Daylong Effect of Tooth Brushing or Combination Tooth Brushing and Tongue Cleaning Using Antiplaque®Toothpaste on Volatile Sulphur Compound Levels

• DOI: 10.14693/jdi.v16i2.95
• Publication Date: 2017-08-08T06:01:10Z
• Authors: Indriasti Indah W...; Gus Permana Subita; Titiek Setyawati; Abdul Muthalib
• Keywords: Toothpaste; Tooth brushing; Dental plaque

Objective: to determine the daylong effect of Antiplaque® toothpaste active copound and tooth brushing or combination tongue cleaning on Volatile Sulphur Compounds (VSC) levels. Methods: Clinical experimental double blinded microbiological clinical examination. Subjects mainly from dental faculty student with without a chief complain halitosis. One hundred twenty subjects were divided into four groups that consist thirty samples each group. Two group are treatment using two control placebo toothpaste. The effects VSC levels measured by Halimeter organoleptic. intraoral status including periodontal index. Result: There reduction in both group, but only significant (Wilcoxon signed rank test, p<0.05). toothpaste, reduced significantly lower than (Mann Whitney U P,0.05). Conclusion: Tooth DOI: 10.14693/jdi.v16i2.95