Do you suffer from mouth odour?
Have you tried several mouth wash, chewing gum or even mint without any result?
Do you regularly have stomach pain just below the sternum?
Do you regularly have heartburn?
If your answer to most of the questions above is yes then you may be suffering as a result of stomach infection called Helicobacter Pylori.

I just thought of sharing my experience here as I believe many others could gain from it. I am a guy that never joke with my appearance and most especially my teeth. I have spent a fortune to make my teeth look look perfect, you might be thinking that I am obsessed with my teeth but this is not the case. For some reasons I will not like to go into details but my teeth were in a mess, some were visibly rotten and very unattractive so I made a vow to make them look perfect using any medically available means. As soon as I start working about 16 years ago I started saving towards having crowns put on my teeth but due to fear of the unknown I hesitated for several years until about 5 years later before I took a bold step to have my teeth done, the procedure costs me up to N70,000 then.

However, these crown were not the best type as its a bridge type which makes me to suffer from gum disease, inflammation and pain for several months. About 2 years ago, the pain became unbearable and I have to see a new dentists who advised that I remove the crowns and put new ones, he warned me that if i don't do this on time I may lose several of them and could even be worse as the damage to my gum will even make it impossible to have implant fitted. So I applied for a loan to cover the dental bill which amount to £5500.

having done all these and with a very good result in form of well arranged and sparkling white teeth coupled with a once a3 month visit to hygienist (above the usual once a 6 moth) I am surprised as to why I suddenly developed bad mouth odour. My wife usually tell me when I need to brush my teeth as soon as she noticed. I continue to suffer until a friend of mine told me if my peptic ulcer has been treated, i told him I regularly take omeprazole but it appears not to be working anymore. He advised me to request for H. Pylori test from my GP, after the test which came back positive I was put on 3 course medication which are:
Clarithromycin, metronidazole and omeprazole.
I was so happy with the result of this treatment and suddenly my mouth odour disappeared!I am now more confident, do not need to regularly use mint or chewing gum.
I hope someone can learn from this and possibly be able to kick out their mouth odour. Please doctor in the house can you shed more light to this infection and its symptoms so others can learn.

It's unfortunate that the moderators refused to put this thread on front page as requested while many others inane threads are posted on the front page. Anyway I have nothing to gain or lose from putting the thread on front page, I believe those who searched for mouth odour problem either using google or NL can locate the thread somehow.
Good luck to everyone.

Wow this is very wonderful of you am so glad I came about you.you have done well. Please, is it all hospitals that conduct the H. Pyoril test or specialist ones and can I go get the drugs directly from the clinic ?? Please help indicate all drugs and processes to help combat this also. Looking forward to reading from you soonest.thanks

jajaboy1: Wow this is very wonderful of you am so glad I came about you.you have done well. Please, is it all hospitals that conduct the H. Pyoril test or specialist ones and can I go get the drugs directly from the clinic ?? Please help indicate all drugs and processes to help combat this also. Looking forward to reading from you soonest.thanks

The best way to go about it is to speak to your doctor first, normally your doctor will determine if the test is necessary judging by your symptoms.