Betel leaf (Piper betle L.) gel extract effectively shortening bleeding time after deciduous tooth extraction

Background: As an Indonesian traditional medicine, betel leaf is often used to stop nosebleed. An active substance in betel leaves which serves to stop the bleeding is tannin. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the betel leaf ethanol extract gel shortened bleeding time after the revocation of deciduous teeth. Method: This research was conducted at the Department of Dental Nursing Clinic; Health Polytechnic Denpasar. This study was experimental research design with Completely Randomized Post Test Only Control Group Design. The total samples of 27 respondents were divided into a treatment group and two control groups. Anterior deciduous teeth on the physiological loose grade 3 or 4 is extracted, then the tooth socket was applying by pure gel for group 1 to group 2, epinephrine gel and gel ethanol extract of betel leaf for group 3. The bleeding time is calculated from the first moment the blood out until there is blood on filter paper that is placed on the tooth socket. Data were statistically analyzed with descriptive test and comparability test with One Way Anova. Result: The results showed bleeding time of pure gel groups was significantly different among epinephrine group and the group of ethanol extract of betel leaf gel (p 0.05). Bleeding time of epinephrine group did not differ significantly with betel leaf ethanol extract group (p 0.05). Conclusion: This means ethanol gel betel leaf extract can shorten bleeding after deciduous tooth extraction and it is suggested that the use of gel ethanol extract of betel leaves to cope with bleeding after tooth extraction.