TY - JOUR T1 - Assessing Temperature-Controlled Radiofrequency Tonsil Ablation for Treatment of Halitosis Caused by Chronic Tonsillitis with Caseum TT - بررسی اثر رادیوفرکوئنسی لوزه ها در درمان بوی بد دهان ناشی از التهاب مزمن لوزه همراه با کازئوم JF - umsha JO - umsha VL - 22 IS - 3 UR - http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-26-en.html Y1 - 2015 SP - 179 EP - 186 KW - Caseum KW - Halitosis KW - Radiofrequency KW - Tonsillitis N2 - 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 M3 ER -