NCT02689297

Three Different Oral Hygiene Regimes on Three Volatile Sulfur Compounds

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tokyo Medical and Dental University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of various oral hygiene regimes on three volatile sulfur compounds.

Detailed description

Thirty male monk volunteers who matched with the including criteria were divided randomly into two groups. Both groups were practiced to brush their teeth with scrubbing method for one week. Then, each group were instructed to do different additional protocol regimen- group A have to do mouth washing and tooth brushing and group B have to practice tongue cleaning addition to tooth brushing for three weeks. At the fifth week, both groups were instructed to practice tooth brushing, mouth washing and tongue cleaning. Three different volatile sulfur compounds were measured by oral chroma. Tongue characteristics, oral examination were checked as the outcomes of this study.

Conditions

• Halitosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	chlorine dioxide	First week, subjects were instructed to do regular tooth brushing. After that group A was requested to use chlorine dioxide mouthwash two time per days for three weeks in addition to tooth brushing and then, one week for combination of tooth brushing, tongue cleaning and mouth washing.
OTHER	small toothbrush for tongue cleaning	First week, subjects were instructed to do regular tooth brushing. After that group B was requested to brush their tongue with small toothbrush two time per days for three weeks in addition to tooth brushing and then, one week for combination of tooth brushing, tongue cleaning and mouth washing.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2013-10-01
• Completion: 2013-11-01
• First posted: 2016-02-23
• Last updated: 2016-02-23