The goal of this seminar is to discuss topics of clinical relevance and to give the practitioner further insight into how he can help patients smell better and improve their oral health.
Bad breath is a problem that affects children, adolescents and adults all over the world.
Contrary to public opinion, bad breath usually originates in the oral cavity, and it is thus the responsibility of the dentist to deal with the problem, at least initially. In healthy individuals, bad breath is primarily from the back of the tongue. We think that tongue malodor is linked in many cases to postnasal drip. I will describe several interesting cases in this context. The tonsils may be another potential source of malodor, but this is unconfirmed.