A study of oral malodor of denture wearers

의치장착자의 구취발생에 관한 연구

In order to investigate the amount of oral malodor of denture wearers, concentration of volatile sulfur compounds of 20 denture wearers(10 male, 10 female) was measured by Halimeter(RH-17, Interscan, CA, USA) at following four conditions ; condition 1(with denture) : male - $415.0{\pm}90.1$, female - $430.9{\pm}101.3$ condition 2(immediately after denture removal) : male - $291.4{\pm}35.5$, female - $259.8{\pm}20.4$ condition 3(with denture after 30 minutes immersing in chlorhexidine) :male - $210.1{\pm}25.7$, 여자 - $197.4{\pm}22.2$ condition 4(with denture after 24 hours immersing in chlorhexidine) : male - $120.1{\pm}35.2$, 여자 - $109.2{\pm}20.0$ There was no sexual difference, but, value at the condition 1 showed statistically significant difference from the others(p<0.05). It is dentists' responsibility and privilege to understand and diagnose the strong association between mouth and oral malodor and treat it.