Help and advice please! Potential oral issue?

[dm31]

Hi everyone! Just want to thank you all for this forum! It’s been so useful in my journey.

Here’s a little background on me. I won’t bore you all with the social trauma of having BB - I know we’re all going through the same!

I think mine started around aged 11 (I’m 25 now), when a classmate told me my breath stunk! Since then, I have been extremely paranoid and relied on gum and mints pretty much the entire way through school.

In terms of the BB I have, I’m not entirely sure if it’s room filling and I have no idea how bad it is. People still seem to get close to me and I have had a long term bf of 4 years. He never told me my breath stunk once. We recently spilt up and I have started dating someone else - again, he always wants to kiss me and has never complained.

I’m sure I have BB though. I get the typical nose rubbing off people and I have noticed people tend to get a blocked nose when I talk. I am sure I have BB as I constantly have a bad taste in my mouth, I’m sure you’re all aware of when we know our breath is bad by the taste in our mouths. Something just feels off! Even after I brush the taste is still there. Sometimes it is almost as if my mouth feels hot if that makes sense?

So I had my tonsils removed at around 15 years old - I was sure this would be the cure as I had huge horrible tonsil stones. Although sadly the tonsillectomy done nothing! I also had one wisdom tooth removed which didn’t help either.

I had pretty bad oral hygiene as a kid and teenager. I ate ridiculous amounts of sugary mints in school to try and cover the smell up and ended up with 5 cavities. I was also pretty lazy on my oral hygiene.

I recently went to a dentist and finally admitted by problem to them. He checked my teeth and gums and said I definitely don’t have gum disease, although he will remove my other wisdom tooth and replace my old cavities with new ones.

Here are some of the things that concern me:
So when I floss between one of the back molars there is always a smell on the floss? The tooth is pretty black and has an old cavity in. Also, another molar on the other side is mostly black and the filling is cracked. I have noticed as well underneath the filling there seems to be a black/brown build up that sometimes goes away?? Does anyone have any idea what this could be? The tooth doesn’t smell although there is definitely some decay going on there.

I don’t notice any other symptoms, maybe some slight PND but nothing too major. I also have a septal perforation which my mum told me I’ve had since being a kid. My nose sometimes whistles from one nostril. Does anyone know if this is a potential cause? I don’t know if I have nasal BB as I’m not sure there is any way of knowing. I also don’t have any Castro symptoms or reflux symptoms.

I’m really losing hope at this point. I am madly in love with the new guy I am seeing and I’m terrified my BB will break us up. I have really been considering ending my life because I just can’t deal with a life like this anymore. I’m sure many of us are in the same position and my heart truly goes out to you all!


Thank you so much in advance!!

[halley]

Very smart of you to go see a dentist. Ask away, a good dentist will help you out.
You need to determine if the bb is only coming from your mouth or also throat stomach and nose. Search away in this forum.

I myself just lost my boy friend of two years, I cried five weeks straight. He called me stinky mouth and said he was too busy to meet up, so unfortunately i slipped up. Before meeting I always made sure to
gargle with salt, not eat meat, eggs, fish etc, I ate an apple and carrots.
Now that he's done with me I bought mouth spray, gum, mints, chlorella, mouth wash, etc. I also drink a teaspoon of baking soda. Just keep experimenting and don't give up. Good luck with the new guy and keep us posted.