can excessive bacteria on your tongue cause bad breath?
Sunday, October 18th, 2009 at
10:19 pm
The bacteria that is already on your tounge but causes bad breath with an exsessive amount if so what is the treatment
Filed under: Bad Breath Cause
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You are right. The greatest source of bad breath is the bacteria on the top of your tongue. Mints, gum, mouthwash, and even toothpaste will cover up bad breath, but they do not cure it because they do not get rid of the bacteria. The best "cure" is to remove this bacteria with a high quality tongue cleaner. I use OraBrush tongue cleaner because it is designed to clean the back of the tongue where most of the bacteria is located. Great product in my opinion.
Yes, it’s a mixture of dead skin cells, sulfur (from mucous), and bacteria that lead to the smell. The treatment is scraping the tongue (tongue scrapers are sold right next to the toothbrushes) and a good mouthwash.
Brush your tongue after you brushed your teeth with the toothpaste still in your mouth! Or get the toothbrush that is both a brush and a tongue scraper, and yes a good mouthwash.