Morning breath odor: Influence of treatments on sulfur gases

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1773-1777

  Suarez, F L ^a,c   Furne, J K ^a   Springfield, J ^b   Levitt, M D ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Halitosis; Hydrogen peroxide; Hydrogen sulfide; Methanethiol; Morning breath odor

Indexed keywords

DEODORANT AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANETHIOL; SULFIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EATING; EVALUATION; GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BREATH TESTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEODORANTS; EATING; GASES; HALITOSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034441054     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345000790100701     Document Type: Article

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