There's nothing worse than having bad breath. In fact, it's probably one of the MOST embarrassing problems anyone can have because, when you suffer from bad breath, you make other people feel, physically sick!
Seriously.Bad breath is full of unhealthy (and potentially-dangerous!) chemical compounds. They are all extremely smelly, and combine to produce the odor we recognize as bad breath.
Some of the most common are...
- Hydrogen sulphide, which smells like rotten eggs;
- Methyl mercaptan and skatole, which smell like feces;
- Cadaverine, which smells like corpses;
- Putrescine, which smells like rotten meat; and
- Isovaleric acid, which smells like sweaty feet!
So it's little wonder then that, far from being a minor irritation, bad breath can...
- Destroy relationships with family and friends.
- Deny you the opportunity at an exceptional career.
- Cripple your marriage, and turn loved ones away.
- Flatten your confidence and self esteem.
- And even cause severe depression.
Think about why that might be so: Even if you have it yourself, do you like to be near other people with bad breath? You might really like them, but the stench can start to get to you after a while. You might try to ignore it... but your brain won't let you.
This is even truer when it comes to dating: Meeting someone of the opposite sex can be intimidating at the best of times but, when you bring bad breath into the equation, and consider the brain's automatic response to it, you might as well get your coat and go home before the date even starts!
The same problem exists in the work-place: Your colleagues might to too polite to say it to your face, but it doesn't mean they don't talk about it behind your back. Consider these very unflattering comments by an office-worker about one of his co-workers who had bad breath:
"This guy at work has the worst case of bad breath ever! It's sooo bad, you'd think he used sh*t for toothpaste! ... As soon as I walk into the office, it just hits you smack in the face ... Worse, when he's talking, you have to try to slowly back away and hope he won't notice ... or pretend your nose is itchy to block the stench ..."Could somebody somewhere be saying stuff like that about YOU? It's quite possible... but... even if you haven't heard anything like that before, I'm guessing you don't want to give anyone the opportunity to say it in the future. Most people don't, and that's why a massive industry has built up around "controlling" the problem of bad breath...
In fact, the exact figures involved are astonishing: Americans alone spend nearly $2 billion a year just on toothpaste; nearly $1 billion on mouth-washes and rinses; another $1 billion on toothbrushes and dental floss; and more than $625,000,000 on breath-freshener alone. That's nearly $5 billion dollars each and every year!
But...
While there are some very powerful products on the market that tackle the symptoms of bad breath very effectively, they do little (or nothing) to address the root-cause. The net effect of this is that you have to continue using these products - some cost up to $100.00 a month! - again and again, year after year... forever!
Yet another problem is that, when you look for a solution on the Internet, you find lots (and lots) of very generic (and, frankly, useless) information. For example, one of the top websites that appears in Google when you search for solutions to bad breath specifically recommends "brushing your teeth and flossing every day". While that's great for your teeth, it does almost nothing to address the cause of bad breath. It's also something you ALREADY know you should do anyway... and so, you ALREADY know it doesn't get rid of bad breath. In fact, you can have the cleanest teeth on the planet, but still have breath that smells like a dumpster!
n most cases (85–90%), bad breath originates in the mouth itself. The intensity of bad breath differs during the day, due to eating certain foods (such as garlic, onions, meat, fish, and cheese), obesity, smoking, and alcohol consumption. Since the mouth is exposed to less oxygen and is inactive during the night, the odor is usually worse upon awakening ("morning breath"). Bad breath may be transient, often disappearing following eating, brushing one's teeth, flossing, or rinsing with specialized mouthwash.
Bad breath may also be persistent (chronic bad breath), which is a more serious condition, affecting some 25% of the population in varying degrees.
Contrary to the popular legend that Listerine coined the term halitosis, it actually dates from the 1870s] combining the Latin halitus, meaning 'breath', with the Greek suffix osis often used to describe a medical condition, e.g., "cirrhosis of the liver". Bad breath is not, however, a modern affliction. Records mentioning bad breath have been discovered dating to 1550 B.C. A mouthwash of wine and herbs was one recommended way of solving the problem
There are over 600 types of bacteria found in the average mouth. Several dozen of these can produce high levels of foul odors when incubated in the laboratory. The odors are produced mainly due to the breakdown of proteins into individual amino acids, followed by the further breakdown of certain amino acids to produce detectable foul gases. For example, the breakdown of cysteine and methionine produce hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan, respectively. Volatile sulfur compounds have been shown to be statistically associated with oral odor levels, and usually decrease following successful treatment.
Other parts of the mouth may also contribute to the overall odor, but are not as common as the back of the tongue. These locations are, in order of descending prevalence: inter-dental and sub-gingival niches, faulty dental work, food-impaction areas in between the teeth, abscesses, and unclean dentures. Oral based lesions caused by viral infections like Herpes Simplex and HPV may also contribute to bad breath.
There is some controversy over the role of periodontal diseases in causing bad breath. However, advanced periodontal disease is a common cause of severe halitosis. Waste products from the anaerobic bacteria growing below the gumline (subgingival) have a foul smell and have been clinically demonstrated to produce a very intense bad breath. Removal of the subgingival calculus (i.e. tartar or hard plaque) and friable tissue has been shown to improve mouth odor considerably. This is accomplished by subgingival scaling and root planing and irrigation with an antibiotic mouth rinse
The stomach is considered by most researchers as a very uncommon source of bad breath (except in belching). The esophagus is a closed and collapsed tube, and continuous flow (as opposed to a simple burp) of gas or putrid substances from the stomach indicates a health problem—such as reflux serious enough to be bringing up stomach contents or a fistula between the stomach and the esophagus—which will demonstrate more serious manifestations than just foul odor
cientists have long thought that smelling one's own breath odor is often difficult due to acclimatization, although many people with bad breath are able to detect it in others. Research has suggested that self-evaluation of halitosis is not easy because of preconceived notions of how bad we think it should be. Some people assume that they have bad breath because of bad taste (metallic, sour, fecal, etc.), however bad taste is considered a poor indicator.
