Why does Halitosis occur?

Halitosis, which means bad breath, has a lot of reason. Some of them are tonsillitis, pneumonitis, sinusitis, diabetes, gastroenteritidis, renal failure, liver and metabolism diseases which are systematical diseases. But it is mainly derived from the inside of the mouth(oral disorder).

What are the reasons and how can it be prevented?

Halitosis is caused volatile sulphur which is deprived from the gas of waste of dead bacterias. It can show that there is an oral infection or acute gingival disease or bacterias which are situated onto the food wastes more than a few hours can cause the Halitosis. So a lot of reason can cause the Halitosis. Because of that , firstly should the reason be defined.

After successful identification, treatment can be started. If the reason is oral disease, it will be treated properly in the clinic. This treatment is to treat the teeth decays, gingival disease and put the embedded or half embedded wisdom tooth. In addition to these, in order to avoid the halitosis, you should brush your teeth 3 minutes duration after meals, the toothbrush should be stored clean and dry condition and you should brush your surface of tongue on which bacterias easily place. Peppermints, mouth sprays and mouthwash are not permanent solution, they are only 5-7 minutes treatments.