We have found that most bacteria causing bad breath reside in the mouth, pa♎rticularly in the posterior part of the tongue, caught between teeth, under the gums and within decaying teeth.

However, it is the tongue that we often forget in our oral hygiene. If we clean our teeth and keep our gums healthy, why don't we also make a habit of washing our tongues? The answer is we should.

Since most bad breꦯath-causing bacteria are housed and have a plentiful "food" supply in the posterior part of the tongue, then reducing the bacterial load💯 and food supply by cleaning the tongue with a tooth brush or tongue scraper (cleaner) will ultimately reduce the presence of bad breath.

This can be done twice daily with your routine bru𓃲shing and flossing re🐠gime.

Obviously, the presence of food trapped between teeth and the presence of plaque and calculus beneath the gum will require appropriate attention from your dentist and dental hygienist. In the meantime, regular flossing and removᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚal of trapped debris will reduce the likelihood of bad breath.

Denture wearers should ensure their dentures are clean and free o🉐f debris by soaking them perಌiodically in an antibacterial solution.

The presence of mouthwashes, mints, sprays, chewing parsley, cinnamon gums etc, which claim to reduce the severity and mask the halitosis, can only be effective in the short term since they do not remove the cause of bad🌟 breath.

Furthermore, some of these mouthwꦗashes contain alco💙hol.

By virtue of being a drying agent, these alcohol containing mouthwashes n𝐆ot only reduce the oxygen content within the mouth, but they also reduce the saliva content and therefore the "cleansing&♌quot; effect saliva plays within the mouth.

Conversely, chewing ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚsugar-free gums which stimulate saliva production can be beneficial in the short term.

So if you have suffered the embarrassment of somebody telling you your breath 🌜ꦐis stinky, it may be time to visit your dentist and dental hygienist for a complete oral examination.