Get Rid Bad Breath

Bad smell from the mouth, also known as bad breath or halitosis medically, can be an embarrassing condition. You lean over to whisper to someone and the person leans back! Bad smell from the mouth has a significant effect on those who have it. This condition is very common and is known to be one [...]

Antibiotics for bad breath are one of the treatment options you might have considered using if you suffer from severe halitosis on a regular basis. But before you decide to embark on a course of bad breath antibiotics, there are a few important things you should be aware of, not least the fact that this [...]

IsabelleU69 Asked : I recently had a dental bridge inserted to replace a badly decayed tooth that had to be removed. The dentist had also prescribed me antibiotics because he believed an abscess was developing on the other side. After that I noticed that my breath has been quite foul and even my partner has [...]

There are several causes of halitosis, and bad breath smell can have several origins including sinus and tonsil infection, diseases of the lungs, kidney and liver, some cancers and a variety of oral problems. Bad teeth, or poor dentistry, rarely cause bad breath unless the teeth are seriously rotting and decomposing, and over 90% of [...]

Postnasal drip is drainage from the nose and sinuses dripping down the back of the throat. There could be several reasons for this drainage. One is an allergic reaction to inhaling something. A second reason is a non-allergic, non-infectious inflammation in the sinuses that can linger after a cold. A third reason is chronic sinusitis. [...]

You are here: Experts > Health/Fitness > Dentistry > Dentistry > bad smell/taste after wisdom teeth extraction Dentistry – bad smell/taste after wisdom teeth extraction Expert: Mark Bornfeld DDS – 7/23/2007 Question Hi. 10 days ago i had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed. None were impacted. They all looked upright in the radiograph. [...]

The most common cause for bad breath is due to the existence of anaerobic bacteria that lives inside your mouth. Around 90 percent of individuals suffer from bad breath due to this one reason. What is Anaerobic Bacteria? The term Anaerobic means that these types of bacteria thrive in locations that do not have oxygen. [...]

Have you heard or read that there is a stomach bacteria that causes bad breath? It has been suggested that one of the causes of bad breath is Helicobacter pylori, the organism that causes stomach ulcers and ulcers in the duodenum. There is a laboratory test for the presence of this organism that detects a [...]

This article is from the WebMD News Archive ‘Good’ Bacteria Fight Bad Breath, Smelly Feet July 27, 2005 — Scientists have found bacteria that fight bad breath and smelly feet. The bacteria weren’t concocted in a lab or discovered deep in a tropical rainforest. They were spotted in a very common location: the human mouth. [...]

Bad breath is caused by waste products produced by anaerobic oral bacteria. Most of the compounds that cause bad breath (hydrogen sulfide, methyl mercaptan, cadaverine, putrescine, skatole) are the waste products of anaerobic bacteria (more specifically Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria). The term “anaerobic” describes the fact that these types of bacteria grow best in environments that [...]