Halitosis - Causes and Screening

Halitosis - Causes and Screening

When it comes to bad breath (halitosis), we are tempted to blame the food you eat and not an inadequate dental care, though often, poor oral hygiene is responsible for this problem. However, halitosis is a common symptom of many diseases, being inextricably linked to any oral hygiene. But to determine the causes of bad breath, dental control is mandatory, so before you begin to make your reservations chewing gum, consult your dentist to find out which treatment is best to have fresh breath.
 The first step in fighting bad breath is the course the rules of oral hygiene: brushing teeth and tongue performed 2 times per day and flossing to clean the spaces between teeth. If these rules are not followed, the bacteria that cause bad breath accumulate in the oral cavity.
 Halitosis may indicate a periodontal disease, where is the chronic nature. Following the formation of plaque in the oral cavity, the pulp becomes infected tissues, which causes periodontal disease.
 Also, bad breath is also one of the symptoms of health problems such as respiratory tract infections, chronic sinusitis, post nasal discharge, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders and diseases of the liver or kidneys.
 Other triggers include halitosis dental fillings or crowns cracked, creating an environment for bacterial survival, leading to decay in the place where those cracks. To detect such problems, visual dental examination is required and where cracks can not be detected thus resort to dental radiographs.
 Xerostomia (dry mouth) and she was on the list of causes of bad breath, since saliva is a "natural mouthwash" that help remove accumulated bacteria in the mouth, which means reduced production of saliva creates a bad breath.
Consumption of tobacco products is another cause of bad breath. If food or tobacco products are responsible for bad breath, the only solution is to reduce consumption or complete cessation of these products and food. But if the problem persists, worsens or becomes chronic nature, it is necessary to visit a dentist to identify the cause and establish a treatment plan.
 Also, to prevent bad breath, the best way is the regular controls to the dentist, in which the doctor can detect early signs of dental disease. If you see that you have changed breath, draw up a list of all medications you take and show him a dentist because some prescription drugs can cause bad breath.
 How do you know if you have halitosis?
 Given the link between oral cavity and nose is through an opening located in the soft palate (the back of the mouth that separates the nasopharynx), it is difficult to figure out yourself if you have a fresh breath. More often because we are ashamed to ask loved ones if our breath has an unpleasant odor, just as their are ashamed to warn us about this problem, there is a great possibility to suffer from halitosis without we know .
 One way that you can call (without being confronted with the shame of relatives will ask if you have bad breath) to test breath is to use a spoon to scrape the back of the tongue. Odor you emit white matter collected on the perimeter spoon is the one you perceive and others.
 Regarding testing methods used in dental offices, these are:
 1. Organoleptic testing: is nothing but use sense of smell to determine whether or not a person suffers from halitosis.
2. Gas chromatography: gas measurement of air breathed through the mouth
 3. Testing to halimetrului: measuring the amount of hydrogen sulfide in breath
 4. BANA test: identification of bacteria (responsible for the occurrence of periodontal disease) of saliva that produce an enzyme that can degrade the chemical compound benzoyl-DL-arginine-naftilamida (abbreviated BANA). When a sample of saliva containing these bacteria come into contact with banda test occurs hydrolyzing said compound, which would change the blue color test environment.
 5. Chemiluminescence: measuring the amount of sulfur compounds in saliva. When a sample of saliva comes into contact with the mercury test banda is the effect of fluorescence.