Delicate problem – bad breath

Delicate problem – bad breath
TEXT: INDRA OZOLIŅA

Who hasn’t worried about my time-don’t I have a bad breath? Everyone will sometimes also have to experience a bad smell from the voice of the interlocutor. How do you make sure that you and others don’t experience unpleasant moments?

In around 80-90% of cases, the cause of bad breath, or halitosis, is found in the oral cavity, while 10-20% elsewhere in the body, most commonly in respiratory organs, as well as in the gastrointestinal tract. The nasty aroma is the result of bacterial metabolism resulting from the formation of odorous gases, volatile sulphur compounds. Usually, halitosis of oral origin is easier to prevent. In other cases, it may indicate a serious case of internal organs which may not always be cured immediately.
‘If bad breath is only about an hour in the morning and passes when brushing your teeth, you don’t need to worry about it,’ advises Zana Tereshchuk, dentists at dental clinic Adenta. This is normal because less saliva is released during sleep and unpleasant odour compounds accumulated in the mouth are not washed away. It had been observed by ancient Egyptians, calling the beginning of the day an hour of bad breath. Such a phenomenon can be facilitated by a late dinner, so it would be preferable to have a meal no later than 2-3 hours before bed.
If the problem has not been solved and is very worrying, it is possible to speak without blowing air outwards. You can practice reading a text 30 centimetres from a candle so that the flame does not move.

Health problems or poor hygiene?

There are a lot of reasons for bad breath and they’re not always easy to discover. The most common fault is damaged teeth and careless adherence to oral hygiene, properly unbrushed prostheses or braces.
Halitosis is caused by deep dental cariotic lesions, or, folk-language speaking, holes in which food particles enter and rot, as well as their entrapment in interdental gaps, which are particularly characteristic when wide. This can also be facilitated by the presence of compressed teeth, which contributes to the build-up of the circumstance.
Zane Tereščuka has observed that halitosis is most common in those suffering from gum inflammation. Although the sword is regularly removed, the problem usually persists throughout life as microbes that make up sulphur compounds pile up in the gum pockets. Careful care of hygiene can only reduce the amount of unwanted small things.
Often, the breath is damaged by so-called detritus corks in almonds when they contain deep grooves that pile up bacteria, and then need to be approached for help by an ear, neck and nose doctor.
The smell of smokers’ mouths, which is produced not only from tobacco but also from gases released by microbes, is often also felt.
A serious breathalyst is reduced oral saliva. They are very important because they help to provide both normal oral microflora and flush away remnants of food. Mouth drought is often a problem for older people on a lot of medication, as well as those suffering from severe low blood, diabetes mellitus, scattered sclerosis and other illnesses.
Halitosis is typical when the tongue has deep grooves in which the application accumulates. Tongue and lip piercing can also cause this if the remains of the food are not removed from the jewellery. The foul smell varies from case to case. For example, you can immediately feel if a patient has diabetes because they have an acetone-like smell coming out of their mouth. ‘It’s different for liver patients, from medications like tranquilizers, blood pressure reducers, antibiotics,’ Zane Tereščuka reveals.
The doctor admits it is difficult to repair teeth in patients who have eaten garlic – they tend to be felt in the exhaled air for up to 12 hours. Onions and alcohol are also unpleasant in this regard. For a short time, coffee causes bad breath, but then the unpleasant aroma goes into drinking water.
Often, the mouth stinks in teenagers who don’t clean their teeth properly. For young people, breathing is often spoiled by half-hatched teeth of wisdom, under whose hoods pus piles up.
If everything is okay in the oral cavity, most often stomatologists send to an ear, neck and nose doctor. For example, those suffering from chronic haemorrhage do not understand whether the foul breath comes from the nose or mouth. Children’s odor mold can be enlarged nasal almonds, or adenoids.
Often, complaints of poor breath should be directed to a gastroenterologist, which can be caused by helicobacteria, reflux disease, where acid from the stomach regularly passes into the oesophagus, as well as other digestive ailments.
The cause of not yet good smell can be ulceration in the mouth, such as cancer and AIDS patients, as well as liver and kidney diseases, vitamin shortages and many other ailments.

What’s wrong with breath?

Determining your own bad breath is hard because you get used to it. There are often fears of a foul mouthful, when it’s not really to blame.
Is it really nasty, everyone can check for themselves by clearing the teeth gaps with thread, as well as cleaning the lining of the back of the tongue with a gauze swab and sniffing in 45 to 60 seconds. Although the technique is subjective, it could tell if our breath makes those around us distract.
As part of a bacteriologically immunological examination, a dentist takes bacteria with a stick from their gum pockets. The seeding is then carried out and laboratory tested, identifying the type of bacteria in it to purposefully prescribe antibiotics.
Those who have only assumed in their heads that there is a foul smell coming out of their mouths, or indeed have problems with their breath, can be ascertained through a special apparatus halimeter. This device is also used to assess improvements in breath after treatment.
The best method for the diagnosis of halitosis is gas chromatography, which determines the percussion and composition of gases in the oral cavity.

How to improve your breath

1. Brush your teeth after each meal, or at least rinse your mouth with water to reduce the build-up of the plaque.
2. Clean your tongue every night, one of the bacteria’s favourite places. Don’t necessarily buy a special cleaner. You can do this perfectly with your usual toothbrush after puttering your teeth and rinsing your mouth. It should be noted that there is an increased application on the tongue for infections and gastric diseases.
3. After brushing your teeth in the evening, use the floss so that there is no application left in the gaps between your teeth.
4. Those who don’t complain of bad breath also need to visit a dental hygienist 1-2 times a year, as the under-gum denture we can’t see ourselves forms for everyone. In problematic cases, this should be done 3-4 times a year.
5. In the case of dry mouth, use agents to help maintain saliva, ingest enough fluid. Their release can also be facilitated by sucking a slice of lemon, as well as disrupting carrots and cabbage.
6. Use a special oil water mouthwash as the microbial particles will stick to the oil and be discharged into the field. Data is cited that in 80% of cases, breath improves for 3 .5 hours. But if you don’t have this feature at home, you can also rinse your mouth with clean olive oil.
7. Thoroughly care for both removable and non-removable dentures as well as braces using special aids.

How to mask bad breath

1. For longer periods of time, black and green tea help refresh your breath.
2. It’s good to chew cloves, cardamom, coriander, anise, cinnamon, ginger, mint or parsley leaf.
3. Rinse the oral cavity with the oak peel boil: pour 1 tablespoon of peel with 1 glass of boiling water and keep for 30 minutes to draw in. A weak solution of potassium permanganate, lemon water or brine may also be used for this purpose.

Important!

• Menthol chewing gum can be used to freshen your breath but should not be chewed for more than 10 minutes. If you do it for hours, the saliva glands can’t produce as much, so your mouth becomes dry and the foul aroma can intensify.
• Mouthwashes containing chlorhexidine or other antimicrobials should not be used for more than 7-14 days. If the unwanted microbes have not died, the problems may continue afterwards, but there is no point in using them for longer, as the habit will have set in and they will no longer help. In addition, chlorhexidine can dye your teeth dark and cause other nasty side effects.