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KMID : 1157520140100020055
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International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry
2014 Volume.10 No. 2 p.55 ~ p.62
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Changes in Oral Malodor According to Menstrual Cycle for Women
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Oh Jin-Hee
Cho Byeng-Ken
Park Woo-Ryung
Cho Ja-Won
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Abstract
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Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate intraoral factors which take a severe part, general illness and smoking to exam the change of halitosis within the woman's menstural cycle.
Methods: We examined the halitosis changes per menstruation cycle using the sensory evaluation and mechanical halitosis measurement.
Results: According to the sensory evaluation, there were no significant changes per phase; menstruation, follicular, ovulation and luteal (p＞0.05). According to the BB Checker (Tokuyama Soda Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), there were no significant changes in the BB values per phase when it comes to the intra-oral gas, exhaled gas and nasal gas (p＞0.05). According to the Oralchroma measurement, the mean of hydrogen sulfide was 1.46±2.25 ng/10 ml at the menstruation phase, 1.57±1.62 ng/10 ml at the follicular phase, 0.58±0.70 ng/10 ml at the ovulation phase and 1.25±2.57 ng/10 ml at the lu-teal phase, getting slightly lower, yet no statistical significance was recognized (p＞0.05). According to the Oralchroma measurement, there was no significant change per phase in terms of the measured methyl mercaptan and dimethyl sulfide values (p＞0.05). When the halitosis changes according to the menstruation cycle were checked, there were no significant periodic changes, yet H2S, the volatile sulfur compound, dropped a little during the ovulation phase.
Conclusion: It is believed that the menstruation cycle may impact the halitosis changes as variables like systematic diseases and intra-oral factors are excluded; However, it may not have a great impact on the severity of halitosis.
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KEYWORD
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menstrual cycle, halitosis
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