Dayak Onion (Eleutherine palmifolia (L) Merr) as An Alternative Treatment in Early Detection of Dental Caries using Certainty Factor

Abstract

Dayak onion plants are traditionally used by the Dayak tribe as a medicinal plant to treat dental caries. This plant contains compounds that can inhibit the growth of bacteria that cause dental caries. The public has not yet known about alternative dental caries treatment derived from Dayak onions. This is due to the lack of public knowledge about how to early diagnose dental caries and how to treat using Dayak onions. Expert systems with the Certainty Factor method can be used as a solution in diagnosing early dental caries. The data used in this study consisted of 20 symptoms of dental caries and 6 types of dental caries. This study shows the percentage level of confidence in the results of the initial diagnosis of the type of dental caries suffered by using the certainty factor method and the handling of the diagnosis using the Dayak plant as an initial treatment solution. The results of the accuracy-test showed that the early dental caries diagnosis system was working well.