Bad Breath Frequently Asked Questions
Bad Breath - is it contagious?
Bad breath is not contagious. It is caused by common body bacteria breaking down proteins in the mouth for metabolism. It is not a pathogenic bacteria. You cannot cough on someone and give them bad breath. However, it is certainly possible to transfer bacteria to another person by kissing them. But these bacteria would need to be transferred to a receptive bad breath environment. In other words, quite possibly you already have bad breath and did not realise it. Bacteria passed to a non receptive mouth (one that did not have an environment for anaerobic bacteria) would not enable the bacteria to colonise. In other words if you do not have a bad breath problem, you are unlikely to catch one by kissing a person with bad breath.
My floss smells, is this bad breath?
Bad Breath Bacteria live all through the mouth, throat and nasal areas, as well as the gums. Therefore people that floss infrequently will have a buildup of these smelly anaerobic bacteria and their sulphur compounds trapped in the biofilm below the gums. But this amount of gum bacteria is not enough to cause bad breath, but rather a bad taste. Bad breath needs to come from a larger source of bacteria (that collected on the back of the tongue and throat). When you exhale, you blow out the sulphur compounds that have collected in the throat and tongue area. But if your floss smells then this would give you an indication of what your breath can smell like to other people. Smelly floss can be an indication of a gum condition.
Bad Breath - are there any home remedies?
I don't know of any home products that can rid you of bad breath.This is because bad breath is multi factorial and therefore no one product could be strong enough to treat bad breath effectively. Bad breath needs to be treated by a complete system such as that developed by Dr Speiser at the Australian Breath Clinics. What is known is that people that are fit and healthy suffer less from bad breath. This could be that their metabolism is in balance and does not allow the anaerobic bacteria to get out of hand. People that are mobile and active have less problems. People that do not go on high protein fad diets, or protein shakes have less bad breath problems. People that do not need to take medicines are better off as they do not get dry mouth.
Your kit costs more than Supermarket Mouthwash, why?
If we could manufacture a cure for $5 we would. we are very aware of the cost of our system. But in the end we needed to make sure that our products are the most effective, the safest, and that we have clinical and quality control. We are not a multinational company, but a practicing dental clinic in Australia, UK and Malaysia. Call up your local multinational and see if they care that their mouthwash didn't fix your problem. In the end every kit we sell, comes backed with our personal hands on attention. We support you with personal contact by email with Dr Speiser, and you can also visit one of the clinics for personal treatment by trained Halitosis specialists.
A complete treatment that works is the most vital factor in our business. If the $5 mouthwash doesn't work, then it is just a waste of money. We believe that we should offer only a cure that we prove time and time again to work every day in our clinics since 1997.
Bad Breath smell is of fecal odour - do I have a bowel problem?
Bacteria that live in the bowels and produce fecal smells, have cousins that have similar metabolic pathways, that live in the mouth. So mouth bacteria can cause fecal smells as well. It is just the method of metabolism. It is the same principle why mouth bacteria can make a "rotten egg gas" smell. It doesn't mean you ate eggs for lunch. It is the bacterial breakdown method. But something of interest is that the bacteria that cause fecal smells are usually bacteria that are associated with gingivitis or periodontitis. Our Clinic Dentists can help you determine if you may have one of these dental conditions causing your bad breath problem.
Is a tongue coating normal?
This is a totally individual thing. Tongue coating is a combination of saliva, bacteria, and by products. For hygiene purposes you should clean your tongue every day (using our recommended cleaning method of non foaming gel, toothbrush and tongue cleaner). In a bad breath sufferer, the bacteria in the tongue coating is an accumulation of anaerobic bacteria and sulphur compounds that cause bad breath. This coating has usually been present for over twelve hours, so it is protein rich and able to be broken down by the bad breath bacteria and converted into bad breath smells.
So for bad breath patients, tongue coating is not good. For people with fresh breath, it is a different accumulation of bacteria, as the coating is usually not a protein rich coating. What you can say, is that coating on the front two thirds of the tongue should be kept to a minimum and is usually easy to clean away. However coating on the back third of the tongue, past the gag reflex, is not as easy to maintain. Coating in this area is commonly seen in patients with post nasal drip.
