PMID- 18602293
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20081022
LR  - 20080818
IS  - 1528-395X (Electronic)
IS  - 1079-2104 (Linking)
VI  - 106
IP  - 3
DP  - 2008 Sep
TI  - Evaluation of oral malodor in children.
PG  - 384-8
LID - 10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.03.001 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess oral malodor in highly 
      caries-active children aged 7-15 years, analyze its association with oral malodor 
      parameters, and investigate whether oral hygiene practices and orodental 
      treatments can decrease the effect of oral malodor. STUDY DESIGN: The study 
      included a total of 30 subjects with high caries activity (11 boys and 19 girls), 
      mean age 10.5 +/- 2.4 years, who were living in Kirikkale, Middle Anatolia, 
      Turkey. Oral malodor assessment was carried out by portable sulfide monitor and 
      organoleptic method. A self-administered structured questionnaire was given to 
      the participants. The baseline and final measurements were taken for both 
      malodor-related parameters (volatile sulfur compounds [VSCs] and organoleptic 
      ratings) and dental parameters (tongue coating scores [TCS], plaque index [PI], 
      dental index [DFS+DMFS], community periodontal index of treatment needs [CPITN]). 
      Analysis included frequency, cross-tabulations, analysis of variance, 
      independent-samples t test,and paired t test. Odds ratios of VSC-related factors 
      were also calculated. Significance was set at the 5% level. RESULTS: Gender, 
      DFS+DMFS, and frequency of toothbrushing were not found to be significantly 
      correlated with either VSC levels in mouth air or organoleptic ratings (P > .05). 
      However, tongue coating (P = .003), CPITN (P = .014), PI (P = .017), and age (P = 
      .053) were significantly correlated with VSC levels in mouth air. Regarding the 
      final recordings, significant correlation (P < .001) was found between VSC levels 
      and TCS. Also, significant differences were found between baseline and final 
      measurements in both oral malodor parameters and dental parameters (TCS, CPITN, 
      and PI; P < .001). CONCLUSIONS: These results revealed that oral malodor in 
      children is related to periodontal parameters and especially tongue coating. 
      Moreover, malodor parameters were improved by increased awareness of the 
      importance of oral hygiene.
FAU - Nalcaci, Rana
AU  - Nalcaci R
AD  - Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, 
      Turkey. rnalcaci@yahoo.com
FAU - Sonmez, Isil Saroglu
AU  - Sonmez IS
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20080707
PL  - United States
TA  - Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
JT  - Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics
JID - 9508562
RN  - 0 (Sulfur Compounds)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Breath Tests
MH  - Child
MH  - DMF Index
MH  - Dental Caries/*complications
MH  - Dental Plaque Index
MH  - Female
MH  - Halitosis/complications/*diagnosis/*etiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Oral Hygiene
MH  - Periodontal Index
MH  - Statistics, Nonparametric
MH  - Sulfur Compounds/analysis
MH  - Tongue/microbiology
EDAT- 2008/07/08 09:00
MHDA- 2008/10/23 09:00
CRDT- 2008/07/08 09:00
PHST- 2007/07/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/02/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2008/03/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/07/08 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/10/23 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/07/08 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S1079-2104(08)00218-7 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.03.001 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2008 Sep;106(3):384-8. doi: 
      10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.03.001. Epub 2008 Jul 7.