How to Tread Halitosis

Halitosis is the result from metabolism of bacteria Located in the mouth cavity and the rest of the food, a volatile gas called Sulfur Compound (VSC). This gas consists of hydrogen sulfide, metil merkaptan, dimetil disulfide, and dimetil sulfide. These substances always generated in the process of metabolism of bacteria or normal flora of mouth cavity. VSC so in normal circumstances there is always a hole in everyone's mouth.

The increasing activity occurred because VSC can measure oxygen in the mouth that is too low. That is when saliva production (saliva) decreased. Can also because of the caries (tooth decay).

Causes of halitosis

There are several types of bacteria inside the mouth contribute to mouth odor (halitosis), namely prophyromonas ginggivalis and bacteriodes forsythus. But, mouth odor can also be caused by health conditions ear, nose, and stomach. but the most common, is caused by mouth cavity bacteria and dental damage. So if we diligently brush teeth and rinse, but still having halitosis, it is cause by the possibility that other factors such as ear infections, tonsillitis, sinus infection, or even because of the symptoms of kidney failure, diabetes mellitus, or due to difference in the alimentary tract.

The outside factors

Besides aberration caused by the body, halitosis can also be caused by factors outside the body like foods. Several types of food such as coffee, alcohol or foods such as garlic, onion and smoking habits for example. Dehydration can also cause mouth odor, because of the dryness. Evidence, each time we wakeup, we become less mouth odor, don’t we?

From experience, complaints about health care in the mouth is very rare. Usually, it started from trachea inflammation, which then extended to other problems. Sore throat it self, can be caused by the irritation, allergy or infection from the virus. to note, in the mouth, there are 225 types of bacteria, and 200 of them are viruses. But as far as our endurance healthy body, the virus is not dangerous.

Halitosis cure

Following are some halitosis prevention tips

• Keeping the teeth and mouth health.
  
  Brush your teeth twice daily, morning and night before bed. brush your tongue, because the surface of the tongue that is not flat, allowing the rest of the food may still stick to / behind. Use dental floss to completely go over.
  
  Gargle with mouthwash which contain a good antiseptic for the mouth health. But it can not be done every day and constantly. because this can damage the ecosystem in the mouth. Besides mouthwash medicine usually contain of alcohol that cause the production of saliva decreases.
  
  Salt and halitosis
  
  The better is gargle with a glass of water mixed with little salt. This solution is quite effective to press the bacteria treponema denticola, prophyromonas ginggivalis, bakteriodes forsythus which cause halitosis. Gargle should be up in trachea. I try to gargle by your face upwards. But be careful do not swallow it.
  
  
• Chewing gum
  
  Chewing gum that is sweetless or not sugary can also help stimulate saliva production, especially for those with thick saliva.
  
  
• Selective food
  
  Choose foods that naturally. Actual saliva in the mouth naturally functions as solvents. But eating the modern food causes saliva can not function maximally. So, limit the consumption of junk food, fast food and other modern foods. Increase vegetables and fruit consumptions. Fiber content in foods and liquids can help in the process of self-cleaning of teeth and preventing tooth damage. Apples and oranges can dispel the smell mouth for a while. So while the smells mouth, eating only the fruit is.

If the smell is still not sapid be naughty for a week, flee consult with a dentist. there may be a hollow teeth or there caries.

If there is any smell of the mouth accompanied by a fever or cough and phlegm, symptoms of this can be abses tuberculosis. In this case the dentist will refers to medical specialist.

About the inflammation of trachea, people often do wrong when doing self remedy, by drink an antibiotic drugs. New drugs may be given antibiotics if the doctor has judge as infection.