What Causes Bad Breath in Morning

Bad breath, called “halitosis”  is particularly common and causes many consultations, especaily in morning. The causes of bad breath in morning numerouds ranging from oral hygiene dental disease, through certain diseases.

1. The causes of bad breath: dental hygiene or disease?

Most often, bad breath results from the accumulation of food debris. They fit easily between the teeth and contribute to the formation of plaque which lines the teeth and tongue. The odor comes from the degradation of food debris by oral bacteria, an action which produces volatile sulfur compounds.

Brushing teeth at least twice a day and a scraping of language should therefore help eliminate unpleasant odors.

A defective oral hygiene is conducive to the development of gingivitis (inflamed gums) and periodontitis (disease of the tissues supporting the teeth). These conditions can cause bad odors, as the gradual increase in the gum where plaque progresses or when a tooth becomes mobile. In fact, most any surface and all interstices between the teeth and gums a tendency to retain dental debris and promote bacterial action, and thus bad breath.

2. Bad breath may result from other disorders and diseases

The dryness of the mouth, for example, whether spontaneous or induced by a treatment such as radiotherapy, ENT infections, rhinitis and chronic sinusitis, respiratory infections, even cancer or an infection by Helicobacter pylori. Another example is the trimethylaminuria disease (the smell of fish), a rare disease caused by a malfunction.

3. The halitophobie, the phobia of bad breath

These are people persuaded to have bad breath while this is not the case. This phobia can cause social withdrawal.

Individuals with halitophobie are perhaps part of hypochondriacs.

In practice, it must begin by respecting an impeccable oral hygiene: brushing, flossing, tongue scraping, mouthwash, anti-bacterial and anti-odor. If this does not give convincing results, a consultation with a GP or dentist can identify another cause and act accordingly.

Namely: there is a test to evaluate the bad breath (gas chromatography) based on the measurement of volatile sulfur compounds.

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