Halitosis
Conditions
Keywords
halitosis, chlorine dioxide, tongue cleaning
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of various oral hygiene procedures on reduction of oral malodor.
Detailed description
Thirty volunteers who matched with including criteria were divided randomly into two groups. Both groups were instructed to brush their teeth with a scrubbing method for the first one week. Then, each group received the different additional oral malodor reduction regimen- in addition to tooth brushing tongue cleaning in one group and chlorine dioxide (ClO2) mouthwash in another group for three consecutive weeks. After that, all the participants were instructed to practice all the three oral hygiene procedures (tooth brushing, mouth washing, tongue cleaning) the last one week. Total volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) measured by breathtron, tongue coating, plaque score and bleeding on probing (BOP) were outcomes of this study.
Interventions
DRUGgroup 1: drug: chlorine dioxide
First, each group practiced tooth brushing only for one week. After that each group was requested to do the following procedures. group 1 - additional use of 12ml chlorine dioxide (ClO2) mouthwash two times per day, for three consecutive weeks besides tooth brushing. At last, each group practiced all three methods of tooth brushing, tongue cleaning, mouth washing.
DEVICEgroup 2: device: small tooth brush for tongue cleaning
First, each group practiced tooth brushing only for one week. After that each group was requested to do the following procedures. group 2 - additional practice of tongue cleaning by a small tooth brush two times per day, for three consecutive weeks besides tooth brushing. At last, each group practiced all three methods of tooth brushing, tongue cleaning, mouth washing.
Sponsors
Ei Ei Aung
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Clinical diagnosis of oral malodor * At least 20 functional teeth * No systemic diseases * No severe dental diseases
Exclusion criteria
* Habit of smoking and betel quid chewing * Oral malodor by food and other craniofacial abnormalities * Current use of any kind of mouthwash
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) | 5 weeks | Total volatile sulfur compounds was measured by Breathron® |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bleeding on probing | 5 weeks | gingival bleeding was recorded of bleeding was detected after examination with periodontal probe. |
| Tongue coating | 5weeks | tongue coating was evaluated by Winkel tongue coating index. |
| Debris index | 5 weeks | debris index was evaluated by oral hygiene index. |
Countries
Japan
Outcome results
None listed