Your Saliva plays an important role in avoiding Halitosis, therefore eating apples, oranges and other citrus can increase salivary flow washing away particles of food. However, if a person experiences dry mouth or xerostomia, your chances of having bad breath increases significantly.
Avoid smelly foods such as onions and garlic which are absorbed in your blood, and transferred to your lungs, which is then expelled as sulfide compound gas, which causes mal-odor! Even brushing and flossing will not get rid of the mal-odor fumes.
The polyphenols in green tea are a great aid in preventing bad breath and cavities, however be aware of the staining of teeth it causes.
Bad breath can be due to systemic diseases such as kidney failure, respiratory infections, diabetes creating keystones, or other medical conditions, hence brushing and flossing does not always guarantee fresh breath.
Meats and cheese can cause sulfide odors, so eat them judiciously.
Many prescription drugs or over-the-counter drugs (roughly around 400 of them), cause dry mouth, which causes bacterial growth, leading to halitosis and decay in conjunction with periodontal disease and bone loss!
Tonsilitis can cause bad breath. The inflammation of tonsils and subsequent gray and yellow deposits in the back of tonsils can also cause mal- odor, Dr Mobasser recommend non alcoholic rinses such as gargling with salt water.
Dr Mobasser highly recommends you to write and log what you eat, and when flossing, smell the floss for any bad odor, so proper treatment can be prescribed by him.
. High protein diet can cause ketones, which can develop to bad breath
Visit our dental office in Beverly Hills for a Complete Evaluation and Consultation if you experience any Bad Breath or Halitosis.