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Why Does My Toddler Have Bad Breath & What Can I Do?
Bad breath is a problem that plagues not only adults, but often toddlers as well. Bad breath can be caused by a variety of things. These can include: – Bad dental hygiene practices. A buildup of tartar, gum problems such as gingivitis, or even a tooth infection or abscess can be responsible for your toddler [...]
My Toddler Has Bad Breath
When a toddler has bad breath, it is the parents that usually panic and wonder what they did wrong for their child to have this issue. One of the myths regarding children is that they do not contract foul breath because as babies, they have the sweetest smelling breath. That is one of the myths [...]
Tips For Handling a Toddler’s Bad Breath
Bad breath is usually associated more with adults but a toddler’s bad breath is also possible. For this, the unpleasant mouth odor could be from a variety of things such as items placed in the toy that have not been properly cleaned to include a teething ring or pacifier from dehydration and even from small [...]
Toddler Bad Breath
Halitosis in adults is relatively common – we all worry about it – but toddler bad breath is much more unusual. This is probably because the most common causes of halitosis, such as gum disease and post nasal drip, are generally only seen in adults. When we notice that the breath of a child is [...]
Tonsils and Bad Breath

Infected Tonsils Can Create Halitosis Bad breath is normally related to bad oral hygiene which results to cavities, rotten teeth and most especially to the growth of anaerobic bacteria that produces sulfur compounds which in turn produces the rotten egg smell normally associated with bad breath. But did you know that having an infected tonsil [...]
Tonsils and Bad Breath
Suffers of breath malodor often wonder if there is a connection between tonsils and bad breath. Usually, this is not the case, but in certain circumstances bacteria multiplying at the back of the throat in the tonsil area can cause a bad odor on the breath. This odor has one of two sources: the breakdown [...]
Bad Breath Tonsils
Many people don’t realize that when you have bad breath tonsils may have something to do with it. Your tonsils, located in the back of the mouth at the top of the throat, are not only a frequent site of infection, they can also accumulate debris and harbor bacteria. Tonsils and tonsillar crypts provide a [...]
Bad Breath Because of Tonsils
Bad breath because of tonsils is a different condition from bad breath caused by bacteria living on the tongue and breaking down cells and proteins naturally present in the mouth. When bacteria colonize and infect the tonsils, the condition is tonsillitis, and it is an infection that requires medical attention. The bacteria that cause tonsillitis [...]
Toddler With Bad Breath – Kids’ Health Center

A: First, I want to reassure you that you are not the only parent whose child has bad breath (halitosis). In fact, a study published in Pediatric Dentistry in 2003 showed that 23 percent of young children had halitosis. In kids, as in adults, tongue coating, inflammation of the gums (gingivitis), and tooth decay are [...]
Post Nasal Drip, Your Throat, and Your Tonsils
“Dear Harold, Our customer, Jane, liked the Aktiv Oxigen sample so much that she prefers to order them in bonus packs. We need to order more of these tablets.” -Thanks, Elizabeth The bacteria which cause bad breath and sour/bitter/metallic tastes are anaerobic sulfur-producing. Their goal in life is to break down the proteins in foods [...]