We all know that garlic generates dragon breath. Thus, despite being one of the most used in our cuisine seasonings usually we keep it at bay when we have a social commitment. But nevertheless, few know what are the main reasons for bad breath and how to fix it.
Next we offer you las 4 answers to your problems of halitosis:
What causes halitosis or bad breath?? where does it originate?
on most occasions, about the 87%, he origen of halitosis is in mouth. In other cases, bad breath responds to some pathology of the nasal area, auditory or respiratory. However, there are occasions when bad breath is related to systemic diseases (originating in the stomach, liver, etc.)
Causes of halitosis of oral origin?
The most frequent causes are lack of oral hygiene, the use of dentures or orthodontics, las periodontal diseases, the caries, consumption of certain medicines that cause dry mouth (antidepressants, antihistamines, antihypertensives, etc.) and the tobacco.
Inside oral halitosis, he 41% of cases are of lingual origin, due to the accumulation of bacteria on the back of language.
How to prevent oral halitosis?
If you want to say goodbye to your bad breath, follow these tips.
- Brush your teeth three times a day and remember brush you also language. In this way we eliminate the aforementioned layer of bacteria that generate bad breath.
- uses hilo dental and interproximal brushes to remove food debris that may have escaped the sweep of the toothbrush.
- Complement tooth brushing with a mouth irrigator, It is another effective way to expel uncomfortable food remains between teeth.
- Make small and less spaced meals.
- Reduce or eliminate consumption of café, tobacco and alcohol.
- Drink water between hours.
- If you lead a hectic life, reduces the stress, produce dry mouth Y, consequently, bad breath.
How to treat it?
The treatment aims to reduce the number of odor-producing bacteria and to mitigate the volatilization of malodorous products..
Among the antimicrobial agents used in the treatment of halitosis, Chlorhexidine is found (CHX) at low concentration 0,05%, cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and zinc lactate, along with mechanical cleaning of the tongue.
A good rinse does not contain alcohol, It has antimicrobials such as those mentioned above and substances that capture bad odors. When the cause of the breath is in the mouth, they have their application and are very useful..
The problem is that a very significant part of the commercially available rinses does not have any of these compounds that do have scientific foundation. In all other cases (not related to oral bacteria), rinses are not effective therapeutic agents (thus, virtually all antimicrobial mouthwash manufacturers include mint in their products, to try to disguise its ineffectiveness when the origin of halitosis is not the bacteria in the mouth).
Therefore, if a person uses a scientifically proven rinse twice a day and still has bad breath, the cause will not be oral bacterial, but another (and it is unrealistic to rely on the masking substances that most rinses contain for pure marketing, like mint, because its effect usually lasts 15 minutes maximum).
"If you don't know what is the cause of your halitosis, You should first seek a diagnosis and only then determine what therapeutic agents you will use.”
Drag. Alejandra Sanchez
Sources: dental Gazette, dentaid, College of Dentistry
