Patients with tongue coating and measurement of oral volatile sulfur compounds above 75 parts per billion by Halimeter®
Conditions
Interventions
After a sample calculation, a n of 40 volunteers were defined and divided into two sequences: COM-PET (20 volunteers) or PET-COM (20 volunteers).
Following COM-PET, in the first consultation, the prof
"Using the scraper during cleaning is comfortable?"
"How do you assess the ability of the scraper to clean your tongue?" And "Did you feel nauseous while using the scraper?" While, in the PET-COM sequence, only the scraper sequence will change, so PET
Device
Sponsors
Fundação da Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-UFS
Fundação da Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The volunteer must have performed some treatment in the outpatient clinics of the Dentistry Department of the Federal University of Sergipe; it should have its oral volatile sulfur compound levels higher than seventy-five parts per billion at initial reading.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Smokers; alcoholics; pregnant women; patients with mental disorders that make it difficult to understand questions present on the form; patients with morphological alterations in the tongue; patients with motor dysfunction that prevents the use of the tongue scraper.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected that in the user's perception the PET scraper will be able to clean the tongue in a manner similar to the commercial scraper. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The PET scraper is easy to use in a manner similar to the commercial scraper.;The PET scraper does not cause nausea during tongue scraping in a manner similar to the commercial scraper.;The PET scraper is comfortable during tongue scraping in a manner similar to the commercial scraper.;It is expected that the PET scraper has the ability to reduce the levels of oral volatile sulfur compounds in a manner at least similar to the commercial scraper when tongue scraping is performed by the user. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactCarla;Mônica São Mateus;Macedo
Fundação da Universidade Federal de Sergipe;Fundação da Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Outcome results
None listed