Oral Hygiene Procedures on Reduction of Oral Malodor

Ei Ei Aung

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Halitosis

Treatments: Drug: group 1: drug: chlorine dioxide; Device: group 2: device: small tooth brush for tongue cleaning

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02113137

OHP-018-EI

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

group 1: drug

Experimental group

Description:

Drug: group 1: drug: chlorine dioxide 12ml chlorine dioxide (ClO2) mouthwash two times per day, for three consecutive weeks

Treatment:

Drug: group 1: drug: chlorine dioxide

group 2: device:

Experimental group

Description:

group 2: device: small tooth brush for tongue cleaning small tooth brush for tongue cleaning

Treatment:

Device: group 2: device: small tooth brush for tongue cleaning