Guava Toothpaste: Health Hazard-Free, Alternative for Commercial Toothpaste

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Based on the record of Malvar municipal health center, the top three of the reasons why children ask for medication are with regards to tooth problem. That's why, the researcher tried to find way on how to hinder this matter. Instead of using commercial toothpaste or homemade toothpaste out of peroxide, guava juice together with baking soda and salt do notonly clean and whiten teeth, it also provide substances which serve as anti-bacteria. Toothpaste using guava juice is just a simple activity, which can control learners' absenteeism due to toothache.

METHODS

The researcher to formulate toothpaste using one of the common plants in the community. This was processed by following the following steps: The researcher cut 4 guava leaves into small pieces. She boiled it using 2 tablespoons of water. After boiling, she filtered the mixture. She set aside the guavajuice. When the juice was already cool, she added 1 tablespoon of it with 3 tablespoons of baking soda and 1/8 tablespoon of salt. She mixed it well until the mixture became a paste. When the paste was already intact, she placed it in a tube as its container.

RESULTS

The result shows that guava leaves juice toothpaste can give clean and white teeth result after three weeks. It also shows that out of 30 households that belong to different classes, 93% accepted the product. One hundred percent of Luta Elementary School teachers were convinced that guava leaves juice can be an alternative for commercial toothpaste.

DISCUSSIONS

After the observations and applications done, it was proven that guava leaves juice can be an alternative for commercial toothpaste. Moreover, it clearly displays the affordability and health hazard-free of the product. For further improvement of this study, support from the local government is somewhat needed for advance testing of the product.