Taste of Saliva & White Tongue

[johntaylorny]

Suffering from moderate to severe halitosis since age 12...

I know that I have real bad bb because my mouth gets dry but also I get a very bad taste in my mouth. My saliva tastes like friggin sulfur or metal. If I'm chewing gum the gum after 10 mins or so get a horrible taste to it.

Also the colour of my tongue. It's not pink or red! If you look very close at your toungue surface you'll see it's made up of little fibers. Well, mine our white! When my mouth is very dry it's as if someone put white-out on my tongue.

Does this sound familiar to anyone with bb???

[azishazi]

Yea that is my condition. Like the white it seems is ingraved in my tongue. I can get it out but the white comes right back within 5 to 10 mins. Probably PND.

Seems like same condition to me. Atleast I do not have any yellow going on or anything haha (Looking at the brighter side).

So this is my question to you. Do you still have your upper wisdom teeth. The reason I ask is that puberty and wisdom teeth start to come out at age 12 or 13. Secondly are they impacted?

I know someone else on the forum who claimed he got cured after getting his wisdom teeth out and though he said it was because of pockets, I feel like the upper wisdom teeth is interfering with our nasal passages. ENT told me my nasal passages close to my throat were inflamed.

So do u still have the upper wisdoms?

[johntaylorny]

I had my wisdom teeth out when I was 18. So that has nothing to do with it. I still have my tonsils though. I've been thinking of getting those checked out.

I had a halitosis "expert" tell me that my tongue was full of deep crevises. He used a "shag carpet" analogy. My tongue hides the bacteria in the deep crevises. That, combined with dry mouth, is causing my halitosis. Sort of makes sense but I don't know if I buy it totally. His "cure" for me was to use SmartMouth which he sold at $60 a bottle (now at Walmart for $8/bottle) - and it doesn't work!

I remember vividly in 6th grade (I was 12 years old) kids started making fun of my breath. I would brush my teeth 10 times a day to no avail. Even adults used to make fun of my breath. Now as an adult at 43 years old it continues. I've had coworkers leave toothpaste bottles on my desk and some have even blatantly out loud yelled at me to keep my mouth shut due to the smell.

I was never told about my breath before 6th grade/12 years old, so it must have onset with puberty and some type of change in my body.


I can scrape, brush, gargle all day and within 15 minutes my halitosis is back and my tongue is white. My saliva tastes horrible all the time. I chew gum constantly.

I carry a travel size bottle of toothpaste, brush, and tongue scrapper with me when I go out with friends and I excuse myself to the restroom and scrub my tongue every hour at least.

I’ve just given up at this point. After 3 decades of fighting this and getting no where I’m just of the opinion there is no cure and it’s the way I am going to be until the day I die.

[deebo]

Hello John T .
If you have insurance , you should get tests done by real Dr . About hair: I've heard from many sources that the hair loss gene most likely comes from you Mothers side of the family and less often the Father . Do you have any follicular issues if you shave ?

I have had bad experiences with Over doing tongue scraping and brushing. Mine jus got worse and worse . Until I saw this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZgj9CXaujw
The day after I stopped scarping so hard , my tongue got better and Less white .
I'd like to know what you are eating .

[azishazi]

hmm interesting. I just brush the white stuff off and it comes off easy too but comes back quickly.

I never understood the reason for usingsh a a scrapper. A toothbrush actually does a better job