Linda – The Probiotics Tooth Fairy

Caring for dentures properly can be tricky. Dentures need to be brushed and flossed as often as your natural teeth, but that can be tricky, since they’re generally pretty slippery.

As they relate to oral health, allergies are a well-known cause of bad breath, sometimes from the postnasal drip that streams down the back of your throat during an allergy flare-up, and sometimes from the medications taken to mediate the allergy symptoms.

True dry mouth – the condition where the body doesn’t produce enough saliva – keeps the mouth from flushing out the bacteria that produce volatile sulfur compounds – out of the mouth.

Harmful bacteria in the mouth are the most common cause of chronic bad breath. These bad bacteria, which are known to burrow below the gum line and cause periodontal disease and gingivitis, emit foul-smelling gases called Volatile Sulfur Compounds (VSCs).

Not all cases of halitosis (bad breath) stem from the same cause. While for some bad breath may simply be the result of eating onions on their salad or their daily cup of coffee, others may find that their halitosis is a sign of a serious health condition.

What the Halitosis?!

You know that old saying, right? If someone offers you something to improve the smell of your breath, it’s because you have bad breath. It’s a kind of gentle nudge, like someone attempting to discretely gesture that you have a bit of food lodged in your teeth.
 
Well, the bad news is that you [...]