Short-term effects of oral dissolving film on halitosis and oral pathogenic bacteria: a pilot non-randomized controlled trial.

Front Microbiol · 2025 · PMC12402899 · PMID 40904679

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

In the tongue cleaner group, halitosis-related compounds concentrations showed a decreasing trend but were not statistically significant, while T. forsythia levels actually increased significantly.

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

The control group did not reach statistical significance for any halitosis parameters, and Treponema forsythia significantly increased by 5.8% ( p = 0.047).

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