Chronic Bad Breath

[oceanside]

Thank you. I look forward to trying it out. After all, I spend the vast majority of my time in the bathroom cleaning my mouth. What's another ten minutes using the waterpik, going to ruin my social life? It's Saturday and I am home alone w/o a date. Oh well. LOL.

[SteveGn]

oceanside, Buying the waterpik shortened my time in the bathroom. Flossing seemed to take forever and never seemed complete. I just timed my waterpik. With the reservoir filled one-half inch from the top, it took only 2 minutes and 50 seconds to empty. However, I always seem to have all my teeth done before the reservoir has emptied, but I continue on anyway until it has completely emptied. In other words, I could probably only take about 2 1/2 minutes to do the job thoroughly.

After your very first time to use it, you may want to take some floss and go around and see if you find anything just to make sure that you held the waterpik at the right angle for each area. Not that the floss gaurantees that you did a complete job, because as I said earlier, the use of floss, in my opinion, doesn't thoroughly do the job, but this little test is better than nothing. When using the waterpik, I try to feel that the tip is pointing straight in, so the water is penetrating inward at full force. I actually try to push the tip into the gap between my teeth next to the gum, creating a fulcrum point, then rock my hand sideways once or twice to guarantee better coverage, then move on to the next area.

[coeric]

hi, ive had really bad breath for a long time now and no mouthwash seem to help much. the non-alcoholic stuff might reduce it by like 50% but it doesnt last long, and never as long as they claim it to last. i talked to my dentist recently and he had no clue. he just cleans my teeth and that's it. i was suggested to go to an ENT (this means ear/nose/throat doctor) correct? but can someone tell me how much the first visit would cost? and will they really be able to help? bad breath is terrible and i hope we are all cured of it some day.

[tinkerbell000]

Hi everyone,

I got my test results back and i just wanted to tell everyone. My ph study said that i have signifcant acid in my esphogus. So my doctor put me on prevacid and reglan. I am going for a follow up in about 3 weeks. I just hope this can help my bad breath. Oceanside i did purchase the tung brush but it did not help. I think my problem isnt just hte white on the tongue i think its in my throat as well. ALso does anyone else wake up in the morning with green mucus? I dont know if that means i have some kind of infection? Victim, i had the endoscopy and i do not believe it showed anything, however, it was the ph study that concluded how bad my acid was. Well hope everyone is doing well.

[oceanside]

Hi, Tinkerbell;
I am sorry a b your disappiontment. It's demoralizing with this endless illness. Having your hopes of a cure being crushed make things worse. I continue to live with PND, severe nasal congestion, and poor sense of smell but at lease my BB condition has reduced to a point where I am not consumed 24/7. I do hock-up yellow mocuous each morning from back of my throat and upper nasal passages. Yellow is bacteria, so I don't have sinus infection, just infestation on my tongue. Maybe the nasal spray that I use, Astelin, has something to do with it. Honestly, I was hoping that the Tung brush would help alleviate all of our struggles with BB. It takes away my joy knowing you, victim, noptical, and many others like us, continue to live in agony and emotional pain due to our BB. Even though I never met any of ya'll, I feel invested in your struggles b/c you know how it feels to walk in my shoes. I tend to be a very pestimistic person, especially when I am feeling down and hopeless due to BB, I think to myself that I must had lead a miserable life that somehow reincarnated to carry out my punishment through experiencing BB. Even thought, I don't believe in reincarnation, I can't escape, there's no freedom til the end. But that's not true, there is always HOPE. Please, Tinkerbell, don't give into discouragement and self-pity. Continue to use the tung brush as much as you can. At least you are doing the best you can to rid bacteria from way, way, back of your tongue. The things that we have no control over, will we let it be. Again, work/clean your tongue around the gag/reflex area. I don't gag anymore due to years of poking and messing w my tongue. I continue to experience positive reactions from others, and not them stepping away from me or displaying disgusted reactions when talking to me. In fact the other day, a girl at Barns and Noble helped me to find a book. She was very friendly to me, smiled and gave me such pleasant eye contact which made me feel so accepted. Normally, well... you know how it goes when they detect BB odor. My tongue continues to be pink and fresh; plasant. Take care. I will continue to visit this site b/c it has become my lifeline and a safe place for me to process my life w BB.