Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

When I met up with someone from this forum we couldn't smell each other from a normal social distance..we couldn't smell each other when we got very close...but we then did the counting to ten test with our mouths basically on top of the other's nose...the result = I could smell garlic from the ...

[quote="jane"]LISTEN: take into consideration that most of us have developed a special way of speaking also, a way in which we speak very softly or not as "breathy" as normal people do. most of us have done it for years- unless we're really comfortable at these meetups, we're still going to speak ...

Hey dude, didn't it strike you as strange that you couldn't detect that other bb sufferer and he/she couldn't detect you?[/quote Scientist 42)

No,Arun it didn't strike me as strange...one because I don't have bb all the time and because the person I met most definitely did not smell. There is ...

This is news to me , so far I have had no problem smelling some really bad breath

Far be it from me to dismiss Arun's findings at his meet-ups but I have smelled and can smell at least one case of bb, mild or otherwise, on someone every day. I have also met up with someone on this forum and they ...

Steer clear of the Fresh Breath Centre..it's a complete rip off...they charged me 150 quid for one session that consisted of telling me to drink more water (when I told them I drank 1.5 litres a day) and to eat more green veg...and then giving me the number for a shrink for my 'halitophobia'.

I think Aydimur's information on here is invaluable...and am most grateful...but with all due respect
I don't mean to be combatative of disrespectful I am just genuinely confused.

See above Hal...no one has it in for the Doc...we are just asking justified questions...you wouldn't blindly ...

I think Aydimur's information on here is invaluable...and am most grateful...but with all due respect he is giving a lot of conflicting information...conflicting himself a lot of the time for example re: halimeters...saying they mean nothing then in another post saying how he got a patients score ...

You might wanna work on your compassion skills there Snow

Dont laugh, but I'm still using Smints - not the usual tiny ones but the large ones that have 2 coloured layers. But I think even the small ones will be just as effective.
1 Smint after any food or drink = Zero plaque and a totally neutral mouth.

Me not laughin...this is serious business ...

Hali....what method are you using with the Xylitol?

But they'd search our bags and confiscate all our mouthwashes and floss and then Amy Winehouse would write a song about all the sufferers in denial..."they tried to make me go to rehab...I said no no no "

heh...I still think we should club together and buy our own tropical Island...live out by the ...

What kind of role does being hungry play on bad breath?

Hi Hal

I bought mine from a Sainsburys Superstore in London....You can get it from branches of Tesco, Sainsburys and Holland and Barrett - probably the larger branches. I really hope it works. Good luck in finding it

Oops I accidentally originally posted this question in the 'Acute section' (if only it was acute).

Anyway...can some kind soul tell me what I do with Perfect Sweet 100% Xylitol? I just bought a bag coz I heard many good things about it...so do I eat a couple of spoonfulls...or do I swish it around ...

Hi guys
Just bought a bag of perfect sweet 100% Xylitol...erm 'scuse my ignorance but what do I do with it?

A. do I eat it?
B.swish it around my mouth and spit out?
C. dissolve it in water and swish it or drink it?

all of the above?
any suggestions would be most appreciated