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The unpleasantness of morning breath leads
you to quickly cover your mouth when you
pass your loved ones in the morning. You
realize no amount of brushing, flossing, or
mouthwash the night before seems to mask
the overwhelming odor from your mouth
when you wake up . Getting out of bed with
bad breath, halitosis, in the morning is fairly
common as our mouth goes into a “rest and
digest” mode overnight.

MORNING BREATH AND SALIVA
Millions of people, according to study, suffer from bad
breath that is ever-present, while millions of
others suffer from bad breath in limited
situations such as in the morning or after
eating pungent food. People who suffer from
dry mouth often due to taking certain
medications or mouth breathers are more
prone to morning breath. Those with poor oral
hygiene will also suffer from bad breath more
readily than those with good oral hygiene, of
course.
Bad breath in the morning is mostly attributed
to a lack of saliva. “During the day, your
mouth produces a significant amount of
saliva, but while you sleep, saliva production
goes down,” Dr. Hugh Flax, a cosmetic dentist
told Medical Daily in an email.

MORNING BREATH AND THE FOUL
SMELL.
Saliva is critical for sweeping away the food
particles that would otherwise linger and
collect bacteria. A decrease in saliva
production increases the likelihood of dry
mouth. “[This] allows bacteria to grow and
produce volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs),
which is what smells bad,” Dr. Matthew Nejad
and Dr. Kyle Stanley , dentists at Helm | Nejad
| Stanley — Dentistry in Beverly Hills, Calif.,
told Medical Daily in an email. Bacteria
munches on compounds, proteins, amino
acids, and leftover foods that are stuck in your
mouth and teeth to produce these VSCs, which
causes the bad odor.

MORNING BREATH AND HOW YOU
SLEEP
The way you sleep can also affect the
intensity and frequency of morning breath.
Snoring or breathing through the mouth at
night can increase the likelihood of bad
breath. Most mouth breathers sleep with their
mouth open, causing their mouth to get dryer
and therefore letting breath-causing bacteria
flourish. Basically, “any time you reduce
saliva in the mouth, you reduce the mouth’s
ability to fight the bacteria that causes the
bad breath,” Flax said.

MORNING BREATH AND YOUR HEALTH
While bad breath has nothing to do with age,
the bacteria that causes bad breath may have
several health implications. These implications
are secondary to dental health complications.
Typically, according to Nejad and Stanley, the
first cause of bad breath is periodontal issues
such as gingivitis and periodontitis, which
have been proven to be involved with heart
disease and stroke.
This suggests your oral health is strongly
connected to other health conditions, also
known as the mouth-body connection or the
oral-systemic link. “The toxins from oral
bacterial are released into your blood stream
and can possibly inflict mayhem on other
parts of your body,” Flax said. This has been
linked to serious health risks including but
not limited to cardiovascular disease, oral
cancer, and Alzheimer’s.

MORNING BREATH PREVENTION
Although there is no outright, foolproof
prevention for morning breath, there are
things you can do to reduce its affect.
Brushing, flossing, and scraping your tongue
before bed helps clean out the mouth and get
rid of food particles so the bacteria have less
“food” to munch on.

THE TONGUE TEST
The first step to evaluating if you have bad
breath is to see if you have it. Flax
recommends doing a visual test by using a
mirror to view the back of your tongue. “A
pink shiny tongue indicates fresh breath, but
if your tongue has a thick white film, it is
likely that you have bad breath,” he said.
Another method is to lick your (clean) wrist.
Let it dry for a few seconds, and then smell
your wrist. If you detect an odor, according to
Flax, it is an indicator that you have bad
breath.
A simple and commonly employed method is
to use a soft bristle toothbrush, tongue
scraper, or the edge of a spoon to gently clean
your tongue. This is to prevent your tongue
from being a hotbed of bacteria. It is less
likely the bacteria will harbor in your mouth.
Smokers also may find they have bad morning
breath. Smoking not only causes your saliva —
your natural mouth rinse — to dry up but also
can raise the temperature of your mouth, making
it a breeding ground for that dreaded bacteria
that causes bad breath. Add this to your list of
reasons to quit smoking.
The above methods are not meant to replace a
dentist visit. You can request your dentist to
perform a quick, easy, and painless test of the
bacteria in your mouth to determine if you
have bad breath. Until then, stay fresh and
keep smiling

Sauce:
medicaldaily.com

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my girlfriend needs to read this, dt her mouth wey dey smell like carbide in the morning.

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my girlfriend needs to read this, dt her mouth wey dey smell like carbide in the morning.

guy u bad oo..
but u still dey kiss her abi?

very informative post. During the day i chew sugarless gum to keep my mouth from drying while i brush my teeth and wash my tongue last thing at night. Unpleasant Mouth odour can indeed be very embarrasing.

PRISTINEMUSCLES:
very informative post. During the day i chew sugarless gum to keep my mouth from drying while i brush my teeth and wash my tongue last thing at night. Unpleasant Mouth odour can indeed be very embarrasing.

yea right. a continuous work of saliva in th mouth helps in inhibiting mouth odor.

Did you kiss your own friend?

spartoo:
guy u bad oo..
but u still dey kiss her abi?

tunde1200:
Did you kiss your own friend?

yes na.. her mouth nor dey smell