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Combining culture and culture‐independent methods reveals new microbial composition of halitosis patients' tongue biofilm
14 Nov 2019
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BACKGROUND: Oral malodor is a very discomforting condition deriving from the presence of volatile sulfur compounds in the expired air. In halitosis of intraoral etiology, the volatile sulfur compounds are metabolic products of the oral microorganisms within the biofilm coating the tongue dorsum as well as other tissues in the oral cavity. The aim of this study was to characterize and compare the microbial...
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