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Patient
Education - Breath Control
All of us have suffered from bad breath at one time or another.
But it is estimated that forty million Americans suffer from
bad breath that never goes away. The term for this condition
is oral malodor. Surprisingly, most people with oral malodor
are not aware of their problem breath. That's because our
sense of smell has an amazing ability to adjust to odors.
Unfortunately, there's no cure for 90% of oral malodor. It
requires long-term control and management of this condition.
Most people think that bad breath is a result of what's going
on in our stomachs. But that's not the whole story. Most often,
actual odor is generated by bacteria that thrive in the mouth
under the gums, and in the nooks and crannies on the teeth
and the surface of the tongue. Left untreated these bacteria
create volatile sulfur compounds that have a characteristic
"rotten egg" smell. Most people would probably like
their breath to be more pleasant than that.
The staff at Fletcher's Creek Dental Office can provide you
with a system that fights both the cause and the effect of
halitosis.
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