NCT03901625

Halitosis During Active Orthodontic Treatment

The Efficacy of Different Methods of Teeth Cleaning on the Levels of Volatile Sulfur Compounds in Patients With Orthodontic Fixed Appliances

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To determine the effect of different cleaning methods and devices in reducing halitosis during active orthodontic treatment.

Detailed description

. Observer - blind clinical trial, randomly divided into four groups, A, B, C and D. each group will undergo clinical evaluation and oral malodor assessment and they will be assigned electric or manual toothbrushes with super floss or water floss respectively.clinical evaluation will include plaque index (PI), gingival bleeding index (GBI), bracket index.and halitosis will be measured by halimeter . Measurements and time frame: Initial measurements (T0), after two weeks (T1), and after four weeks (T2) ( according to previous studies that uses the same period of time for measurements),17, 18 plaque index (PI), gingival bleeding index (GBI), bracket index and halimeter reading . During the first week after the start of the study (T0)

Conditions

• Halitosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Manual Toothbrush	A manual toothbrush is used to clean teeth surfaces.
DEVICE	Dental floss	A dental floss is used to clean inter-proximal areas.
DEVICE	Waterjet	A waterjet is used to clean inter-proximal areas.
DEVICE	Electric Toothbrush	An electric toothbrush is used to clean teeth surfaces.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-13
• Primary completion: 2019-06-06
• Completion: 2019-10-11
• First posted: 2019-04-03
• Last updated: 2019-04-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia