Differences in effectiveness between soaking star fruit juice (Averrhoa Bilimbi Linn) with tomato fruit juice (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill) as a natural tooth whitening agent

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Teeth whitening treatment or dental bleaching is a process that can make teeth whiter as close to the original color of the teeth by using chemicals. The bleaching materials used in this study were star fruit juice (Averrhoa Bilimbi Linn) and tomato fruit juice (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill). This study aims to compare the effectiveness of teeth whitening between star fruit juice (Averrhoa Bilimbi Linn) and tomato fruit juice (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill). The type of research used is true experimental design and pretest-posttest group design. The total number of samples in this study were 24 samples which were divided into 4 experimental groups; soaked 100% star fruit juice (Averrhoa Bilimbi Linn), 100% tomato fruit juice (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill), 10% carbamide peroxide gel and sterile distilled water. Samples measurement using a spectrophotometer. The pretest-posttest paired analysis test using the Paired T-Test test showed that the mean differences of the groups before and after were significantly different. Parametric statistical tests with Oneway Anova showed that there were significant differences in each group after treatment. The highest level of effectiveness showed by 10% carbamide peroxide gel seen from the mean difference value of the Post Hoc LSD test. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that 100% star fruit juice (Averrhoa Bilimbi Linn) is more effective than 100% tomato fruit juice (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill) as a tooth whitening agent, but not more effective when compared to 10% carbamide peroxide gel.