What causes bad breath? - Mel Rosenberg

Показать описание

Halitosis is a curse that has plagued humanity since ancient times. But what causes it, and why is it so universally terrifying? Mel Rosenberg outlines the basics of bad breath — and what you can do when it strikes you.

Lesson by Mel Rosenberg, animation by Andrew Foerster.

Рекомендации по теме

Комментарии

I did the last step as u said. I have no more friends :(

elias

I'm actually really afraid that my breath smells horrible and no one ever tells me. This one girl in my group of "friends" (more or less) has REALLY bad breath and everyone knows but no one's told her. What if I'm that person, too? This makes me especially paranoid when I'm too busy in the mornings to brush my teeth and I have no chewing gum with me.

subwayvesubscriber

the maker of the animations has no chill lol

sinemguclukol

Being a dentist, all I can say is that it couldn't be more accurate. Thank you TedEd for educating through the medium of social media!

sherryhere

Here are ways to actually conquer bad breath: You need to be brushing your teeth properly. Make sure you brush every tooth at every angle. Angle the toothbrush slightly towards the gums so you clean in the crevices. Brush behind every tooth.

Afterwards rinse the brush well and brush your tongue from the back to the front. Don't go back again or you'll just be rubbing the dirt in. brush right at the back and all the way to the front.

If you taste any morning breath after this it means your breath still stinks so rinse the brush well so it doesn't have any saliva and brush your tongue again getting right to the back

Brush the roof of your mouth from the back to the front, don't miss any spots.

Brush your inner cheeks well and all where the gum meets the cheek in the smallest unassuming crevices.

While brushing your tongue take note of the color of the spit from the back when you spit. If it's brown rinse and brush again. brush forward again right from the back get all the saliva and mucus right from the back of your tongue and from the back of your nose and spit it out.

If the mucus and saliva is clear you've done a good job. However, if your still taste even the slightest bit of a bitter taste from bacteria and morning breath repeat the whole process again.

Don't be neglecting any area in your mouth because it will certainly come back to bite you.

If you have gum problems or have a rotten tooth or your new wisdom tooth is coming through it will smell very bad. Clean it well while brushing and use a high concentration of Corsodyl to clean it even further.

I know this works because whenever the conversation about people having bad breath my friends and family always tell me my breath never stinks, even in the mornings. People look comfortable talking to me they don't try and secretly block their nostrils while talking and are happy to have decent length conversations with me.

The people I know who have bad breath I always see them alone most of the time and people stepping back and limiting their conversations with them. This doesn't happen with me so I know this method works.

I have to make sure I do this every day because I really DO NOT want bad breath

RicJG

This animation was AWESOME!.

Also, I think it should be a universal rule for friends to tell their other friends if their breath stinks. I mean come on! Tell me if I'm smelly. Its not offensive if you do it tactfully.

ainoaguy

I completely lost it when the bacteria started kicking the socks off of the germs in the mouth. Awesome animation!

Groaznic

I love how one person just plopped a grapefruit in the person's mouth while the others cleaned his mouth

madelinewilliams

Moral of the story ; if your breath stinks you must be ugly..

gecomert

Please make HOW TEETH WHITENING WORKS ?

naddn

Tonsil stones can be a big issue too and they are probably one of the worst smells I've ever experienced. If you feel something always stuck at the back of your throat while simultaneously having persistent bad breath, it might be a tonsil stone. Have a look in the mirror, maybe with a flashlight and look for a white spot. Poke at it with a spoon or a q-tip or something that can reach and try a coax it out gently. (Side note: give it a whiff and you'll be scarred for life. But you'll be able to help someone else out because its a pretty similar smell regardless who its from.)

jimysker

This video actually makes me think that the adventures of bacteria that live inside humans wouldn't be a bad animated series.

EdwardBaumeister

what I wwant to know is why I can go all day awake and have normal breath at the end but if I take a 15-minute nap my breath stinks when I wake up

lordilluminati

you left out tonsil stones. I'm one of those unfortunate people who have chronic tonsillitis and have to stay away from dairy and regularly clean out my tonsils to prevent and get rid of stones. trust me they cause bad breathe, worse than anything else described in the video

cassandrahuete