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Why Bad Breath is Such An Embarassing Problem
By Jacob Jameson | October 25, 2009
Many people tend to “trivialize” bad breath. However, for at least 35% of the population, bad breath tends to be a consistent problem with seriously detrimental effects. And no, brushing your teeth and flossing isn’t enough for everybody. Mints and gums will usually mask bad breath, but who wants to carry those around all day?
The problem with this is that when people go out in public with bad breath, people automatically assume that it is their fault. Those with bad breath are often assumed to simply be unclean or lazy.
The truth is that I myself am a chronic bad breath sufferer. As a victim of this horrible problem, I know first hand that it is definitely not just about how much you brush your teeth. Because I was always insecure about my bad breath, I overcompensated by brushing obsessively. It never helped.
An even bigger problem that can stem from chronic bad breath is the paranoia that comes with it. Granted, much of the fear is very real; I am not downplaying the seriousness of the problem. But still; imagine always worrying about your breath, even when it’s actually not that bad. Because our bodies filter out our own odors, it can be nearly impossible to always know exactly how fresh we are. The fear never really leaves you.
The reason that some people suffer from bad breath while others don’t tends to come down to the geographical shape of the tongue. The bacteria that cause bad breath loves to hide in the many grooves and cavities that the tongue holds; the more of these spaces that your tongue happens to have for the bacteria to hide, the more persistent your bad breath will be.
You might think that all you have to do to cure bad breath is to get a tongue scraper, but that’s just not how it is. While a tongue scraper is not necesarilly a bad idea, it can actually make the problem worse if you don’t attack the root cause of bad breath.
I consider myself a personal success story because I now have my breath under control to the point where I’m no longer embarassed all of the time. And that’s a big thing for me to say, because for the longest time I could never picture myself ever saying that. Curing bad breath is possible, but it takes a little bit of education and understanding.
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