Association Between Halitosis and Mouth Breathing in Children

Overview

Journal Clinics (Sao Paulo)

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2011 Aug 3

PMID 21808855

Citations 27

Authors

Lara Jansiski Motta

Joanna Carolina Bachiega

Carolina Cardoso Guedes

Lorena Tristao Laranja

Sandra Kalil Bussadori

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Abstract

Objective: To determine whether there is a correlation between halitosis and mouth breathing in children.

Study Design: Fifty-five children between 3 and 14 years of age were divided into two groups (nasal and mouth breathing) for the assessment of halitosis. A descriptive analysis was conducted on the degree of halitosis in each group. The chi-square test was used for comparison between groups, with a 5% level of significance.

Results: There was a significantly greater number of boys with the mouth-breathing pattern than girls. A total of 23.6% of the participants had no mouth odor, 12.7% had mild odor, 12.7% had moderate odor and 50.9% had strong odor. There was a statistically significant association between halitosis and mouth breathing.

Conclusions: The occurrence of halitosis was high among the children evaluated, and there was a statistically significant association between halitosis and mouth breathing.

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