Effectiveness of Mechanical Tongue Cleanar
Effectiveness of mechanical tongue cleaning on oral levels of volatile sulfur compounds RAINER SEEMANN, ANDI KISON, MOZHGAN BIZHANG and STEFAN ZIMMER J Am Dent Assoc 2001;132;1263-1267
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Background. Mechanical tongue cleaning may be an effective method for decreasing oral A D A J levels of volatile sulfur ✷ ✷ compounds, or VSC, and oral malodor. The authors conducted a N C U study to compare the A ING EDU 2 RT effectiveness of a specially ICLE designed tongue cleaner (One Drop Only Tongue Cleaner, One Drop Only, Berlin), a tongue scraper and a toothbrush in reducing oral VSC levels. Methods. In this balanced, crossover study, 30 subjects had four morning appointments each with a waiting period of one week between appointments. At each appointment, a dental professional performed a single standardized tongue cleaning procedure using one of the cleaning tools. The authors monitored the subjects’ oral VSC values using a portable sulfide monitor until their baseline VSC values were reached. Results. The baseline values showed no significant difference between the three groups. The tongue cleaner and the tongue
The following resources related to this article are available online at jada.ada.org ( this information is current as of August 21, 2010 ):
Updated information and services including high-resolution figures, can be found in the online version of this article at: http://jada.ada.org/cgi/content/full/132/9/1263 Downloaded from jada.ada.org on August 21, 2010
This article appears in the following subject collections: Dental Equipment/Instruments http://jada.ada.org/cgi/collection/dental_equipment_instruments Information about obtaining reprints of this article or about permission to reproduce this article in whole or in part can be found at: http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/pubs/jada/permissions.asp © 2010 American Dental Association. The sponsor and its products are not endorsed by the ADA.
C L I N I C A L
P R A C T I C E
ABSTRACT
Background. Mechanical tongue cleaning may be an effective method for decreasing oral A D A J levels of volatile sulfur ✷ ✷ compounds, or VSC, and oral malodor. The authors conducted a N C U study to compare the A ING EDU 2 RT effectiveness of a specially ICLE designed tongue cleaner (One Drop Only Tongue Cleaner, One Drop Only, Berlin), a tongue scraper and a toothbrush in reducing oral VSC levels. Methods. In this balanced, crossover study, 30 subjects had four morning appointments each with a waiting period of one week between appointments. At each appointment, a dental professional performed a single standardized tongue cleaning procedure using one of the cleaning tools. The authors monitored the subjects’ oral VSC values using a portable sulfide monitor until their baseline VSC values were reached. Results. The baseline values showed no significant difference between the three groups. The tongue cleaner and the tongue