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Evaluation of oral and nasal halitosis parameters in patients with repaired cleft lip and/or palate.

Monteiro-Amado F, Chinellato LE, de Rezende ML

Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, Universidade of São Paulo, and Master of Science in Stomatology by Bauru Dental School, Universidade of São Paulo, Bauru, Brazil. flavio.amado@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between halitosis parameters in patients with and without cleft lip and/or palate. STUDY DESIGN: Forty-two subjects were examined. They were divided into group I, postgraduate students of Bauru Dental School (FOB); and group II, individuals with repaired cleft lip and/or palate. The concentration of volatile sulfur compounds (VSC) was assessed with a portable sulfide monitor and the values were correlated to the salivary flow rate and weight of tongue coating. RESULTS: There was a relationship between the presence of tongue coating and VSC levels, as well as between salivary flow rate and VSC levels in group II. The same group also revealed a significant correlation between weight of tongue coating and salivary flow rate. There were no significant differences between groups as regards the Halimeter oral measurement. CONCLUSIONS: Individuals with repaired cleft lip and/or palate can have the same VSC levels as subjects without clefts.

Published 22 November 2005 in Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod, 100(6): 682-7.
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