Polyethylene Tereftalate Tongue Scraper:User perception and influence on breath

Not Applicable

• Conditions: D01.875; Patients with tongue coating and measurement of oral volatile sulfur compounds above 75 parts per billion by Halimeter®; C23.888.821.475

• Registration Number: RBR-2k4z6x
• Lead Sponsor: Fundação da Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-12-01
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruitment completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

The volunteer must have performed some treatment in the outpatient clinics of the Dentistry Department of the Federal University of Sergipe; it should have its oral volatile sulfur compound levels higher than seventy-five parts per billion at initial reading.

Exclusion Criteria

Smokers; alcoholics; pregnant women; patients with mental disorders that make it difficult to understand questions present on the form; patients with morphological alterations in the tongue; patients with motor dysfunction that prevents the use of the tongue scraper.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
It is expected that in the user's perception the PET scraper will be able to clean the tongue in a manner similar to the commercial scraper.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The PET scraper is easy to use in a manner similar to the commercial scraper.;The PET scraper does not cause nausea during tongue scraping in a manner similar to the commercial scraper.;The PET scraper is comfortable during tongue scraping in a manner similar to the commercial scraper.;It is expected that the PET scraper has the ability to reduce the levels of oral volatile sulfur compounds in a manner at least similar to the commercial scraper when tongue scraping is performed by the user.