第9回アジア予防歯科学会総会　発表内容②

Associated troubles of oral malodor - Uncomfortable intraoral sensations and behaviors of other people

Higuchi K^.†, ^†††, Honda S. ^††, ^†††

(^†Higuchi Dental Clinic Co. Med. ^††Honda Dental Co. Med. ^†††Excellent Breath Alliance Clinics)

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〔Purpose〕

In a specialized halitosis clinic, most patients perceive their own smell as self-recognizing halitosis. They not only recognized oral malodor as a smell, they also complained of abnormal intraoral conditions as their bad breath. They complain of abnormal intraoral conditions too as their bad breath. Patients are further afraid of certain behaviors of others such as covering their mouths and bending backward when the patients speak to them. This means that there exist many implications of oral malodor to the patients. We investigated the actual situation caused by bad breath and the associated implications.

〔Methods〕

261 patients who had come to Higuchi Dental Clinic from September 2005 to September 2010 because of oral malodor were studied. They were composed of 71 men and 190 women.

〔Results〕

Many patients showed common tendency to have long distress since teenage.　They had

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three major difficult situations which are incomprehensibility of cause, absence of effective treatment methods and not being able to receive adequate diagnosis and treatment. Many of them held the trouble of halitosis by themselves without consulting with anyone.They sensed variety of abnormal intraoral disorders, e.g. stickiness,　xerostomia and tongue disorders. In addition to worry about their malodor, they also worried about the suspicious behaviors and expressions of others, e.g. covering one’s nose by one’s hand, making room and turning one’s face away. Most patients believed that they must had oral malodor with integral judgment mentioned above.Many of them held the trouble of halitosis by themselves without consulting with anyone, because they were usually ashamed of halitosis and difficult to talk about it to even their

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family. If they ever consult their family one day, they would receive such an answer “ I never sensed your breath. Don’t mind.” They also might received an answer “Indeed I sense a

slight malodor. But you don’t need to worry about it, because anybody could have such malodor.” However they couldn’t accept these comments and advice, because they obviously conformed their halitosis. After they consult with others once they were getting to worry alone.Self-recognizing halitosis has a variety of features as mentioned above. A long persistent suffering period is also a key point. It gives pain to the patients and makes them worried. Female, elder age, an early onset of halitosis and anxiety of behavior of others as “making room” extended the suffering period significantly.

〔Discussion〕

Many patients showed common tendency to have long distress since teenage.　They had three major difficult situations which are incomprehensibility of cause, absence of effective

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treatment methods and not being able to receive adequate diagnosis and treatment. Many of them held the trouble of halitosis by themselves without consulting with anyone.They sensed variety of abnormal intraoral disorders, e.g. stickiness,　xerostomia and tongue disorders. In addition to worry about their malodor, they also worried about the suspicious behaviors and expressions of others, e.g. covering one’s nose by one’s hand, making room and turning one’s face away. Most patients believed that they must had oral malodor with integral judgment mentioned above.Many of them held the trouble of halitosis by themselves without

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consulting with anyone, because they were usually ashamed of halitosis and difficult to talk about it to even their family. If they ever consult their family one day, they would receive such an answer “ I never sensed your breath. Don’t mind.” They also might received an answer “Indeed I sense a slight malodor. But you don’t need to worry about it, because anybody could have such malodor.” However they couldn’t accept these comments and advice, because they obviously conformed their halitosis. After they consult with others once they were getting to worry alone.Self-recognizing halitosis has a variety of features as mentioned above. A long persistent suffering period is also a key point. It gives pain to the patients and makes them worried. Female, elder age, an early onset of halitosis and anxiety of behavior of others as “making room” extended the suffering period significantly.ences