CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS FOR BAD MORNING BREATH

                     CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS FOR BAD MORNING BREATH

Bad breath, also called bad odour, can be embarrassing and in some cases cause anxiety. In many cases, you can continuously improve bad breath with proper dental hygiene. If simple self-care techniques do not solve the problem, see your dentist or physician and ensure that a more serious condition is not the cause of your bad breath.

It doesn’t matter if you’re talking to your significant other or the dentist – morning breath is always a cause for embarrassment.

Aside from poor dental hygiene, morning breath can be caused by other factors such as snoring and chewing gum.

Reason:

The worst breath starts in your mouth, and there are many possible reasons. they include:

1: Food:


The breakdown of food particles in and around your teeth can cause bacteria to grow and cause bad odour. Eating certain foods, such as onions, garlic and spices, can also cause bad breath.

2: Poor dental hygiene:

If you do not brush and floss daily, food particles stay in your mouth, which causes bad breath. A colorless, sticky film of bacteria forms on your teeth. If not brushed, plaque can irritate your gums and eventually create plaque-filled pockets between your teeth and gums . Your tongue can also produce bacteria that produce odours. Odours not regularly cleaned or not properly fitted can irritate odour-causing bacteria and food particles.

Other reason. Diseases, such as certain cancers, and conditions such as metabolic disorders, can produce a specific respiratory odour as a result of the chemicals they produce. Chronic reflux of stomach acid (gastroesophageal reflux disease) may be associated with bad breath.

Possible causes and how to avoid it:

1:Dry Mouth

Our mouth may dry up while we are sleeping, and it can cause morning breath. If you snore or sleep with an open mouth, it can spoil your morning breath. Saliva, "a watery substance that washes odour-causing bacteria," is produced in our mouth in the morning and it helps prevent bad breath. But it is a different story when we are sleeping. Lack of moisture turns the mouth into a breeding ground for bacteria, which multiplies in places without oxygen and causes morning breath.

2:Chewing gum before bed 

Chewing some gum before you go to bed might make your breath smell worse. Our gum contains aspartame, a sweetener substance that odour-causing bacteria feed on. This could have the same effect as sleeping with oral debris. After you eat, bacteria in your mouth feed on the food particles stuck “on your tongue and between your teeth.” The bacteria then “release gases responsible for bad breath” called volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs). When you chew gum, bacteria will do the same thing.

3:Oral debris/food stuck in your teeth

When food particles get stuck in your teeth overnight, it might make your breath smell bad. The kind of food trapped in your teeth doesn’t matter because your breath will smell bad since it rots in your mouth when you’re asleep.

How to prevent morning breath

Aside from regularly brushing your teeth, here are some tips to help prevent morning breath:

• Chew gum in the morning. Gum and mints can help fight bad breath and “increase salivation.”

• Chew parsley leaves in the morning. Parsley can kill bacteria that cause bad breath because it is rich in chlorophyll, “which is thought to have antibacterial activity.”

• Get regular dental checkups and cleanings.

• Snack on celery or an apple once a day. Celery and apples have a high water content, and they can “increase saliva production by stimulating salivary glands and moisturizing the mouth.” You can also drink water or eat some yoghurt, cherries, lettuce, and cucumbers to improve saliva flow. Avoid foods that can make your mouth dry such as coffee, soda, salty nuts, and popcorn.

• Use a tongue scraper (or spoon) every morning to help “decrease the bacteria, fungi, and dead cells” in your mouth that can cause morning breath.

• Use baking soda instead of toothpaste. Brush your teeth with peroxide and baking soda mixture. That mixture can kill most odour-causing bacteria.

According to research, bad breath can also be a symptom “of an underlying health problem” such as mouth infections, chronic reflux of stomach acids, and metabolic disorders. Consult a healthcare professional to determine if your bad breath is caused by a health condition.