What is the cause?

Mouth odour could be frustrating and embarrassing when so much money has been spent on mouthwashes and dentist’s appointments without any improvement. It is unpleasant when friends beat a retreat as you approach to chat with them. It brings stigmatization, ridicule and low self-esteem. It could force an affected person to become an introvert especially if he has come to his wit’s end without a concrete solution. This could cause loss of relationships and some opportunities one could have got via interacting with people. When brushing your teeth in the morning and the last thing at night and visiting your dentist regularly to fill decayed teeth, scaling and polishing your teeth fail to remove the mouth odour, the root cause needs to be traced and eliminated. Only about 5% of millions of people who have mouth odour across the globe are treated annually because the symptoms are often treated while the root cause(s) are neglected. Type 1 halitosis (mouth odour) is caused primarily by poor oral hygiene that could result from poor teeth brushing habits while type 2 halitosis (mouth odour) causes recalcitrant mouth odour that persists regardless of good oral hygiene habits. It is caused by decayed undigested food in the intestine. It is not all the food we eat that gets digested or removed as excreta from our system. Some of them cling to the walls of our intestines where they are acted upon by bacteria to release odour directly to the lungs and finally to the mouth. Gargling with mouthwashes that are only switched around in the mouth and spat out cannot eliminate this type of mouth odour. A detoxifying therapy is needed to remove undigested food from the intestines. If you find yourself in the situation described above, visit your family doctor for proper examination and treatment.