Reasons for bad breath | Bad Breath Treatment | Halitosis Treatment | FMS Dental

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Reasons for bad breath | Bad Breath Treatment | Halitosis Treatment | FMS Dental

Bad breath, also called halitosis, can be embarrassing and in some cases may even cause anxiety. It's no wonder that store shelves are overflowing with gum, mints, mouthwashes and other products designed to fight bad breath. But many of these products are only temporary measures because they don't address the cause of the problem.

Certain foods, health conditions and habits are among the causes of bad breath. In many cases, you can improve bad breath with consistent proper dental hygiene. If simple self-care techniques don't solve the problem, see your dentist or physician to be sure a more serious condition isn't causing your bad breath.

Symptoms
Bad breath odour vary, depending on the source or the underlying cause. Some people worry too much about their breath even though they have little or no mouth odour, while others have bad breath and don't know it. Because it's difficult to assess how your own breath smells, ask a close friend or relative to confirm your bad-breath questions.

When to see a doctor
If you have bad breath, review your oral hygiene habits. Try making lifestyle changes, such as brushing your teeth and tongue after eating, using dental floss, and drinking plenty of water.

If your bad breath persists after making such changes, see your dentist. If your dentist suspects a more serious condition is causing your bad breath, he or she may refer you to a physician to find the cause of the odour.

Causes
Most bad breath starts in your mouth, and there are many possible causes. They include:

Food
The breakdown of food particles in and around your teeth can increase bacteria and cause a foul odour. Eating certain foods, such as onions, garlic and spices, also can cause bad breath. After you digest these foods, they enter your bloodstream, are carried to your lungs and affect your breath.

Tobacco products.
Smoking causes its own unpleasant mouth odour. Smokers and oral tobacco users are also more likely to have gum disease, another source of bad breath.

Poor dental hygiene.
If you don't brush and floss daily, food particles remain in your mouth, causing bad breath. A colourless, sticky film of bacteria (plaque) forms on your teeth. If not brushed away, plaque can irritate your gums and eventually form plaque-filled pockets between your teeth and gums (periodontitis). Your tongue also can trap bacteria that produce odours. Dentures that aren't cleaned regularly or don't fit properly can harbour odour-causing bacteria and food particles.

Dry mouth.
Saliva helps cleanse your mouth, removing particles that cause bad odours. A condition called dry mouth or xerostomia (zeer–o-STOE-me-uh) can contribute to bad breath because production of saliva is decreased. Dry mouth naturally occurs during sleep, leading to "morning breath," and it worsens if you sleep with your mouth open. Chronic dry mouth can be caused by a problem with your salivary glands and some diseases.

Medications.
Some medications can indirectly produce bad breath by contributing to dry mouth. Others can be broken down in the body to release chemicals that can be carried on your breath.
Infections in your mouth. Bad breath can be caused by surgical wounds after oral surgery, such as tooth removal, or as a result of tooth decay, gum disease or mouth sores.

Other mouth, nose and throat conditions.
Bad breath can occasionally stem from small stones that form in the tonsils and are covered with bacteria that produce odour. Infections or chronic inflammation in the nose, sinuses or throat, which can contribute to postnasal drip, also can cause bad breath.

Other causes.
Diseases, such as some cancers, and conditions such as metabolic disorders, can cause a distinctive breath odour as a result of chemicals they produce. Chronic reflux of stomach acids (gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD) can be associated with bad breath. Bad breath in young children can be caused by a foreign body, such as a piece of food, lodged in a nostril.

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There is nothing l have not tried. Bad breath is just annoying and embarrassing

ulimaulima

My classmate will finally say I don’t have a bad breath

ranjeetadeb

I thought it was from the stomach but I learned from my parents that the bacteria comes from the back of the tongue

zacg

Ma'am it is too helpful for me today I had done this the bad breath gone only little bit remains if I will do again tomorrow then surely it will go away thank you for the information ma'am❤❤

manoshideb

Alot of bad breath is caused by tonsill stones, kidney disease, diabetes, stomach ulcers. This lady is like every other person who doesn't address the real internal problems causing chronic bad breath.

KINGSFORDLIFE

Doing this every day, I wake up with full covered tongue of something that stinks, yellow-green, very intense poop smell still coming, I think I have this biofilm on the esophag not only the back of my throat . Since I was a very little girl I have my tongue like this .

valentinna

I eat healthy, brush twice a day, floss regularly, do salt water/acv gargle and tried oil pulling. Nothing helps. Also, I feel like the more I scrape the more white stuff forms. I dont know what to do now

lcyyss

Guys, last year I had my tongue removed and it cured all my bad breath! Best decision I ever made. Highly recommend! 👅

bloatedsodium

It's a myth that bb almost always cone from oral hygiene i've had friends who doesn't brush their teeth in years and don't smell bad

GlobalFactopia

My girlfriend had bad breath .... but one winters morning we went out to our car and it was completely frozen over .... she said she loved licking ice .... she dived on the side window of the car and stuck our tongue fully out and proceeded to lick the frosty window but her tongue stuck to the glass .... my immediate thought was to help her by slicing off her tongue which would result in getting peace from her nagging but chose against it .... i went back to the house to get a warm cloth to release her but by the time i got back she had forcefully released herself resulting in hurting her tongue .... but during the healing period her bad breath had completely gone .... but reappeared a week later .... but by then unfortunately the frost had gone.

johnmacdonald-bbzj

I am facing this problem from many years, i do brushing everyday two times and also cleaning the tongue

itsprofessionalamitvlog

So I clean my tongue everyday (3 times) and brush my teeth right after I eat but my breath still smells…any advice?

Lee-mpvg

Candida overgrowth is one main cause that people don’t know about

DeanMartinson-cilk

I Loved the information...you can also take herbal formulations like Gum Car powder and Digestion support capsules which are very effective in case of bad breath.

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