Table 1Incidence of Halitosis before scaling, immediately after scaling, and 1 hour after scaling.
Variable |
Mean |
N
|
SD |
SEM |
OG |
51.85 |
35 |
15.11 |
2.55 |
SC OG |
35.17 |
35 |
28.63 |
4.84 |
SCA OG |
29.94 |
35 |
20.69 |
3.49 |
EG |
57.00 |
35 |
19.50 |
3.29 |
SC EG |
56.77 |
35 |
29.78 |
5.03 |
SCA EG |
48.69 |
35 |
30.48 |
5.15 |
Table 2Paired t test results of halitosis incidence rate before and after scaling.
Variable |
Mean |
SD |
95% Confidence Interval |
p
|
Lower |
Upper |
OG-SC OG |
16.7 |
27.4 |
7.3 |
26.1 |
0.001 |
EG-SC EG |
0.2 |
27.9 |
−9.3 |
9.8 |
0.962 |
OG-SCA OG |
21.9 |
20.8 |
14.8 |
29.1 |
< 0.001 |
EG-SCA EG |
8.3 |
30.3 |
−2.1 |
18.7 |
0.114 |
Table 3Pearson correlation analysis based on the normality test results.
|
OG |
EG |
|
|
Correlation |
p
|
Correlation |
p
|
Oral fluid |
−0.472 |
0.004 |
−0.504 |
0.002 |
|
Buffering power |
−0.019 |
0.915 |
0.052 |
0.769 |
|
Bacterial activity |
0.034 |
0.845 |
−0.132 |
0.448 |
|
pH |
0.027 |
0.875 |
−0.111 |
0.527 |
|
Oral glucose |
0.485 |
0.003 |
0.303 |
0.077 |
|
Dental plaque |
−0.215 |
0.214 |
−0.253 |
0.143 |
|
Tongue coating index |
0.618 |
< 0.001 |
0.430 |
0.010 |
|
Dental caries |
0.162 |
0.353 |
0.039 |
0.822 |
|
SM agar |
−0.014 |
0.937 |
0.061 |
0.728 |
|
LB agar |
0.145 |
0.405 |
−0.003 |
0.985 |
Table 4The results of the basic statistical analysis of the OG and EG group.
|
OG_Group |
EG_Group |
|
|
~50 |
51~ |
p
|
~50 |
51~ |
p
|
# of patients |
14 |
21 |
|
13 |
22 |
|
|
Secretion of saliva |
12 (5.5, 15) |
8 (5,15) |
0.071 |
12.5 (5,15) |
8 (5,15) |
0.009 |
|
Buffering power |
7 ± 1.3 |
7.14 ± 2.29 |
0.887 |
6.92 ± 1.66 |
7.18 ± 2.11 |
0.708 |
|
Bacterial activity |
2 (0,3) |
3 (0,4) |
0.805 |
3 (0,4) |
1 (0,4) |
0.239 |
|
Hydrogen pH |
6.5 (6,8) |
6.5 (6,8) |
1.000 |
6.5 (6,8) |
6.5 (6,7) |
0.429 |
|
Oral glucose |
12 (9,15) |
15 (9,24) |
0.006 |
15 (9,18) |
15 (9,24) |
0.126 |
|
Dental plaque |
64.14 ± 13.36 |
51 ± 20.1 |
0.039 |
62.15 ± 12.48 |
52.77 ± 21.01 |
0.154 |
|
Tongue coating index |
2 (1,4) |
3 (2,5) |
0.006 |
3 (2,4) |
3 (1,5) |
0.192 |
|
Dental caries |
0.5 (0,6) |
0 (0,7) |
0.928 |
1 (0,6) |
0 (0,7) |
0.555 |
|
SM agar |
2 (1,3) |
2 (1,4) |
0.872 |
2 (1,3) |
2 (1,4) |
0.744 |
|
LB agar |
1 (1,3) |
1 (1,3) |
0.659 |
1 (1,3) |
1 (1,3) |
0.861 |
Table 5The results of the logistic regression analysis of intra-oral factors in the OG group.
|
B |
SE |
p
|
OR |
95% CI for OR |
Lower |
Upper |
Oral fluid |
−0.233 |
0.117 |
0.045 |
0.792 |
0.630 |
0.995 |
Oral glucose |
0.219 |
0.123 |
0.075 |
1.245 |
0.978 |
1.584 |
Dental plaque |
−0.061 |
0.025 |
0.016 |
0.940 |
0.895 |
0.988 |
Tongue coating index |
1.069 |
0.576 |
0.064 |
2.912 |
0.941 |
9.010 |
Table 6The results of the logistic regression analysis of intra-oral factors in the EG group.
|
B |
SE |
p
|
OR |
95% CI for OR |
Lower |
Upper |
Oral fluid |
−0.42 |
0.15 |
0.01 |
0.66 |
0.49 |
0.88 |
Dental plaque |
−0.06 |
0.03 |
0.04 |
0.95 |
0.90 |
1.00 |
Table 7The results of the linear regression analysis.
Dependent variable |
Independent variable |
B |
SE |
Beta |
t |
p
|
Adjusted R2
|
OG |
(constant) |
55.576 |
13.533 |
|
4.107 |
< 0.001 |
0.511 |
Tongue coating index |
8.497 |
2.251 |
0.492 |
3.774 |
0.001 |
|
Oral fluid |
−1.687 |
0.606 |
−0.374 |
−2.785 |
0.009 |
|
Dental plaque |
−0.222 |
0.102 |
−0.274 |
−2.177 |
0.037 |
|
|
EG |
(constant) |
114.152 |
13.501 |
|
8.455 |
< 0.001 |
0.344 |
Oral fluid |
−3.394 |
0.836 |
−0.583 |
−4.060 |
< 0.001 |
|
Dental plaque |
−0.418 |
0.150 |
−0.400 |
−2.786 |
0.009 |
|