What Causes Bad Breath And What Can You Do To Stop Bad Breath
Most people believe bad breath is caused by eating or drinking consumables that are especially odorous. While this is partially true, a more in depth explaination is helpful to those of us who suffer from bad breath and are searching for the causes and cures.
According to experts. Bad breath is caused by "volatile sulfur compounds" in your mouth. These compounds are produced by the bacteria in your mouth. The odor causing compounds are found in amoung your teeth, under the top layer of your tongue and in your throat and tonsils.
Remember your high school biology class... I didn't think so. One thing I do remember from that class is that organisms such as bacteria pass the tests which classify them as "living". One of those tests involves giving off waste. Think about it, the stuff in your mouth that causes bad breath is bacteria dooty!
When we brush, the easy to reach areas get plenty of attention. The front part of your tongue, your teeth and some other areas are much easier to reach than others. The other areas are the problem. The back of your tongue, your thoat and tonsils are areas that get neglected. The bacteria that causes bad breath resides in these areas just as in the easy to reach areas.
But what about mouth rinses. Don't they reach these areas?... Not really. The areas needing attention are the back of your tongue, tonsils and the deep part of your throat. To truly reach these areas and clean them in a manner that will stop bad breath is very difficult. To rid yourself of bad breath, you have to neutralize the volitile sulfur compounds caused by the bacteria in these areas of your mouth. This is why many of us gargle and rinse but still battle bad breath.
Until recent years there has not been an effective way to reach these areas and stop bad breath. It took a doctor working in a "breath clinic" to come up with an effective bad breath remedy.
Now, if you're like me, you're scratching your head right about now at the term breath clinic. Once I learned the clinic was in California, USA, everything made sense to me. After years of battling bad breath myself, I decided to give this remedy a try. I ordered Dr. Katz' TheraBreath Plus Extinguisher Breath Spray. It comes with a swiveling head that holds down the tongue while it applies the spray to the hard to reach areas in the back of your mouth. This is the only product I've found that addresses the problem of reaching the unreachable areas of your mouth where odor causing bacteria reside. This was exactly what I was looking for and it worked like a charm.
I'm happy to say that my bad breath concerns are a thing of the past. The spray was an immediate remedy but for the long term, Dr. Katz suggests using an oxygenating oral rinse to nuetralize the compounds that cause bad breath.
Hopefully you find this information as useful as I have.
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