Halitosis: Current concepts on etiology, diagnosis and management

Halitosis: Current concepts on etiology, diagnosis and management

Halitosis or oral malodor is an offensive odor originating from the oral cavity, leading to anxiety and psychosocial embarrassment. A patient with halitosis is most likely to contact primary care practitioner for the diagnosis and management. With proper diagnosis, identification of the etiology and...

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Main Authors: Kapoor, Uditi, Sharma, Gaurav, Juneja, Manish, Nagpal, Archna
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4813452/
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spelling pubmed-48134522016-04-19 Halitosis: Current concepts on etiology, diagnosis and management Kapoor, Uditi Sharma, Gaurav Juneja, Manish Nagpal, Archna Review Article Halitosis or oral malodor is an offensive odor originating from the oral cavity, leading to anxiety and psychosocial embarrassment. A patient with halitosis is most likely to contact primary care practitioner for the diagnosis and management. With proper diagnosis, identification of the etiology and timely referrals certain steps are taken to create a successful individualized therapeutic approach for each patient seeking assistance. It is significant to highlight the necessity of an interdisciplinary method for the treatment of halitosis to prevent misdiagnosis or unnecessary treatment. The literature on halitosis, especially with randomized clinical trials, is scarce and additional studies are required. This article succinctly focuses on the development of a systematic flow of events to come to the best management of the halitosis from the primary care practitioner's point of view. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4813452/ /pubmed/27095913 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1305-7456.178294 Text en Copyright: © European Journal of Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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author Kapoor, Uditi
Sharma, Gaurav
Juneja, Manish
Nagpal, Archna
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Sharma, Gaurav
Juneja, Manish
Nagpal, Archna
Halitosis: Current concepts on etiology, diagnosis and management
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Sharma, Gaurav
Juneja, Manish
Nagpal, Archna
author_sort Kapoor, Uditi
title Halitosis: Current concepts on etiology, diagnosis and management
title_short Halitosis: Current concepts on etiology, diagnosis and management
title_full Halitosis: Current concepts on etiology, diagnosis and management
title_fullStr Halitosis: Current concepts on etiology, diagnosis and management
title_full_unstemmed Halitosis: Current concepts on etiology, diagnosis and management
title_sort halitosis: current concepts on etiology, diagnosis and management
description Halitosis or oral malodor is an offensive odor originating from the oral cavity, leading to anxiety and psychosocial embarrassment. A patient with halitosis is most likely to contact primary care practitioner for the diagnosis and management. With proper diagnosis, identification of the etiology and timely referrals certain steps are taken to create a successful individualized therapeutic approach for each patient seeking assistance. It is significant to highlight the necessity of an interdisciplinary method for the treatment of halitosis to prevent misdiagnosis or unnecessary treatment. The literature on halitosis, especially with randomized clinical trials, is scarce and additional studies are required. This article succinctly focuses on the development of a systematic flow of events to come to the best management of the halitosis from the primary care practitioner's point of view.
publisher Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
publishDate 2016
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