Clinical application of a questionnaire for diagnosis and treatment of halitosis.
To treat halitosis, clinicians must examine the psychologic condition of a patient as well as the disease history and plausible causes of oral malodor, such as periodontal disease. However, it is not easy for a practitioner to carry out a psychologic examination other than the normal inquiry concerning oral malodor itself. Hence, a questionnaire that appears to be a normal inquiry, rather than one containing psychologic questions, was composed to survey the causes of halitosis and psychosomatic tendencies.
Yaegaki
K
K
Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. yaegaki@direct.ca
Coil
J M
JM
D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006209:Halitosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010552:Personality Assessment; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires