Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

@KL123 “This should indicate to you that there is perhaps nothing wrong in the balance or imbalance of saliva produced in our stinky mouths.” The chemical imbalance of the saliva is just one theory, so I don’t get wound up about it, but I would say that the difference between an odor sample from the...

@ KL123 I understand your frustration, but I think you’re using a shotgun approach here that’s unhelpful. First, I don’t think our individual cases are necessarily equivalent, or even necessarily have the same root cause, not to mention there are limitations to seeking root causes. Sometimes the roo...

My own journey has been somewhat longer, about 50 years, and only recently getting a very good handle on my particular situation. There are at least 2 things I read that make me cringe when I read other peoples’ accounts. The first is the idea of THE cure, as if there’s one only source of serious ha...

@ KL 123 “ Eventually the bb comes back. So even though Hibiclens provides some temporary relief, it's not a whole lot different than a mouth wash that covers up the sh!t but it does NOT cure the root cause of the problem (that no one seems to know in our particular cases).” It’s not that no one kno...

No to everything except the slight white coating. I've already seen a periodontist. And gastro and ENT. I have some tonsil stones once in a while but that's it. What about you? As I previously mentioned, I had significant improvement after getting my periodontitis treated. The rest, for me has been...

@ Pleasehelp: “ Currently I have room filling fecal breath that is also nasal as well as oral.” Sounds to me like a serious case of bacterial overgrowth (biofilm) on the tongue, possibly including serious periodontitis. A few questions if you don’t mind: 1. Do your gums bleed when you brush? 2. Do y...

@Pleasehelp: I really have nothing to say about why your anonymous professor would say anything. For all I know it might be sound advice, but I’ve never heard or read that advice before. Maybe ask that person? What’ve I tried? Oh, lots of things over the years with varying degrees of success. The bi...

Okay, see my edit to my previous response and be very careful of units and decimal points. The label on the 1 gallon jug of Hbiclens at Amazon says 4.0%, not .4%. Huge difference, eh? It’s well known that for oral bacteria, the back of the tongue is the most problematic, due likely to limited access...

Common sense tells me this is unsafe and unhealthy for oral use unless diluted to about the same strength as the oral antiseptic mouthwash, which I believe is about 0.12%. Even the oral mouthwash is unsuitable for daily indefinite use. The 0.4% product [edit: it’s actually 4%] will likely be detrime...