Pengaruh konsumsi kopi three in one terhadap perubahan pH saliva berdasarkan interval waktu (Laporan penelitian)
K opi three in one dengan komposisi kopi, gula, dan krimer dalam satu kemasan mengandung asam dan karbohidrat yang dapat meningkatkan resiko karies. Saliva dengan mekanisme buffering-nya berfungsi mentralkan asam. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perubahan pH saliva setelah mengkonsumsi kopi three in one. Subjek berumur 18-22 tahun diberi perlakuan mengkonsumsi kopi three in one. pH saliva diukur sebelum, setelah 1 menit, setelah 5 menit, setelah 15 menit dan setelah 30 menit mengkonsumsi kopi three in one. Hasil penelitian menunjukan perubahan pH saliva setelah mengkonsumsi kopi three in one tidak melewati pH kritis, yaitu 5,5. Mekanisme buffering saliva mampu menetralkan asam dari kopi dan asam akibat fermentasi karbohidrat oleh bakteri asidogenik setelah 1-30 menit mengkonsumsi kopi three in one.
T hree in one coffee with composition : coffee, sugar, and creamer in one sachet contained acid and carbohydrates could increase caries risk. Saliva with buffering mechanism has role to neutralized acid. The aim of this study to find out salivary pH changes after consumed three in one coffee. Subjects aged 18-22 years asked to consume three in one coffee. Salivary pH was measured before, after 1 minute, after 5 minutes ,after 15 minutes and after 30 minutes of consumed three in one coffee. This result showed that salivary pH changes after consumed three in one coffee wasn’t reach the critical pH of 5,5. Saliva buffering mechanism was capable to neutralized the acid of carbohydrates fermentation by acidogenic bacteria and acid from coffee after 1-30 minutes of consumed three in one coffee.