Sim,  Jeong-Hwan; Kim,  Yeong-Gyun; Choe,  Yong-Geun

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 41(1); 2003 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 2003;41(1):42-47.
Published online January 31, 2003.

하악 매복지치의 예방적 발거 후 구취의 평가

심정환¹, 김영균², 최용근³

^¹대진의료재단 분당제생병원 치과 구강악안면외과, 보철과
^²대진의료재단 분당제생병원 치과 구강악안면외과, 보철과
^³대진의료재단 분당제생병원 치과 구강악안면외과, 보철과

Jeong-Hwan Sim¹, Yeong-Gyun Kim², Yong-Geun Choe³

Abstract

Dental professions recommend that mandibular impacted third molar be extracted for the prevention of osteomyelities crneoplasm or for the treatment of halitosis. Even the possibility of emergence of unexpected halitosis after the preventive extraction exists, there are few studies describing the unexpected halitosis. This study intended to measure the emergence of halitosis after extraction of mandibular impacted third molar. Thirty-eight patients who visited Daejin Medical Center participated in this study. Halitosis was objectively measured using Halimeter in 3 intervals-before, after I day, after 7 days. Third factors, scaling and gender, which may influence the halitosis were analyzed with stratification. This study finds that in general halitosis decreased after 1 day but increased after 7 days. Scaling was helpful in decreasing halitosis and women have less severe halitosis than men. The effects of time interval(p<0.05), gender(p=0.836), and scaling(p=0.7929) on the severity of halitosis were not statistically significant. However, since this study's patients are neither a representative sample nor a random sample, all data interpretation was focused on clinical significance instead of conventional statistical significance. Clinical significance of this study's findings are: 1) scaling should be conducted in advance, 2) men should be notified of the higher possibility of halitosis.

Key Words: halitosis;mandibular impacted third molar;