Journal of Oral Hygiene & Health
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Case Report

A Case of Oral Malodor: Improving the Motivation of Patients by Use of Bacterial Examination

Yoneda M^1*, Suzuki N², Fujimoto A¹, Ishii A³, Yamada K¹, Masuo Y¹, Iwamoto T⁴, Haraga M⁵and Koga C⁵ Morita H¹, Inoue Y³, and Hirofuji T¹

¹Department of General Dentistry, Fukuoka Dental College, Japan

²Department of Preventive and Public Health, Fukuoka Dental College, Japan

³Department of Dental Hygiene, Fukuoka College of Health Science, Japan

⁴4Yayoigaoka Solare Dental, Japan

⁵Centre for Oral Diseases, Fukuoka Dental College, Japan

*Corresponding Author:

Masahiro Yoneda
Section of General Dentistry
Department of General Dentistry
Fukuoka Dental College, 2-15-1
Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka 814-0193, Japan
Tel: +81-92-801-0411 (Ext) 125
Fax: +81- 92-801-4909
E-mail: yoneda@college.fdcnet.ac.jp

Received date April 11, 2016; Accepted date May 02, 2016; Published date May 09, 2016

Citation: Yoneda M, Suzuki N, Fujimoto A, Ishii A, Yamada K (2016) A Case of Oral Malodor: Improving the Motivation of Patients by Use of Bacterial Examination. J Oral Hyg Health 4:200. doi: 10.4172/2332-0702.1000203

Copyright: © 2016 Yoneda M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Here, we report a case of oral malodor that was diagnosed by bacterial examination. The patient (a 32-year-old female) visited our breath clinic because a family member advised her to do so. Strong oral malodor was detected by several tests including an organoleptic test, a portable sulfide monitor, and gas chromatography. She noticed her oral malodor, but her motivation toward treatment was low. Even after explaining the cause of halitosis and the importance of oral hygiene, her motivation did not improve. So we applied a bacterial examination, and explained the results in detail. She understood how oral bacteria had caused the oral malodor, and she tried to do tooth brushing better. After a basic periodontal treatment, her oral condition improved and the number of periodontopathic bacteria reduced. She continued with careful tooth brushing even after the periodontal treatment, and her breath odor remarkably decreased. This case report indicates the usefulness of bacterial examination for motivating patients to improve their oral hygiene.

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