Oral Hygiene Procedures on Reduction of Oral Malodor

Ei Ei Aung30 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of various oral hygiene procedures on reduction of oral malodor.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Halitosis

Interventions

group 1: drug: chlorine dioxideDRUG

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.

group 2: device: small tooth brush for tongue cleaningDEVICE

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.

Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 30 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Department of oral health promotion

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs)

Total volatile sulfur compounds was measured by Breathron®

Time frame: 5 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Bleeding on probing

gingival bleeding was recorded of bleeding was detected after examination with periodontal probe.

Time frame: 5 weeks

Tongue coating

tongue coating was evaluated by Winkel tongue coating index.

Time frame: 5weeks

Debris index

debris index was evaluated by oral hygiene index.

Time frame: 5 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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