Bad Breath Halitosis Forum

I have been battling with chronic BB for 10 years, tried every single toothpaste/mouthwash on the market also saltwater,hydrogen peroxide,ora-brush tongue cleaner (3 times per day) ,baking soda i chew tonnes of sugarless gum everyday and drink 2 litres of still water but my mouth is still as dry as sand and the back of my tongue taste horrible with mucus coughing. I even visited the doctor and he replied try Colgate Plax mouthwash, tried a gallon of that stuff and it never helped one bit. So i decided to visit the dentist and spent 10 minutes explaining my problem and she came back at me with...wait for it... " chew gum" so both were absolutely useless and couldn't care less about my problem, so i have hit a cross roads between this horrible disease and MY LIFE. I have had a constant battle with this problem for 10 exhausting years now and it is so frustrating and embarrassing because i can't live my life as i want because it holds me back so much.
Only maybe causes of my problem is a filling which fell out two years ago and left a black hole in the back of my mouth (my BB started 10 years ago)or my diet, i do enjoy a lot of cheese.
Anyone who has advice or has a similar problem i would be so grateful.

Hi Brad, Welcome to the forum.

I think I've tried nearly every product on the market claiming to cure BB, and non of them have worked.

If you believe its a bad tooth causing your BB I suggest you see a different dentist, obviously your current dentist isn't trying to help you.

Like you I enjoy alot of cheese (especially macaroni and cheese) But as we know dairy products are bad for our breath...

ukbreathclinic.co.uk wrote:DAIRY & ACID FOODS can cause bad breath. Milk, cheese, yoghurts, ice cream etc are probably the worst offenders for your breath. Proteins found in dairy foods are broken down to amino acids. Two amino acids in particular Cysteine and Methionine convert to extremely smelly sulphur compounds of Hydrogen Sulphide (rotten egg gas) and Methyl Mercaptan (faeces smell)

You may want to check out this TMAU diet. It may help to reduce the smell. Be warned it very strict though.

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Don't give up Brad, we are all in the same boat.

Brad1234 wrote:i chew tonnes of sugarless gum everyday and drink 2 litres of still water but my mouth is still as dry as sand

Was your mouth like this before your BB started?
If not then you need to address the mouth dryness because lack of saliva can cause bad breath, just as it does for most people during the night when there's hardly any saliva flowing.