Advancing the Art & Sciece of Dental Hygiene Through Oral Malador Management
An article to present the science and conditions realted to bad breath, metods to assess and treat, techniques to provide clinical intervention, and how to maintain fresh breath on a daily basis.

Bad Breath Draws Crowd
While store shelves are well stocked with remedies ranging from chewing gum and mouthwash to breath strips and drops, researchers are just startin to understand the science of bad breath.

Physicians, Dentists Need to Work Together to Manage Diabetes, Oral Health
It's the area that's most overlooked during a doctor's check-up:  the mouth.  But, as Louis Rose, DDS, MD, points out, it's an important area for patients trying to manage their diabetes; and physicians and dentists need to work together to ensure that their diabetic patients maintain both their oral and physical health.

Impact of Tongue Cleansers on Microbial Load and Taste
Tongue cleaning has been advocated to improve oral malador and to reduce reinfection of periodontal niches by eliminating tongue coating and/or reducing putrefaction by bacteria.

Mouthrinses with Alcohol:  Cytotoxic Effects on Human Gingival Fibroblasts In Vitro
Mouthrinses are widely utilized in daily oral and dental hygiene to control plaque.  However, most commercially available  mouthrinses contain alcohol as an excipient.  Most studies have focused on the clinical side effects related to the alcoholic fraction of mouthrinses, overlooking alcohol metablosim in the mouth.