How to test for bad breath
Since noses become accustomed to background odors, it ignores the smell of our own bad breath. This means it is quite possible for a person to have bad breath, yet not be aware of it. If you think you might have bad breath, there is a simple test that you can do. Simply lick the inside of your wrist and sniff – if the smell is bad, you can be pretty sure that your breath is too. This is a simple but also inaccurate method of testing your breath. More accurately tests can detect the smelly molecules themselves and additionally quantify them.

Treatment
As there are many different causes for bad breath there are as many different possibilities to treat bead breath. Usually mouthwashes are often ineffective, they just cover the smell and contain certain substances that can even make the situation worse. That is why the cause of the bad breath needs to be found out at first. This might also involve diagnostic tests to make sure no Systemic conditions are involved.

Once the cause of the bad breath is found a therapy for the individual needs can be set up. That can involve improvement of the oral hygiene such as special mouthwashes hygiene sessions and tongue scraping, removal of all possible retreats for the bacteria, clearing of possible infections, elimination of external agents that cause bad breath.

Our bead breath clinic
Especially the volatile sulphur compounds (VSCs) resulting from the bacterial decomposition is responsible for the odours which halitosis patients (or the people around them) experience. In our bad breath clinic we perform a test that detects those smelly molecules and helps to target the individual needs of our patients. A tailored treatment plan is then set up that targets the causes according to the findings in each individual case. And the situation is reviewed after some time.