OBJECTIVES To determine whether site-specific mouth rinsing with oral disinfectants can improve oral odor beyond the traditional panoral mouth disinfection with mouth rinses by targeting specifically oral malodor implicated anaerobic bacteria. METHODS Twenty healthy fasting subjects volunteered for a blinded prospective, descriptive correlational crossover cross-section clinical trial conduct...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Various measurement devices are available for detection of halitosis. For epidemiologic studies, it is necessary to use a portable and small device. This study aimed to investigation of correlation between measuring the device (Etiquette checker) with Halimeter. METHODS: One hundred volunteers (students and patients) participated in this study. The amount of volatile sulfur ...

BACKGROUND Breath odor is scored by different techniques, each with its own shortcomings. Organoleptic ratings are uncomfortable for the patient, subjective, influenced by external parameters including food and cosmetics, and especially lack international calibration. Portable sulphide monitors are relatively expensive and neglect several major malodorous molecules (e.g., butyric and propionic ...

a. Gingival enlargement Gingival enlargement secondary to drug therapy is the most commonly reported oral manifestation of renal disease. It can be induced by cyclosporine and/or calcium channel blockers (Somacarrera et al., 1994; Kennedy and Linden 2000). b. Oral hygiene and periodontal disease The oral hygiene of individuals receiving hemodialysis can be poor. Deposits of calculus may be incr...