I have tried everything and nothing works?
We understand the frustration you are going through. Otherwise you would not be at our website reading this information. Simply put bad breath is a BACTERIAL IMBALANCE OF THE MOUTH. This imbalance can be caused by a health issue, cleaning issue, lifestyle issue, or usually a combination of all three. So how can you expect to take a mouthwash and the problem will go away. Our aim is to tackle all three problems by offering you information about all the health problems, detailed cleaning instructions to remove the proteins that break down to bad breath smells, and finally the best possible products to fight the bad breath bacteria.
That's why our system works virtually every time. If we help you tackle all the issues you cannot fail.
My situation is special, don't I need a custom program?
Bad Breath bacteria metabolise proteins that exist in the mouth and throat giving off waste products that smell. Everyone has these bacteria, as they are naturally occurring in the mouth. Granted some people may be higher in different sorts of bacteria than others. Our Home Treatment Program is designed to tackle all the areas and causes of bad breath. However if you can come into our clinic for a full breath consultation, we can use our special HALICHECK to read over 50 gases coming from your mouth. We will also examine your saliva, teeth, gums, lifestyle and listen to any concerns you may have. Both the Clinic or the Home Treatment will work for you.
Our clinic treatment is unique and is there to help the special cases that need special customised treatment. But if you cannot visit the clinic our Home treatment will still tackle all areas and causes of bad breath. You can be confident with both options.
Is your treatment ongoing for the rest of my life?
This is an interesting question. As a general conclusion, if your mouth is in balance, and you have no health issues such as gingivitis, periodontitis, throat mucous and you have a good lifestyle, then you should be able to maintain yourself quite adequately. However very few people fall into this category, and it is difficult to maintain the mouth balance. We find in general, 50% of our customers stay on our treatment and order our monthly maintain kits. We price these as keenly as we can and offer bonus products, gold discounts and free post with bulk orders. The other 50% usually take parts of our treatment that worked best for them, such as our tongue cleaning method, or our non foaming gels and pastes and probiotics and continue with this. Others drop off but tend to come back onto the products when or if their bad breath returns.
The choice of how you will continue with our treatment is entirely up to you. We are here to rid you of bad breath and educate you on how to maintain fresh breath. We will support you, regardless of whether you buy our products or not.
Why should I trust your website?
This is an important question. On first glance all websites (including ours) look to sell their own concoction of bad breath miracle cures. And every website has testimonials to back up their claims. We base our credibility on a number of things. Firstly Dr Speiser is still a practicing dentist in Australia, and all dentists that work with Dr Speiser are still practicing. They have not turned into mouthwash companies like the rest. Dr Speiser has been a dentist for 28 years and has been treating bad breath patients exclusively since 1997, at his clinic in Edgecliff. If the treatment did not work, that would lead to an awful lot of embarrassment when patients came back for their testing.
Dr Speiser has seen literally thousands of patients and has been published in the Journal of Microbiology. Treating bad breath every day has helped him develop an amazing protocol that not only tackles the embarrassment of bad breath, but gives your mouth a freshness that other products cannot do.
Our system is complete; CLEANING, LIFESTYLE, HEALTH and BALANCE. It is not just about mouthwash. There is no magic pill.
How do I buy your treatment?
We have tried to take the guess work out of the purchase. You simply choose to buy our Balance Menthol Flavoured Treatment or our BreathGuard Mild Mint Flavoured Treatment. The shopping cart has been set at the necessary ingredients. Dr Speiser recommends that you try and begin with a three month treatment, to allow proper balancing of the mouth. when you purchase this way, there are no other hidden costs like postage etc.
Once you purchase your first treatment, we will then give you a code so that you can deduct a further 10% off all future orders. It is just another incentive we offer to try and reduce your cost as much as possible.
" FREE POST, 10% DISCOUNT CODE, PERSONAL CONTACT WITH DR SPEISER, AND A TREATMENT PROVEN TO WORK SINCE 1997. THE REST IS UP TO YOU."
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