Oral Hygiene Procedures on Reduction of Oral Malodor

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: Halitosis

• Registration Number: NCT02113137
• Lead Sponsor: Ei Ei Aung

Brief Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-09
• Primary Completion: 2013-10
• Study Completion: 2013-11
• Status Verified: 2014-04
• Study First Submitted: 2014-04-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-04-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-04-11
• Study First Posted: 2014-04-14
• Last Update Posted: 2014-04-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 30

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs)	5 weeks	Total volatile sulfur compounds was measured by Breathron®

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Bleeding on probing	5 weeks	gingival bleeding was recorded of bleeding was detected after examination with periodontal probe.
Tongue coating	5weeks	tongue coating was evaluated by Winkel tongue coating index.
Debris index	5 weeks	debris index was evaluated by oral hygiene index.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of oral health promotion; 🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan