I've been following this forum for a long time as I'm a fellow halitosis sufferer. To cut the long story short, my condition started at age 9 after falling ill from flu. I was prescribed antibiotics and the works. I recovered but then, I got bad breath and a white-ish tongue. My breath is mostly mild bad breath that I can cover with mints, but I do get reactions when I'm talking too close to people or had just had coffee or garlic or something strong-tasting.
I'm 30 years old now, so you can imagine how long it has been for me finding a cure, obsessing over my teeth and dental hygiene, going to the dentists several times (they didn't have an answer for me. one dentist even said point-blank that she doesn't know why and didn't offer any help).
After reading the many posts on the forum, I realized that it was definitely anaerobic bacteria in my mouth. I still distinctly remember I got bad breath no rhyme or reason after I fell ill and got prescribed medicine when I was 9. It had to be the antibiotics killing the bad bacteria in my mouth.
The past week, I had been chewing on Swanson's Oral Probiotics (strawberry chew tabs with Blis K12) and in addition, I take 2 multi-strain probiotics a day. I don't just swallow the probiotic tabs, but I actually suck on them as I want the good bacteria to colonize my mouth first. They have 8 different strains of bacteria, including L Salivarius. They don't taste bad at all, so it's fine letting them melt in the mouth. I also eat yoghurt.
I am very happy to report that my bad breath is gone. In fact, it worked the second day I went on this probiotic attack on my mouth and gut. My tongue is now pink and as I am typing now, I am still playing with my tongue as I can feel its roughness again! This was a feeling I'd forgotten since I was a child. All the years when I had bad breath, I had a coated tongue but now, my tongue never felt so rough and clean!
I CANNOT BELIEVE after battling this dreaded illness for more than 20 years, my bad breath is wiped out just like that. If only I knew about the link between bad bacteria and antibiotics earlier. But then again, it's only very recently that multi-strain probiotics are available as supplements, and the research on Blis K12 bacteria is published. I am still thanking the inventors of the Internet, the researchers who discovered probiotics, my lucky stars and God.
I know my case is a mild bad breath case, but I hope this technique can help others like me. What I say by mild is that I do have bad breath on a daily basis, and only people who stand within 2 to 3 feet of me can smell it. My breath isn't too bad when I am eating and conversing as the food smell probably masks my breath and saliva production is increased. It also gets less offensive when I suck on a mint or candy.
FYI, I have tried a very popular treatment by a Dr K***. That helped my problem a little but didn't eliminate it. And the whole routine was so long and troublesome I gave up after a year.
Try sucking on multi-strain probiotic caps. It may help. Good luck!!!
I have the same problem that you had before. I took antibiotics for about 3 consecutive years, due to a kidney reflux. I am cured of reflux now. But as a consequence I have bb problems. I started having bb since I was 12, I am 27 years now. I am an unhappy person because of that. I would like to know which brand of probiotic did you take., and what is the best time to take them? I also would like to ask you how many yoghurt you eat per day? I would like to think there is a hope for all of us...thank you. I hope you understand my English... ps where did you buy the probiotics?? Thanks.
