Brush after eating…views?
This is one of those things that dentists don't seem able to agree on. Can I brush my teeth after eating sugar? I have read this is bad as sugar creates acid and also I am effectively brushing the sugar into my teeth? Likewise, I have read that acidic foods weaken enamel. What I find odd is that toothpaste's like aquafresh claim to "help lock out plaque acid".
If I was to have something alkaline like cheese, milk or drink some mouthwash would I be able to brush straight after?
I have constant bad breath and it’s making me insane. I’ve had it since I was little. Please help?
I've had this problem since I was 10 years old. I'm 25 now and have been to numerous doctors and they can't find what the problem is. I'm at my wits end! I've just ordered a probiotics kit from TheraBreath hoping that it will solve the problem, but the earlier products from that line didn't work for me before so I must have an extremely stubborn case of bad breath.
It doesn't smell like your normal poop breath. It smells like rotting cheese/milk. It also smells when I breathe out of my nose. I brush and floss twice a day, use mouthwash, go to the dentist regularly and my mouth is in perfect health. I do notice, however, that I have a very bad whitish/yellow coating on the back of my tongue that I can't reach with a tongue scraper because of my gag reflex. Could this be the cause?
I've noticed that sometimes if I have very bad plaque build up and floss my teeth, the plaque that comes off smells like my bad breath.
Can anybody help me or offer suggestions besides the obvious gum, mints, brushing, flossing, etc? Because I do all of that. I've suffered with this problem my whole life and fear that I'm going to be an old cat lady because nobody will ever love me due to my bad breath. HELP!