Intra- and extra-oral halitosis: Finding of a new form of extra-oral blood-borne halitosis caused by dimethyl sulphide

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 748-755

  Tangerman, Albert ^a,b   Winkel, Edwin G ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Clinic for Periodontology   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dimethyl sulphide; Extra oral halitosis; Hydrogen sulphide; Methyl mercaptan; Oral halitosis

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NOSE; ODOR; TONGUE;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; HALITOSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; NOSE; ODORS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TONGUE;

EID: 34548079273     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2007.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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