Trial reportClinical and experimental dental research2020
Effectiveness of an oral care tablet containing kiwifruit powder in reducing oral bacteria in tongue coating: A crossover trial.
Trial report in Clinical and experimental dental research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Oral care tablet containing kiwifruit powder affects tongue coating microbiome.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2022Trial
- Effectiveness of an oral care tablet containing kiwifruit powder in reducing oral bacteria in tongue coating: A crossover trial.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2020Trial
- Short-term effects of oral dissolving film on halitosis and oral pathogenic bacteria: a pilot non-randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Inter-site and interpersonal diversity of salivary and tongue microbiomes, and the effect of oral care tablets.F1000Research · 2020Article
- Tongue coating, severity of Ama, and disease activity in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A pilot study.Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicineArticle
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate the effect of an oral care tablet containing kiwifruit powder on oral bacteria in tongue coating compared with tongue brushing. MATERIAL AND
methodsThirty-two healthy, young adults were enrolled, and a crossover clinical trial was conducted. The volatile sulfur compound (VSC) concentration, Winkel tongue-coating index (WTCI), and the number of total bacteria in addition to Fusobacterium nucleatum in tongue coating were measured. We instructed subjects to remove tongue coating by tongue brush for Intervention I, to keep the oral care tablet containing kiwifruit powder on the tongue dorsum and to let it dissolve naturally for Intervention II, and three oral care tablets 1 day before the measurement for Intervention III.
resultsThere were significant differences in terms of the level of H
conclusionsThese results suggested that the oral care tablet containing kiwifruit powder could be effective in reducing total bacteria and F. nucleatum in tongue coating when compared with tongue brushing.
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