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Katia Llanos do Vale1, Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana1, Sergio Romero Dos Santos1
1Postgraduate Program in Biophotonics Applied to Health Sciences, Nove de Julho University, UNINOVE, R. Vergueiro, 235/249, 01504-001, São Paulo, Brazil; Dentistry School, Nove de Julho University, UNINOVE, R. Vergueiro, 235/249, 01504-001, São Paulo, Brazil.
Background:
Halitosis of oral origin is mainly caused by the release of H2S (hydrogen sulfide) by bacteria lodged on the tongue. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has been evaluated for the treatment of halitosis, but there are no previous reports of the use of this treatment modality in older people with dentures. The aim of the present study was to compare the effect of aPDT and tongue scraping (standard treatment) in older people with complete dentures diagnosed with halitosis (H2S gas concentration>112 ppb).
Methods:
The participants were divided into two groups: G1- treatment with a tongue scraper (n = 20); G2- treatment with aPDT (n = 20). Halimeter testing was performed before and after treatments using gas chromatography and was repeated after seven days.
Results:
After treatment, the group treated with aPDT had a lower mean concentration of H2S gas (18.5 ppb) than the tongue scraping group (185.3 ppb). After one week, the mean concentration of H2S increased to 218.2 ppb in the tongue scraping group and 39 ppb in the PDT group.
Conclusions:
Both treatments were able to reduce the concentration of H2S but only treatment with aPDT was able to decrease halitosis to socially unnoticeable levels. Moreover, this normal breath condition remained for seven days only in the aPDT group.
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