Bad Breath: Cause And Cure
Author: Peter Nisbet

Chronic bad breath, also known as halitosis, is very
distressing for those that suffer from it, and is also
unpleasant for those that live and work with them. If you
noticed people step back when you speak to them, then you
definitely need help. This article is designed to provide that
help, and point you in the right direction for the permanent
cure that you so badly need.

How many youngsters are afraid to kiss their girl or boy fried?
It is a crying shame because the cure is available, and nobody
need suffer from bad breath now. It might have been different
when there was only one viewpoint on the cause of bad breath:
bad or unclean teeth, but that has been proved to be a myth, and
chronic bad breath has little to do with the stet of your teeth.


Sure, if your teeth are really bad, your breath will not be
sweet, but it will get better after some dental work. True
halitosis won't get better though, because it is caused by more
than just rotting food in tooth cavities. So what is the cause
of that stinking breath that people can smell from yards away?

Bacteria. But just ordinary bacteria, and certainly not the
bacteria that your toothbrush is design to remove. These are
bacteria that live on your teeth and gums and that covert sugars
to acids. The acids then eat away at your tooth enamel until you
have a cavity. No, the bacteria that cause chronic bad breath
are what are known as anaerobic bacteria; bacteria that thrive
in the absence of oxygen.

These bacteria live in fissures deep in your tongue and cheeks
where there is no oxygen, at least not enough to deter anaerobic
bacteria. They produce noxious waste products called volatile
sulfur compounds (VSC), that really smell very bad. A white
coating on your tongue can indicate that you have a very severe
infestation of these bacteria, although you don't need a lot to
give you chronic bad breath.

The growth of anaerobic bacteria can be encouraged by a dry
mouth, where there is little saliva to penetrate the cracks in
your mouth and help to destroy them. Excess alcohol, smoking and
sleeping with your mouth open can all fry up your mouth, and
cause a terrible smelling odor to emanate from your mouth in the
morning. If this is the cause of your morning `dog breath' then
it will not go away after a while, but will persist.

These VSCs that smell so bad accumulate in your mouth, inside
your gums and in the cavities of your teeth. They persist, and
hang around, and all the time the bacteria are producing even
more. Ordinary toothpastes and mouthwashes don't touch them
because they are designed to. There is only one way to kill off
anaerobic bacteria.

Because they thrive in the absence of oxygen, anaerobic
bacteria can be destroyed by exposing them to oxygen. There are
some toothpastes that have been formulated to generated oxygen
when they are used, and when you brush your teeth with these
they get into the cracks in your gums and kill them off there.
For your tongue you have to use a tongue scraper with the
toothpaste to get it right into the fissures of your tongue, and
kill them off there.

A soft toothbrush can be used to clean your cheeks from these
nasty little creatures, and once you have tackled your gums,
tongue and cheeks, you should have removed the vast majority of
these bacteria. You can then maintain your new fresh breath with
a good oxygenating mouthwash, which contains no alcohol because
alcohol can allow them to return. A good chewing gum will also
help to keep your smelling fresh.

What this process does is to cure the chronic condition,
something that a normal toothpaste and mouthwash will not do,
and then maintain a fresh smelling mouth and breath. I suffered
from terrible chronic bad breath at one time, but do so not
longer, so I know that this is the way to go.


About The Author: Anybody with chronic bad breath needs help,
no matter what their age. To get that help and make it work you
have to understand what causes it so that you can understand the
cure. Check out http://www.welshhealth.com/oral/halitosis.html
and get a FREE Booklet on halitosis, its causes and how to cure
it. You will also be given a means of curing it, and then it is
up to you.