Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
May 2007
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between total salivary protein and VSC levels.
Study Design: A patient group comprised 67 patients from the Fresh Breath Clinic of the Dental Hospital, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, with 18 healthy subjects as a control group. Gas chromatography was used to measure concentrations of VSCs in mouth air.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) monitor's ability to assess oral malodour in patients with and without periodontal disease in comparison with the assessment by gas chromatography (GC) or organoleptic testing.
Materials And Methods: Ninety-nine patients' mouth air was measured by GC, a VSCs monitor (Breathtron) and organoleptic test. Patients who had a periodontal pocket depth of 4 mm and more for at least two tooth surfaces were assigned to the periodontal disease group.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of a new volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) monitor to assess oral malodor in subjects and compare its performance with those of organoleptic testing and gas chromatography.
Methods: The mouth air of 260 patients was measured by three methods: VSCs monitor (Breathtron), organoleptic test by two judges and gas chromatography (GC). Mcnemar test and Pearson correlation were used to analyze the data among these methods.