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Correlation between the BANA Test and Oral Malodor Parameters

'The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel

D. Gordon

'The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel

I. Gelernter

Statistical Laboratory, School of Mathematics, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel

WJ Loesche

School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA

M. Rosenberg

'The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel, Department of Human Microbiology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel

The purpose of the present investigation was to test the association between the BANA test (Perioscan®, Oral-B), and oral malodor parameters. The subject population consisted of 52 Israeli adults, 43 of whom complained of oral malodor. Oral malodor measurements consisted of peak and steady-state volatile sulphide measurement by a portable sulphide monitor (Interscan Corp., model 1170), as well as organoleptic measurements of malodor from whole mouth, tongue, and saliva. Samples for the BANA test were obtained from four loci (shallow pocket, deep pocket, tongue dorsum, saliva); results were scored as negative (0), weak (1), or strong (2). BANA scores were significantly associated with odor-judge ratings, with the highest association obtained when BANA saliva scores and odor-judge saliva assessment were compared (r = 0.500; p < 0.001). BANA tests from the different loci were not significantly associated with sulphide monitor levels. Stepwise multiple-regression analysis of odor-judge measurements in terms of sulphide levels and average BANA scores showed that both log peak sulphide levels as well as BANA scores were significantly factored into the equations, yielding, in all cases, highly significant correlations (multiple r = 0.57, 0.50, and 0.59, respectively, with significance levels of 0.0001, 0.001, and < 0.0001, for whole mouth, tongue, and saliva malodor, respectively). The results suggest that the BANA scores are associated with a component of oral malodor which is independent of volatile sulphide measurements and suggest its use as an adjunct test to volatile sulphide measurement.

Key Words: Diagnostic Tests • Halitosis • Periodontal Diseases • Porphyromonas gingivalis • Treponema denticola.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 73, No. 5, 1036-1042 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345940730050401


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