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KMID : 0363620110320040100
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2011 Volume.32 No. 4 p.100 ~ p.110
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The Usefulness of Comprehensive Diagnosis of Yin-deficiency and Heart Rate Variability in Halitosis Patients
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Son Ji-Hee
Kim Jin-Sung
Kang Kyung
Kim Ju-Yeon
Seon Jong-Ki
Han Ga-Jin
Oh Sung-Hwan
Ryu Bong-Ha
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Abstract
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Objectives:The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of a comprehensive diagnosis of yin-deficiency and heart rate variability in halitosis patients.
Methods: We surveyed 62 halitosis patients visiting the Halitosis Clinic in the Kyung Hee University Oriental Medicine Hospital from August 2010 to April 2011. The subjects were evaluated on self-assessed severity of halitosis and xerostomia using visual analogue scale (VAS) score and yin-deficiency condition (based on the 10-item Yin-deficiency Questionnaire). Salivary function was measured by the unstimulated salivary flow rate (USFR) and heart rate variability (HRV) parameters were recorded by SA-2000E (Medicore Co. Ltd., Korea).
Results: There were substantial significant positive correlations between halitosis, xerostomia VAS scores and yin-deficiency scores. There was significant negative correlation between xerostomia VAS score and USFR. Compared to the normal USFR group (USFR>0.1㎖/min), the decreased USFR group (USFR≤0.1㎖/min) showed significant lower values of Total Power (TP), Lower Frequency (LF), and High frequency (HF).
Conclusions : The results of this study suggest that the comprehensive diagnosis of yin-deficiency and HRV are useful in diagnosing of halitosis patients with xerostomia. Therefore, we assume that improvement of yin-deficiency condition can be a potentially effective way to treat halitosis with xerostomia.
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KEYWORD
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Halitosis, xerostomia, Yin-deficiency, heart rate variability
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