The effect of rinsing or drinking water on Morning Bad Breath

Phase 4

Completed

Conditions: Morning Bad Breath (MBB)

Registration Number: NL-OMON35237

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit van Amsterdam

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

* * 18 years, *Systemic healthy, assessed by medical questionnaires * Non smokers
* No orthodontic appliances * No removable (partial) dentures * Minimum 20 teeth * No caries
* Willing and able to give a written informed consent * Willing to adapted the style rule for 48 hours

Exclusion Criteria

* Any pathological alterations of the oral mucosa/ pregnancy * Participation in a clinical study within the previous 30 days * Acute sinusitis or severe oral- pharyngeal infections * On medications which can cause malodor * Reduced salivary flow due to pathological reasons (e.g. Sjögren syndrome) * Subjects unwilling to abstain from additional oral hygiene (only tooth brushing allowed) particularly mouthrinse, chewing gums, flossing, peppermint containing product etc. and alcohol 12 hours prior the first measurement at the study site and until the completion of all measurements

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Primary outcome variable is the MBB, measured by three devises.<br /><br>- Oral Chroma©<br /><br>- Halimeter®<br /><br>- Organoleptische score: 0-5 scale (Rosenberg et al. 1991a, Rosenberg et al.<br /><br>1991b further modiefied by Greenman et al. 2004)</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secondary outcome variable is:<br /><br>- Tongue coating (Mantilla et al.)<br /><br>- Questionnaire about their experience of their MBB and used their regime</p><br>