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. 1999 Sep;78(9):521-4.
doi: 10.1055/s-2007-996920.

[Halitosis--foetor ex ore]

[Article in German]
G Delanghe  1 , C Bollen, C Desloovere
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[Halitosis--foetor ex ore]

[Article in German]
G Delanghe et al. Laryngorhinootologie. 1999 Sep.

Abstract

Background: An overview is presented on the etiology, diagnosis, and therapy of halitosis.

Methods: Results are given of our multidisciplinary halitosis outpatient department started in 1994. The team consists of ENT specialists and paradontologists, occasionally assisted by a psychiatrist. The oral odor is confirmed with a halitometer (Interscan Corporation, Model RH-17E USA). 491 Patients, nearly the same number of males as females, mostly between 20 and 50 years of age were seen.

Results: Oral causes (87%) were due to tongue coating (51%), gingivitis (17%), paradontitis (15%), or combinations of factors (17%). The other 13% involved causes related to ENT problems (4%), both ENT and oral (3%), digestive tract (1%), and presumed psychiatric pathology (5%).

Conclusions: Many patients underwent diagnostic and therapeutic aimed interventions to no avail prior to their arrival in our halitosis clinic. Usually advising the patient to maintain better oral hygiene is sufficient.

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