New "in Vitro" Diagnostic Test for Oral Malodour

Exclusion Criteria

• •Smokers from whom the organoleptic evaluation can not be performed because of interference from smoke odour
• •Presence of active caries
• •Presence of sinusitis or any other Oro-pharyngeal problem
• •On medications which can cause malodour
• •Reduced salivary flow due to pathological reasons (e.g. Sjögren syndrome)
• •Any oral pathophysiological condition or any oral disease (e.g. oral cancer, mucositis)
• •Pregnancy and nursing
• •Situation considered not compatible with the study according to the investigator's opinion; the latter includes: persons under homeopathic therapy, patients who used antibiotics during the 2 months before the study, patients frequently using chewing gum, patients under corticosteroids or other serious medications.