Bad Breath - The Problems You Face In Dealing With It

By: Del Carl

A recent study showed that mouthwashes (even "antibacterial" brands), gums, and breath mints merely mask the bad breath problem. It showed that they only work for a short time (an hour at most) because the bacteria in the mouth are still alive and well.

Obviously, mints, gum, sprays, and mouthwashes are poor cover-ups for bad breath, although people in American alone purchased over 1 billion dollars worth of them last year.

The bacteria can still hide comfortably under the coating of the tongue, regardless of whether you use an antibacterial mouthwash or not. Instead of reducing the build-up on the tongue, all of the currently available mouthwashes just add to the existing compost-pile.

Antibacterial washes and pastes alter the PH and/or some other biochemical factors related to the environment of the mouth.

Mouth rinses and washes with alcohol are probably the worst because of the drying nature of the alcohol which can cause the growth of the anaerobic bacteria to increase and also may cause mouth cancers after prolonged use.

So many people spend their hard earned money on ineffective cover-ups like mouthwash, gum, sprays, and mints without ever getting to the root of the problem. It will cost more than 180.00 a year to have just a single pack of mints every day, for example, and many spend more than that.

You see, the way we have been dealing with bad breath and oral hygiene has not kept pace with the times. In an age of instant global communication and deep space exploration, you would expect that we would have made much more progress in cleaning our mouths.

Think about it for a moment. Why do you use a toothbrush? If the same results could be achieved with a mouthwash as a toothbrush, then no one would bother with a brush, they would just "rinse and go". We all know that it would not work, so why would we expect the tongue to be clean after a "quick rinse" of chemical-laden mouthwash.

90% of all cases of bad breath (halitosis) can be shown to be due to the decomposing layer on the tongue according to recent studies, along with other harmful bacteria that are not removed by gargling, flossing and brushing.

Studies show clearly that the normal cleaning routine for the average person is not sufficient for good health, as we do not clean our tongues correctly.

Many dentists even tell their patients to clean their tongues with a toothbrush. "Tongue-brushing" is not reccommended because the toothbrush will hold onto the bacteria and contaminate it causing more infection on next use. This process is totally unclean, and who is willing to throw out their brush after each use?

The fact is that brushing the tongue simply pushes the plaque and bacteria more deeply into the "filliform". It does not deal with the real problem which lies at the back of the tongue.

Loosening the "coating " on the tongue, but not removing it, is not good enough. It is a step in the right direction, but remember that the "coating" on the tongue is equivalent to the "plaque" on the teeth, and is very destructive.

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About the author: Researcher and author Del Carl provides free articles and information for you dealing with the area of bad breath and other closely related subject matters online at his website. Please drop by sometime.

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