
the outer limbs and in the oral cavity. In the oral cavity can affect soft tissue and
hard tissue. The infection is caused by a bacteria that is actually a normal flora in the
oral cavity. People who fasting their, oral cavity is dry because there is no food that
chewed all day, so saliva secreted activity is reduced. This causes the anaerobic
sulfur-producing Streptococcus species including multiply in the mouth. Therefore,
people fastings, bad breath can not be avoided. More over, if oral hygiene is not
maintained will develop caries, gingivitis and periodontitis. This research aims to prove
the absence of difference the number of streptococcus bacteria between fasting and
not fasting. Study of true experimental design laboratory with post-only control group
design. The research was conducted in 2012. The location of recearch at Wahid
Hasyim, boarding school, Sleman, Yogyakarta. The subjects of this reserarch were
15 female students are not treated been fasting and 15 female students were fasting
as a control group. At the beginning of the recearch subjects who were not fasting and
fasting were commanded to collect 1 ml saliva into the pot with splinting method.
Samples were taken to laboratory to do the calculations process of streptococcus
bacteria. Analysis of data using statistical tests Mann – whitney test with a significancy
0.004 < 0.01. The calculations of the streptococcus prove the absence of
difference the number of bacteria between female students who were not fast - the
average was 2971 × 106 CFU / ml with female students who were fast – the average
was 4128 × 106 CFU / ml. This study proved that the number of streptococcus bacteria
on the female students who were not fast lower than female students who were
fast.
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