For these reasons, the simplest and most effective way to know whether one has bad breath is to ask a trusted adult family member or very close friend ("confidant"). If the confidant confirms that there is a breath problem, he or she can help determine whether it is coming from the mouth or the nose, and whether a particular treatment is effective or not.
One popular home method to determine the presence of bad breath is to lick the back of the wrist, let the saliva dry for a minute or two, and smell the result. This test results in overestimation, as concluded from research, and should be avoided. A better way would be to lightly scrape the posterior back of the tongue with a plastic disposable spoon and to smell the drying residue. Home tests that use a chemical reaction to test for the presence of polyamines and sulfur compounds on tongue swabs are now available, but there are few studies showing how well they actually detect the odor. Furthermore, since breath odor changes in intensity throughout the day depending on many factors, multiple testing sessions may be necessary.
How dental researchers test for the presence of halitosis.
Before a dental researcher can evaluate the effectiveness of a cure for bad breath they must first have a way to quantify the person's level of odor, both initially and after the cure they are studying has been administered. Some of the different methods researchers use to measure bad breath are discussed below.A) Organoleptic testing for bad breath.
Judging a person's breath by way of organoleptic testing simply means that the researcher performing the breath evaluation has used their sense of smell (their nose) as the means for making a determination. Historically this method of breath testing has been a frequent choice among dental researchers. Noses are readily available, inexpensive to obtain and operate, and to their credit, noses can detect up to 10,000 different smells.One of the problems associated with using organoleptic testing is that this technique is not totally objective. Another is that factors other than just breath odors can and do influence organoleptic evaluations. As examples, research has shown that factors such as hunger, menstrual cycle, head position, and the degree of attentiveness and expectation can each influence a judge's interpretation of what they smell. Additionally, consumption or use of coffee, tea, juice, tobacco products and scented cosmetics by subjects prior to their evaluation can influence the testing.
As for quantifying the organoleptic measurement itself, what exactly does constitute a weak, strong, or average level of bad breath? Will each judge participating in the research be able to make equivalent comparisons? Complicating things even more, as we all know, when we are repeatedly exposed to a bad odor our sense of smell acclimates to the odor and therefore loses much of its sensitivity. Breath malodor that seems exceedingly objectionable at the beginning of testing may seem quite less so as the evaluation continues.
B) Evaluating bad breath with gas chromatography.
A number of scientific fields utilize gas chromatographs to identify compounds found in the samples they are studying. Likewise, gas chromatographs have been employed by dentists conducting halitosis studies and have provided a means by which a researcher can definitively quantify the precise levels of various compounds present in someone's breath. It is considered to be the "gold standard" for measuring breath malodor.While gas chromatography is probably the best way to test for the compounds associated with bad breath, it has not been widely utilized in research studies for several reasons. Gas chromatographs are relatively expensive and require personnel with special training to operate them. The equipment is not portable and a significant amount of time is needed to make each breath measurement.
C) Using Halimeters to quantify halitosis.
A specialized type of sulfide monitor (termed a Halimeter) has been developed and it provides a means by which a tester can quantify certain aspects of a person's breath. These machines, first introduced in 1991, measure levels of sulfide gases. Some sulfides, such as hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan (collectively referred to in dental literature as volatile sulfur compounds or "VSC's"), are known to be causative agents of bad breath. A Halimeter's reading showing a high level of sulfides in a person's breath suggests that a corresponding high level of VSC's are present, although the apparatus does not test for individual types of VSC's specifically.Since a Halimeter tests for a fewer number of compounds (sulfides only) than gas chromatographs, and in fact test for no individual compounds at all but instead just sulfides as a class, Halimeters provide for a less definitive evaluation of a person's breath malodor than gas chromatographs. Additionally, compounds such as ethanol (alcohol) and essential oils (both of which are frequently found in mouthwashes) interfere with a Halimeter's ability to make a measurement. The advantages of using a Halimeter for a study rather than a gas chromatograph are that a Halimeter requires no special training to use, is portable, breath measurements can be made quickly and the apparatus itself is comparatively inexpensive.
D) The BANA test.
Some of the bacteria that cause periodontal disease (gum disease) produce waste products that are quite odiferous and as a result contribute to a person's breath problems. The presence of some of these types of bacteria can be tested for by way of performing a BANA test.The bacteria in question have the characteristic of being able to produce an enzyme that degrades the compound benzoyl-D, L-arginine-naphthylamide (abbreviated BANA). When a sample of a patient's saliva that contains these bacteria is placed in with the BANA testing compound they cause it to break down, thus creating a color change in the testing medium.
E) Utilizing chemiluminescence to detect bad breath.
One of the more recently developed methods of testing for the presence of compounds associated with bad breath relies on the principle of chemiluminescence. This type of testing was first introduced in 1999. When a sample containing sulfur compounds (such as VSC's, the types of compounds which cause bad breath) is mixed in with the test's mercury compound, the resulting reaction causes fluorescence. The strength of chemiluminescence methodology is that it can provide better selectivity and sensitivity when measuring low levels of sulfur compounds, as compared to testing with a Halimeter.Let me share some real testimonials in order to help you in this complicated process of cure the Bad Breath:
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