Bad breath caused by bacteria (Mundgeruch durch Bakterien)
Bad breath: Which treatment can be recommended ? (Mundgeruch: Welche Behandlung eignet sich)
Successfully combat bad breath (Erfolgreich Mundgeruch bekämpfen)
Successfully eliminate bad breath (Erfolgreich Mundgeruch beseitigen)
Bad breath is unpleasant for the affected persons and the people surrounding them. People often believe that wrong food is the reason for bad breath which may be true in some cases. What many people do not know, however, is that in 90% of the occurring cases bad breath is caused by bacteria breeding within the mouth and producing sulfur compounds. Those are important for the human body because they support the digestion of proteins. Persons who recognize the odour of sulfur know, however, that this is a very unpleasant odour. If bad breath is caused by this kind of bacteria, a traditional oral hygiene is not suficient. A special treatment has to be practised in order to minimize the number of bacteria and thus bad breath. If the amount of bacteria decreases, the production of sulfite is reduced and can be transformed into non-smelling sulfate, a fresh breath may arise. For this purpose, a range of products is offered as spray, toothpaste or mouthwash. Upon regular use, these products eliminate bad breath, as the number of bacteria is reduced which cause the disagreeable odour.
Bad breath : Which treatment can be recommended ?
Bad breath does not occur out of nothing, but there is always a cause. If it occurs only sporadically, the fault often is wrong food. In 90% of all cases bacteria breeding within the mouth are the cause and a special treatment has to be practised in order to eliminate bad breath. Traditional oral hygiene is not sufficient then because it does not reduce bacteria and does not transform sulfites into non-smelling sulfates. For this treatment of bad breath there are at disposal special mouthwashes, sprays and tooth pastes which contain an appropriate agent.
With these high quality oral hygiene products a bad breath treatment is very simple by reduction of the number of anaerobic bacteria and by transformation of the bad smelling sulfite into non-smelling sulfate. As usual, it will then be sufficient to wash teeth and mouth 2-3 times a day. These products developed by a dentist correspond to the demands of an up-to-date oral hygiene. The affected persons soon will know from their own experience and without any additional expense or an enduring treatment how good it feels to have a fresh breath !
Successfully combat bad breath
Many people constantly suffer from bad breath. In order to combat bad breath, they try to renounce to the kind of food it is known of to cause bad breath. There are for instance garlic, onions, fish, but also alcohol. However, it does not help in case of constant bad breath. A much better possibility to combat bad breath is the right oral hygiene. It is not only useful to regularly brush your teeth, but also to clean the tongue in an appropriate way and to use a mounthwash (without alcohol !). But often this is not enough. How else can we combat bad breath ? The answer is to combat the cause of bad breath. In many cases bad breath is caused by anaerobic bacteria in the mouth and throat. To be more precise: The bacteria produce sulfur compounds which cause the disagreeable smell. In order to combat bad breath, this kind of bacteria has to be reduced. Only then an enduring success and a long-lasting fresh breath will be possible !
Successfully eliminate bad breath
Constant bad breath is a very embarrassing problem, because in the worst case it may come to a loss of self-confidence and a restriction of social contacts of the affected person. Therefore it is most important to eliminate bad breath, i.e. effectively and on long term. In order to achieve this goal it is fundamental to get to know the cause for bad breath. Depending on whether it occurs mainly in a special situation or daytime or after the consumption of certain food, or if it persists nearly continuously there are different possibilities to eliminate bad breath. If it occurs non-depending on the situation, the cause is regularly bacteria in the mouth. In this case, bad breath can only be eliminated by acting against the origin which are the bacteria. As they have, however, an important function in the human body, it is substantial that they stay on in the body, but in a reduced number. If the number of bacteria is reduced by using special products, also the bad breath will disappear. Precondition for the elimination of bad breath, however, is a regular and enduring treatment.
Anaerobic bacteria are bacteria breeding in surroundings poor of oxygen (i.e. deep in the tongue´s drills and throat). Lots of anaerobic bacteria are existing in the human body in order to support its functioning. There are i.e. anaerobic bacteria which improve the digestion of proteins by creating chemical compounds. As those bacteria are anaerobic, thus prefer surroundings poor of oxygen, they become especially activ in such situations.
This is the case if it comes to dry mouth and tongue because of lacking oxygen. Those anaerobic bacteria are to be found increasingly at persons who suffer under bad breath. Why this occurs is unfortunately not yet known. As, however, this kind of anaerobic bacteria form an important part of the body, they should not be destroyed completely. Apart from that, anaerobic bacteria breed in the tongue´s drills and not on ist surface and therefore cannot be eliminated by a better oral hygiene.
In most cases the coating consists of a mixture of mucus, leftovers, dead cells etc. which favorize the growing of already existing bacteria within the mouth and tongue. This bacteria may be the cause for a bad breath by producing volatile sulfur counpounds. The problem « coated tongue » can only be solved in a few cases by an improved oral hygiene, namely only if the coating consists primarily of leftovers. If the coated tongue, however, is a sign of increased bacteria breeding, additional treatment possibilities must be considered.
Bad breath, not caused by a certain kind of food as cheese, onions, fish or garlic, may become a medical problem. « Halitosis » is the keyword for rotten breath which occurs relatively independently after consumption of a certain kind of food and which lasts chronically. Bad breath does only seldomly come from the digestive system, as some opinions falsely claim, but nearly always directly from the mouth. That a serious illness should be the reason, is relatively seldomly the case. In most cases, rotten breath is the result of an increased amount of bacteria within the mouth and throat´s surface. Hereby it is dealt with anaerobic bacteria producing volatile sulfur compounds.
The sulfur compounds contained in these agents do cause the smell so that you notice a rotten breath. For the people surrounding the affected person this smell is very unpleasant, because the affected person itself is not aware of an even strong bad breath. It is the function of our smelling system that we nearly do not notice our own body odour, otherwise we would not be in a position to smell other odours. In some cases, a rotten breath may be improved by an extensive oral hygiene, but mostly this is not sufficient because the conventional oral hygiene does not reduce the bacteria causing the smell.
For many people, fresh breath is a sign of well-being, vitality, attractivity and health. People with bad breath are spared out because it is unpleasant to talk to them. The affected persons are aware of this fact, and if the bad breath is caused by a certain kind of food like onions, fish and garlic it is « only » embarrassing for them. Those people, however, who suffer from a bad breath for a long time are under considerable psychological strain. They often have already tried out everything, have renounced to suspicious food, have tested all advertised conventional products in the area of oral hygiene. Some even have had gastroscopies or tonsillectomies. But if a fresh breath even then is not resulting, a big helplessness is rising. Then only a treatment with special products will help, because they reduce the bacteria in the mouth´s surface which produce sulfur compounds and therefore cause bad breath. In these cases, a fresh breath has no chance without a special treatment.
Bad breath is widespread. About 25-35% of all people do permanently suffer from a bad breath and they keep it the whole day long. It is different with persons who have a bad breath only in special situations. This bad breath may occur after consumption of a certain kind of food, as i.e. alcoholic beverages, sweeties or milk products. Also medication may temporarily cause a bad breath. Those people often suffer from the so-called „morning breath“ which means bad breath after getting up, stress situations may intensify the problem. In most cases, bad breath is originated by certain bacteria which breed in the throat and tongue surface und which produce sulfur compounds together with the leftovers in the mouth. These agents smell unpleasantly and thus are the origin of bad breath. In order to reduce or elminate bad breath it is therefore necessary to minimize the number of causing bacteria. Bad breath is not restricted to a certain social class or group of persons, it hits men and women in the same way and is to be found in all social classes.