ABSTRACT

IJSR

International Journal of Scientific Research

2277 - 8179

Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research

ijsr-7-5-15422

Original Research Paper

ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC AIDS FOR ORAL MALODOUR DETECTION - A REVIEW

Purushottam

Nayak

Dr.

May 2018

7 5 01 02 ABSTRACT

The conventional diagnostic aids, organoleptic method is inevitable but its objectivity and reproducibility is not high. Other disadvantages extreme

subjectivity of the test, the saturation of the nose and the reproducibility. The development of these small, easy to handle, chair side advanced

diagnostic aids has overcome the disadvantage of the conventional diagnostic aids in great extent.

Additional or alternative chair side methods, such as breath checker, chemical sensor, tongue sulfide probe, diamond probe, halitox reagent kit and

ammonia monitoring are infrequently employed.