Comparative study of the clinical and anti-microbial efficacy of tongue cleaners

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorDerceli, Juliana dos Reis
dc.creatorPires, Juliana Rico
dc.creatorTardivo, Tatiane Arruda
dc.creatorMassucato, Elaine Maria Sgavioli
dc.creatorOrrico, Silvana Regina Perez
dc.creatorSpolidório, Denise Madalena Palomari
dc.date2014-05-27T11:22:32Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:24:05Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:22:32Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:24:05Z
dc.date2007-07-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T01:25:42Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T01:25:42Z
dc.identifierBrazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, v. 6, n. 22, p. 1407-1410, 2007.
dc.identifier1677-3217
dc.identifier1677-3225
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/69776
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/69776
dc.identifier2-s2.0-37249011317.pdf
dc.identifier2-s2.0-37249011317
dc.identifierhttp://www.bibliotecadigital.unicamp.br/document/?code=24158&opt=4
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/890970
dc.descriptionCandida species have frequently been isolated from the oral cavities of a variety of patients, such as elderly people, dentures users, immunocompromised and health patients. Yeasts may be associated with immune response and local factors such as poor oral hygiene. It was evaluated effectiveness of tongue cleaner showing which types would be preferred by patients, changes in tongue coating and in saliva yeasts counting. Thirty patients were selected and randomly distributed into three groups. This crossover blind study evaluated the effect of tongue cleaning using: a plastic and a steel tongue scraper and a nylon soft-bristle toothbrush. All patients were instructed to use the cleaners twice a day for one week (fifteen-day wash-out period). Saliva and tongue coating samples were collected from each patient from each test period, the yeasts were counted by colony forming units per mL (CFU/ mL) and the species were identified. The patients were questioned about cleaner preference. An increase in the percentage of patients with no tongue coating after scraping was observed. A reduction in the mean number of Candida species in tongue coating was observed only after nylon soft-bristle toothbrush cleaner. Candida albicans was the prevalent species. Volunteers preferred to the steel tongue scraper (60%). Tongue cleaners reduced the tongue coating and the mean number of saliva's yeasts. Degree of tongue coating favors the Candida species colonization.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationBrazilian Journal of Oral Sciences
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectCandida species
dc.subjectOral hygiene
dc.subjectTongue cleaners
dc.subjectTongue coating
dc.titleComparative study of the clinical and anti-microbial efficacy of tongue cleaners
dc.typeOtro


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