Dental implants. » bad breath http://dental-care.speakasp.net Articles about dental implants edited by professional dentist also info about cosmetic dentistry, root canal treatment, teeth pulling, complete and partial dentures, false teeth and tooth caps. Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:00:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Bad breath causes, prevention and treatment. http://dental-care.speakasp.net/index.php/general-oral-hygiene/bad-breath-causes-prevention-and-treatment/ http://dental-care.speakasp.net/index.php/general-oral-hygiene/bad-breath-causes-prevention-and-treatment/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:38:20 +0000 admin http://dental-care.speakasp.net/?p=102 Every body dreams of fantastic smile but this smile can turn to horrible one if accompanied with bad breath. it is not necessary that bad breath is a sign of oral or general disease condition, it also can present in healthy people. it is like any other body odor  caused by bacteria. These bad odors is the result of bacterial fermentation of food debris and beverages which produce volatile sulfur compounds which is the main cause of bad odor.

But also bad breath can be the first significant sign of some general diseases like diabetes for example so such complain should be taken seriously and carefully investigated.

Causes of halitosis or bad breath:

oral and dental causes:

A- Medical illness or diseases:

1-bad oral hygiene: persons with bad oral hygiene tend to have bad breath due to decompositions of food debris by oral bacteria.

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