The objective of this three-week clinical research study is to evaluate oral malodor for a toothpaste containing zinc citrate as compared to a commercially available regular fluoride toothpaste using the organoleptic method.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
80
0.5% zinc citrate
sodium fluoride
Organoleptic Oral Malodor Evaluations
Baseline evaluations will be conducted in the morning. On the morning of the evaluation, subjects must refrain for at least six (6) hours from all oral hygiene (brushing, rinsing, and flossing) and from eating and drinking prior to the scheduled visit. At baseline, the mean of the scores from the four judges will constitute each subject's baseline oral malodor score. Subjects with a baseline mean score ≥ 6.0 and ≤ 8.4 will be enrolled
Time frame: baseline, 3 weeks
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