%0 Journal Article %A Hashemian, Farnaz %A Jafari Moez, Hoda %A Farahani, Farhad %A Seifrabei, Mohammad Ali %T Assessing Temperature-Controlled Radiofrequency Tonsil Ablation for Treatment of Halitosis Caused by Chronic Tonsillitis with Caseum %J Avicenna Journal of Clinical Medicine %V 22 %N 3 %U http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-26-en.html %R %D 2015 %K Caseum, Halitosis, Radiofrequency, Tonsillitis, %X Introduction & Objective: Chronic tonsillitis with caseum has been proven to be the cause of halitosis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of temperature-controlled radiofrequency tonsil ablation in the treatment of halitosis caused by chronic tonsil-litis with caseum. Materials & Methods: In this clinical trial study 28 adult patients with halitosis due to chronic tonsillitis with caseum were treated by temperature-controlled radiofrequency tonsil ablation and efficacy and complications of procedure were recorded and the data were analyzed by Spss software and paired t-test. Results: The difference between the amount of halitosis was statistically significant before and after the procedure (P %> http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-26-en.pdf %P 179-186 %& 179 %! %9 Original %L A-10-2-3 %+ %G eng %@ 2588-722X %[ 2015