Anti-halitosis effect of sugar-free chewing gum

VernacularTitle:无糖口香糖对口气相关值的影响
Author: Shiyao LIU ¹ ; Yamei XU ; Deyu HU
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1. 北京大学口腔医学院口腔正畸系
Keywords: chewing gum; xylitol; halitosis; cysteine; volatile sulfur compounds
From: West China Journal of Stomatology 2015;(2):166-168
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective??To?study?the?anti-halitosis?effect?of?sugar-free?chewing?gum?through?their?influence?on?odor?induced?by?cysteine.?Methods??Ten?volunteers?were?randomly?divided?into?the?treatment?group?and?the?untreated?group;?each?group?consisted?of?five?volunteers.?All?volunteers?consented?to?participate?in?a?test?in?which?breath?odor?was?induced?by?cysteine.?After?the?test,?the?treatment?group?chewed?sugar-free?chewing?gum?for?1?min,?whereas?the?untreated?group?did?not?undergo?any?treatment.?The?effectiveness?was?determined?by?the?percent?reduction?of?H2S,?CH3SH,?and?(CH3)2S?response?after?the?volunteers?chewed?gum?for?1,?10,?and?20?min.?Results??At?1,?10,?and?20?min,?H2S?of?the?treatment?group?was?reduced?by?82.68%,?92.27%,?97.47%,?respectively,?CH3SH?was?reduced?by?65.49%,?73.79%,?and?82.89%,?respectively,?and?(CH3)2S?was?reduced?by?60.45%,?73.82%,?and?59.72%,?respectively.?The?differences?between?the?two?groups?at?different?times?were?significant?(P<0.05).?Conclusion??Chewing?gum?can?effectively?inhibit?cysteine-induced?odor.