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Bad Breath Bonanza
ANTVGM64
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Yikes, two of these threads in one day!
Anyway, I am SUPER paranoid about my breath. I'm also in a situation where I am now currently dealing with people face-to-face all the time. My teeth aren't the best, either, and I am making inroads to seeing the dentist, but a combination of 1) Finances and 2) Sheer terror, have made that road a little tougher to go down than I would like. My sister has said she thinks I may have halatosis possibly.
In the meantime, are there any sure-fire ways to ensure my breath isn't god-awful? A way to see how my breath smells on my own? Special gum, a cool kind of tooth paste? Braces that elicit a small peppermift waft every time I burp?
Anyway, I am SUPER paranoid about my breath. I'm also in a situation where I am now currently dealing with people face-to-face all the time. My teeth aren't the best, either, and I am making inroads to seeing the dentist, but a combination of 1) Finances and 2) Sheer terror, have made that road a little tougher to go down than I would like. My sister has said she thinks I may have halatosis possibly.
In the meantime, are there any sure-fire ways to ensure my breath isn't god-awful? A way to see how my breath smells on my own? Special gum, a cool kind of tooth paste? Braces that elicit a small peppermift waft every time I burp?
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In addition to brushing your teeth thoroughly, make sure to floss regularly. If you've got bits of food stuck in there they will cause a lot of bad breath.
After all that, rinse out your mouth with water. Mouthwash just dries out your mouth.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Otherwise, keep some Tic Tacs on hand. They won't last long but it's a quick fix
Brush and floss after every meal, and maybe even snacks.
but they're listening to every word I say
Until you get your dental work done you are just doing damage control. Make that a priority
but they're listening to every word I say
solves everything
and yeah, floss and tongue brushing helps a lot too, especially if you're starting from Square 1
Seconding the tonsil stone thing. Look into it, because even if you're brushing and flossing regularly these assholes will still make your breath absolutely horrible.
Unfortunately, the only way to get rid of them forever is to get your tonsils taken out, but if you don't have a horrible gag reflex like I do you can just reach back there (gently) with a q-tip and see if you can squeeze them out.
They really do smell like ass.
Brush
Use a tongue brush/scraper
Use mouthwash (please read the instructions, it's unbelievable the amount of people that don't use it properly).
If you do these things after meals or 3 times a day you'll never have bad breath. It takes 3 minutes.
-Get a teeth cleaning, it's cheap enough you it makes a huge difference, especially if you haven't had one in a while.
-Brush your tongue and roof of your mouth as well as your teeth.
-Stay hydrated
-Sugary foods and drinks make your breath bad very quickly, even with perfect teeth and 2x-a-day brushing.
-Floss regularly, duh. I also use mouthwash after brushing.
-Trident gum is a good route to go after a meal, but not necessary.
This will be of more immediate help than anything you can do at home, but you have to keep up your self maintained hygiene, or it's all for naught.
I used to have really fucking awful gums & breath, and one thing I somehow managed to go 30 years without knowing was that you brush at an angle, and not just flat against the sides of your teeth, otherwise you're not clearing out all the shit that gets trapped along your gumline. This made a huuuuuge difference to me. Yeah, small thing but, fuck, I never knew.
1) Buy like 10 things of floss (different kinds if you don't know what kind you like; there is precisely one variety that I can stand) and put them everywhere- desk at work, backpack, bedside table, etc, so when you remember you don't put it off.
2) Floss and then smell the floss. I find that if I floss regularly, it smells like floss; if I don't, it smells of horrors. That's motivational.
That only applies to mouthwash with alcohol. Get the non alcohol kind. It is a good addition.
but they're listening to every word I say
And I second the Glide ribbon floss, it's spendy but worth it.
I can't use anything else, it gets stuck in my teeth.