telpar wrote: ↑Fri Mar 04, 2022 7:52 am
Hi Stevian
many of us have tried that portable halimeter. I have it.
I suppose a research need a more accurate device.
It only measures hydrogen sulphide, correct?
It appeals to common sense that mouth breathing tends to dry out the mouth, and we already know there’s a strong positive correlation between dry mouth and halitosis. I can verify that based on personal experience.
Dry mouth is cause of halitosis for everyone. The reason is that saliva cannot do its job.
The question is: dry mouth, in particular during night, can to alterate the bacteria profile of the mouth and cause CHRONIC bad breath?
If the answer is yes, it can fail the ecology of the mouth.
I see what you’re asking, and it’s an interesting question. My intuitive answer would be no, but I have no particular line of reasoning to support that.
The other question is: if a person stop breathing mouth during night, the ecology is fixed and there is a change in his bacteria profile of mouth? How many days takes this process?
Again I’m relying on intuition, but assuming the answer to your first question is yes, then I surmise it might take a long time, say months? Meh, a total guess on my part.
I have an acquaintance who’s taking an antibiotic oral rinse treatment. It’s not a cure. I see talk of “cures” as magical thinking. It’s a treatment that allows the patient a starting point for managing the problem through regular oral hygiene and maintenance oral rinses. The most important ingredient of maintenance oral rinses being chlorine dioxide.
Citation:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6203824/
I don't know. I have no knowledge about this.
But I have tried mouthwash containing chlorine dioxide and it has never worked for me.
Specifically it’s 0.1% chlorine dioxide, and it’s not, repeat, not, a cure for bad breath, except for milder cases.
In my acquaintance’s case, once the 10 day course of antibiotic rinse, and 10 day course of 0.2% chlorhexadine rinse have altered the bacteria profile of the oral biome, ordinary daily hygiene and tongue scraping, in combination with the chlorine dioxide rinse (3x daily) should be sufficient to maintain the new bacteria profile over time. Since the treatment costs $ hundreds, not $ thousands, it may be cost effective to redo the treatment as necessary.
I'm at a point of my life where I don't want to put anymore chemical in my mouth.
The herbal remedy peddlers and homeopathic remedy shills are always warning us about chemicals, so we should be very, very afraid, and then some. No, seriously, everything is made of chemicals. Proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, are all made of chemicals, are they not?
As far as chlorine dioxide, notice that the concentration is 0.1%. A tenth of one percent. One part in a thousand.