Halitosis and prosthetic status of patients a clinical survey
International Journal of Development Research
Halitosis and prosthetic status of patients a clinical survey
Received 17th June, 2019; Received in revised form 23rd July, 2019; Accepted 04th August, 2019; Published online 28th September, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Fotoula Nikolopoulou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objectives of this study were to assess the oral malodor in patients and analyze its association with prosthetic status of them. The study comprised 94 patients (60 males and 34 females) between the ages of 34 and 68 years old. This cross-sectional survey was carried out at the ENT department of the Metaxas Cancer hospital. Oral malodor was assessed by two clinician judges using the organoleptic method. There was agreement between the two clinicians. The prevalence of malodor was high (43,33%) in the men who worn complete or partial dentures. Ten patients (16,66%) with faulty fixed partial dentures had bad breath. There was a high percent (47, 05%) of the halitosis in females who worn unclean removable dentures.
