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The analysis of characteristics of the elderly people with high VSC level
Author(s) -
Aizawa F,
Kishi M,
Moriya T,
Takahashi M,
Inaba D,
Yonemitsu M
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
oral diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.953
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1601-0825
pISSN - 1354-523X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2005.01105_26.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tongue , vitality , social function , oral examination , dentistry , significant difference , oral health , social science , philosophy , theology , pathology , sociology
Objective The purpose of this study is to examine characteristics of the elderly people who had objectionable level of VSC. Methods In 2002, a total of 115 people (mean age = 85 years) in Japan were surveyed. In the survey, we carried out oral examination, collecting tongue coat, measurement of the volatile sulphur compounds (VSC) levels in mouth air by VSC monitor (Oral Chroma TM , Takasago, Japan), and assessment of the QOL using SF‐36. Results and discussion Average number of present teeth among subjects was 4.30 ± 7.11, and edentulous subjects were 66 persons and dentulous subjects were 49 persons. We divided subjects into two groups by VSC levels: the bad breath group (H 2 S >112 ppb and CH 3 SH >26 ppb) had seven persons, and the group without bad breath had 108 persons. It was shown that the amount of tongue coat was significantly higher in bad breath group ( P = 0.020), while there was no significant difference in the amount of tongue coat between edentulous subjects and dentulous subjects. And, it was shown that the proportion of dentulous subjects in bad breath group was significantly higher (χ 2 = 5.664; P = 0.041). Further, the analysis was performed for the result of SF‐36 scores. It was shown that the scores of vitality (VT), social function (SF) and mental health (MH) were significantly higher in bad breath group. Although the levels of QOL had a tendency to be higher in dentulous subjects, there was no significant difference. Conclusion These results showed that the elderly people with bad breath had tendency to be dentulous and had high deposit of tongue coat. And in this elderly group, people with bad breath tended to have mentally and physically improved.