Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

There was a program on tv tonite called embarrasing illness.
There was a girl with bad breath.
Any way the doctor sent a sample of the bacteria off to be tested at a lab.
When the sample came back the doctor said she had an overgrowth of anerobic bacteria.
She said this anerobic bacteria was ...

There was a program on tv tonite called embarrasing illness.
There was a girl with bad breath.
Any way the doctor sent a sample of the bacteria off to be tested at a lab.
When the sample came back the doctor said she had an overgrowth of anerobic bacteria.
She said this anerobic bacteria was part ...

The normal salivary pH of 6.5 suppresses the growth of gram-negative bacteria that activate certain enzymes and cause malodor. An acidic pH favors the growth of gram-positive organisms that produce little odor, and an alkaline pH (7.2) encourages growth of gram-negative organisms.

Maybe this is why ...

kl made a good point.

It is prob not a vitamin c deficency causing our bb, because swallowing the same quantities of vitamin c without letting them disolve on the mouth dosent seem to have the same effect.

It sounds like the tablet is causing some positive effect in the mouth when it is desolving ...

I have been using it for the last 2 months but i havent noticed any improvements.

When I first went to my doctor with my bb he diagnosed me with candida because of the white coating on my tongue. As a result I was on a lot of candida treatments like nystatin. In the end It turned out to be the wrong diagnosis.

I didnt always have chronic bb.
I only have this condition since my early teens, the last 15 years.
I think it was anti biotics which interfered with my oral flora thus somehow reducing the good bacteria and/or increasing the bad bacteria thus causing my chronic bb.

While past research has connected oral malodor to the proliferation of certain bacteria on the tongue, recent research from the Forsyth Institute and the University of Michigan School of Dentistry indicates another group of bacteria is associated with fresh-smelling breath. Investigators used gene ...

A 1985 study by the University of Thessaloniki discovered that mastic can reduce bacterial plaque in the mouth by 41.5 percent ((Tassou CC, Nychas GJE. Antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of mastic gum (Pistacia lentiscus var. chia) on Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in broth and in ...

I use a chlorhexidine mouthwas called Corsodyl. It works by attacking both gram negative and gram positive bacteria in the mouth. However it is less effective against the gram negative bacteria which is suppose to be the bad breath bacteria.

The brand I use contains alcohol, side effects can ...

This is a technology they are developing in Australia. Its called Kappacin. It is still in early stages but sounds interesting.

This company also said they found that "bacteria living in the body can be 500 times more resistant to anti-microbial agents than those same bacteria grown in the ...

Found this patent while browsing.

Pharmaceutical dental gel preparation comprising of metronidazole benzoate , chlorhexidine gluconate , and local anesthetic as the active ingredient; glycol as the solvent medium; a carboxyvinyl polymer, cross-linked polymer of acrylic acid copolymerized with ...

The problem is the general public dosent understand. People who havent experienced it will just say brush ur teeth. I dont think there is anyway to make them understand something they havent experienced.
Just hope some expert micro biologist has what we have.

Hey Laura,

Dont worry ur not making me mad. Anybody who makes a claim on here should b questioned. I can see where ur coming from up to a point.

But ur asking me to prove something to you which you know I cant.

You and me and most people here know there is no cure for chronic bb. Until the cure ...

It would give me the greatest pleasure in the world to come on this site and say that ive found a cure for bb and cured my bb problem but I cant say that and havent said that.

The colgate total dosent make me smell sweet like ****ing roses. It has reduced the coating on my tongue and my bb ...