Halitosis
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of various oral hygiene regimes on three volatile sulfur compounds.
Detailed description
Thirty male monk volunteers who matched with the including criteria were divided randomly into two groups. Both groups were practiced to brush their teeth with scrubbing method for one week. Then, each group were instructed to do different additional protocol regimen- group A have to do mouth washing and tooth brushing and group B have to practice tongue cleaning addition to tooth brushing for three weeks. At the fifth week, both groups were instructed to practice tooth brushing, mouth washing and tongue cleaning. Three different volatile sulfur compounds were measured by oral chroma. Tongue characteristics, oral examination were checked as the outcomes of this study.
Interventions
OTHERchlorine dioxide
First week, subjects were instructed to do regular tooth brushing. After that group A was requested to use chlorine dioxide mouthwash two time per days for three weeks in addition to tooth brushing and then, one week for combination of tooth brushing, tongue cleaning and mouth washing.
OTHERsmall toothbrush for tongue cleaning
First week, subjects were instructed to do regular tooth brushing. After that group B was requested to brush their tongue with small toothbrush two time per days for three weeks in addition to tooth brushing and then, one week for combination of tooth brushing, tongue cleaning and mouth washing.
Sponsors
Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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 * No systemic diseases and no severe dental diseases * At least 20 functional teeth
Exclusion criteria
* Risky oral habit (smoking and betel quid chewing) * Current use of antibiotics or any drugs * Current use of any kind of mouthwash
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Three different volatile sulfur compounds | up to 5weeks | Investigator measured three different volatile sulfur compounds: hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, dimethyl sulfide concentrations (ng/10ml) by using Oral chroma. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oral Health examination | up to 5weeks | As oral examination, investigator examined present teeth, DMF-T (decayed, missing and filled teeth) |
| Tongue coating characteristics | up to 5weeks | As tongue coating characteristics, investigator examined tongue coating score (by using winkle tongue coating index) at the baseline, one week later, four weeks later and five weeks later. |
| Number of teeth with bleeding on probing | up to 5weeks | — |
| Plaque index score | up to 5weeks | — |
Outcome results
None listed