4 ways to get rid of bad breath in the morning

August 5, 2022, 12:32 p.m

We’ve put togeth­er some help­ful tips to help you get rid of your “morn­ing breath” fast. Wak­ing up in the morn­ing will be much more pleas­ant.

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Morn­ings can be pleas­ant, or they can be ruined by just awful morn­ing breath. Yes, not the most roman­tic breath in the morn­ing hap­pens to all peo­ple, this is nor­mal. But if the smell is ter­ri­ble and makes you uncom­fort­able, it’s time to start pre­vent­ing this con­di­tion.

Here are some tips from den­tists on how to avoid bad breath in the morn­ing.

1. Listen to the dentist’s advice on oral hygiene

To keep your morn­ing breath white and fresh, you need to fol­low your den­tist’s advice on car­ing for and main­tain­ing oral hygiene. Here are some tips that den­tists usu­al­ly give:

• Clean your mouth­guard or retain­er reg­u­lar­ly if you wear one.
• Every evening, thor­ough­ly clean your mouth with tooth­paste and a brush.
• Fight dry mouth by drink­ing water reg­u­lar­ly to stay hydrat­ed.
• Buy tooth­paste with­out acids and SLS.
• Every morn­ing, be sure to floss, brush your teeth and use mouth­wash.
• Every evening use a spe­cial tongue scraper to remove plaque from the tongue.
• If you can’t brush your teeth, use foods like mint leaves, but also cher­ries, apples, and cit­rus fruits.

2. Choose the right oral care products

Do not choose any­how what tooth­paste and rinse. Try to choose prod­ucts approved by your den­tist, phar­ma­cy prod­ucts. And, of course, don’t for­get to care about the envi­ron­ment: use nat­ur­al veg­etable floss for teeth, it’s more use­ful than get­ting a mouth full of microplas­tics.

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3. Minimize “morning breath” triggers

Bad breath often occurs in peo­ple who have bad habits. For exam­ple, smok­ing. Since smok­ing caus­es dry mouth, you need to either drink more water or stop smok­ing. Also, the causative agents of “morn­ing breath” are gum dis­ease.

4. Check your health

If the pre­vi­ous steps have been tak­en, and “morn­ing breath” con­tin­ues to both­er you, you need to check for seri­ous health prob­lems. For exam­ple, bad breath can be a sign of undi­ag­nosed gum dis­ease. It is worth sched­ul­ing a vis­it to the den­tist and under­go­ing an exam­i­na­tion.

Some­times a den­tist, not find­ing prob­lems in the gums or teeth, can refer you to a gen­er­al prac­ti­tion­er, who can refer you to a gas­troen­terol­o­gist.

Either way, you should­n’t ignore “morn­ing breath” if it’s real­ly changed dras­ti­cal­ly late­ly.