13 Most Effective Ways of Eliminating Bad Breath

Bad breath, also known as halitosis can actually ruin a near perfect romantic dinner for you. The lady or gentleman may probably lose concentration due to the incessant foul odour being projected by your mouth. This could be really embarrassing! If you are talking to someone who keeps recoiling his or her face, your breathe probably stinks.
A person with halitosis may not always noticed it, the phenomenon is because
the odour-detecting cells in his or her nose have eventually become acclimatised to the constant flow of bad odour from the mouth. But other people around can easily noticed and react t by walking away, or moving their face as you speak.

Now let us look at the causes of bad breath:
Poor oral hygiene, dental cavities, food debris trapped between teeth, pale or swollen gum, whitish or yellowish substance coating the upper layer of the tongue, teeth coated with film or plague, malnutrition, dry mouth, and bacteria in the mouth.
Respiratory tract infections like: swollen lymph nodes in the neck, sore throat, stuffy nose, a greenish or yellowish nasal discharge, a mucus-producing cough.
Some food and drink can cause temporal bad breath, for example: garlic, onions, coffee, alcohol - and even cigarette smoking.
Systemic illness such as diabetes, kidney disease, lung disease, sinus disease, reflux disease and so on, may also cause bad breath.

However, some kind of bad breath, such as "morning breath" can be considered to be quite normal, and may not pose serious health concerns. "Morning mouth" occurs because the saliva that regularly washes away decaying food substances and odour during the daytime diminishes at night while we sleep. The mouth becomes dry, and dead cells stick to the tongue and to the inside of the cheeks. Bacteria find such environment inviting, and use these cells for food and expel compounds that have a foul smell.

The good news is, bad breath can be eliminated and here are 13 ways to do it:

• Drink plenty of clean water, especially first thing when you wake up. Swish cool water around in your mouth, this is particularly helpful to freshen morning breath.
• If you wear dentures during the day, take them out at night and clean it thoroughly to get rid of the bacteria that may have build-up from food and drink.
• Practice brushing your teeth after every mean, and floss, preferably two tomes a day.
• Most people uses their tooth brush until it literally cries out for freedom. Tooth brush don't cost much, replace your tooth brush every two or three months.
• To keep your tooth brush free of stink-triggering bacteria, store head down in a lidded plastic tumbler of hydrogen peroxide. Rinse thoroughly before using it.
• Use an oral irrigator. Okay some of us understands what irrigation means from agriculture. An oral irrigator  is a handheld device that rapidly pulses small jet of water into the mouth, to flush out bad bacteria, which can go deeper than a brush or floss string can reach.
• Don't skip meals. If you don't eat for a long period of time, the mouth becomes dry and bacteria can turn that into a breeding ground.
• You can arrange for a regular dental check-ups and cleaning in your local clinic.
• Scrap your tongue every morning with a tongue scraper. Don't worry if you don't have a tongue scraper, you can either use a metal spoon or but a new brush and use it dry.  The scraper or spoon is used to decrease the bacteria and dead cells that can cause odour. Hold the tip of your tongue with a gauze or just push it out, and scrap the tongue's surface gently to avoid injury.
• Chew a handful of cloves, fennel seeds, arise seeds, dill, cardamom, they are good antiseptic.
• Chew a piece of lemon or orange rind for a mouth-freshening burst of flavour, (wash the rind thoroughly first though). The citric acid will stimulate the salivary glands and fight off bad breath.
• Chew a fresh spring of parsley, basil, mint, and cilantro. The chlorophyll in the green plant will neutralize the odour.
• You can try a second mouth wash rinse that is free of alcohol (unlike many off-the-shelf products). Mix a cup of water with a teaspoon of baking soda (this changes the pH level and fights mouth odour) and a few drops of antimicrobial pepper mint essential oil. Don't swallow it! Use it to make several rinses. 

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