I have brushed my teeth every morning and evening, but when I open my mouth, my mouth still emits an unpleasant odor? In life, when I talk to friends, they all avoid me. At work, I have done my job well, but I am always disliked when reporting my work, and some colleagues even wear masks. Bad breath seems to be common, but it is a very embarrassing and awkward oral problem. But the saddest thing is that you can't feel it even though you have bad breath. By the time others react, it has often caused harm. Because I have also been hurt and troubled by bad breath, I have tried many methods and taken many detours. Fortunately, with the help of my dentist friend, my bad breath has been greatly alleviated. So don't wait until you are discriminated against before you care about whether you really have bad breath. You should use some bad breath detection methods to self-detect as soon as possible to detect and prevent it early. Today, I will share with you the methods of detecting oral odor and the misunderstandings about bad breath that several dentist friends told me, so that you can quickly identify bad breath and relieve anxiety.
How To Detect Bad Breath:
2. Breathing judgment method: Put your hands together, cover your mouth and nose, and form a sealed space. Exhale, then inhale through your nose. If you can smell a pungent or unpleasant smell, it means you have bad breath.
3. Cotton swab detection method: Choose a clean cotton swab, insert the cotton swab into your mouth, gently wipe it on the tongue coating or between your teeth, and then take it out and smell it for any peculiar smell.
4. Mask method: After putting on the mask, wrap your mouth and nose to form a closed space, take a deep breath and exhale several times. If you smell a peculiar smell, it proves that you have bad breath.
5.Exhalation method: Take a small cup, exhale into it with your mouth for 5-8s, and then smell it for any peculiar smell.
Misconceptions about bad breath:
Myth 1: Exhaling into the palm of your hand can determine whether you have bad breath. Bad breath comes not only from the tongue coating, but also from many hidden places such as the deep part of the mouth and the gaps between teeth. Therefore, simply exhaling into the palm of your hand cannot effectively detect whether you have bad breath. This is an unscientific detection method. The correct detection method can refer to the above-mentioned bad breath detection method.
Myth 2: Bad breath indicates a serious illness. When it comes to bad breath, many people will naturally think that they may have a certain disease, but this is not the case. Certain systemic diseases and conditions in life, such as metabolic acidosis, diabetes, liver disease, etc., may indeed produce abnormal body odor and bad breath, but the bad breath of most people comes from food residues in the mouth and the products produced by the action of plaque microorganisms. If you don’t clean it in time, this product will evaporate and emit an unpleasant odor. In addition, some lifestyle habits will also affect bad breath. For example, after eating garlic, onions, drinking coffee or smoking, you don’t brush your teeth and rinse your mouth in time, allowing food residues and bacteria to accumulate in the mouth, and these compounds will be produced and released. It should be noted that having bad breath does not imply that you have a serious illness, but about 3/4 of patients with bad breath have some dental problems, such as swollen gums, ulcers, infections or thick tongue coating. If you find symptoms, you need to go to the oral department in time.
Myth 3: Mouthwash can effectively remove bad breath. Because of bad breath, people are more sensitive and nervous. In order to quickly remove bad breath, many people with bad breath will chew gum or use mouthwash as soon as possible. The taste of spices such as mint and cloves can indeed cover up the unpleasant odor in a short time, but the persistence is extremely poor. After half an hour of use, it returns to its original state. In addition, some mouthwashes on the market contain antibacterial substances that can eliminate bacteria that produce bad odors. But this practice is controversial. A British health research institute analyzed the scientific literature on bad breath and found that 5 tests showed that if the mouthwash contains antibacterial substances such as chlorhexidine, chlorine dioxide, and zinc, the unpleasant odor can be reduced to a certain extent. But the author called for more tests in the hope of providing more options for mouthwash. A study by Queen Mary College, University of London, found that a healthy oral biological flora can inhibit the proliferation of bacteria that produce bad breath, while frequent use of mouthwash will kill some "beneficial bacteria" and lead to oral flora imbalance. Therefore, it can be seen that mouthwash can only be used for emergency and short-term use, and it is not a product that can truly solve the problem of bad breath.
If you can understand the relationship between the bacteria in the mouth, you will know that the bacteria exist in groups and are covered with a layer of biofilm. American scientists have done a lot of experiments before. This film cannot be removed by the impact of mouthwash alone. This is one of the reasons why mouthwash is very short-term. The correct way is to first remove food residues by brushing and flossing, and use oral mucosal cleaning tools to clean bacteria and food residues in other parts except teeth; keep regular teeth washing to reduce the living space of odor-producing microorganisms such as anaerobic bacteria. Maintain a benign oral hygiene environment.
If you are finally diagnosed with bad breath, don't be anxious or panic. Find out the cause of the mouth and prevent and treat it symptomatically. Follow the correct oral cleaning method to get rid of bad breath as soon as possible. From now on, start to pay attention to oral cleaning!
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