Streptococcus salivarius K12 and Reduced Halitosis

• Tongue brushing and oral probiotics for the treatment of halitosis: a randomized controlled trial.

  • 2026-02-10
  • RCT · n = 80
  • Journal of breath research 20(1)
  • • Li Mei
    • Fay Yan
    • Lei Cheng
    • Aishah Na
    • Richard D Cannon
    • Guangzhao Guan

  • PubMed: 41604763
  • DOI: 10.1088/1752-7163/ae3edc

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Halitosis

  • High evidence

  After the 4-week intervention, VSC levels were significantly decreased in the oral probiotics, tongue brushing, and combined groups (all p < 0.05)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes