Halitosis
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Halitosis
How Is Halitosis Treated and Prevented?
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Halitosis is bad breath.
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Bad breath
Dentistry
Xerostomia
Halitosis is the medical name for bad breath. Often people with halitosis do not know that they have it. Halitosis can be caused by many things:
- Eating certain spicy foods, such as garlic and onion, which have odors that are expelled through the lungs after being absorbed into the bloodstream
- Poor oral hygiene, which leaves food particles in the mouth to collect odor-causing bacteria
- Tooth decay
- Gum disease
- Smoking
- Sinus or respiratory infections
- Xerostomia (ze-ro-STO-me-a) of the mouth (unusual dryness)
- Medical disorders, such as liver disease, kidney disease, or diabetes
- Medications
- Dieting and ketone* build-up in the body.
- * ketones
- (KEE-tones) are the chemicals produced when the body breaks down fat for energy.
Treatment for halitosis depends on its cause. Dentists can identify oral causes, which account for most cases of halitosis, and develop an appropriate treatment plan. For halitosis due to gum disease, dentists may refer people to specialists in treating the gums called periodontists. Dentists may refer people with healthy mouths who have halitosis to doctors for diagnosis and treatment.
Good dental hygiene is very important in preventing halitosis. This includes:
- Brushing teeth at least twice a day
- Brushing the tongue
- Removing pieces of food caught between teeth with dental floss every day
- Having regular dental check-ups and dental cleanings
It also is important for people who wear dentures to take them out each night and to clean them well before putting them in again.
See also
Bacterial Infections
Gum Disease
Book
Smith, Rebecca. The Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgerys Guide to Family Dental Care. New York: Norton, 1997.
Organization
American Dental Association, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone 312-440-2500 http://www.ada.org
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THE FOUR TOPS, FROM LEFT, ARE LAWRENCE PAYTON JR., RONNIE MCNAIR, ABDUL "DUKE" FAKIR AND THEO PEOPLES.
Newspaper article from: Evansville Courier & Press; 8/17/2006; ; 659 words
; If Abdul "Duke" Fakir yearns for a little positive reinforcement...the mantelpiece in his home in Detroit. Fakir sings harmony tenor for the legendary Four...achievement you hold dear to your heart," Fakir said. "That means you've done it...
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If 50,000 men couldn't catch the Fakir, how will we ever get bin Laden?(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 2/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...in, firing, to finish off any survivors. But the Fakir of Ipi - the original Osama bin Laden - had gone...chief has gone as badly as British efforts to find the Fakir of Ipi. The Fakir, from the province of Waziristan (present-day Pakistan...
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Der Fakir
Magazine article from: Film - Dienst; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...So spielt sein Buchklassiker ,,Ein Fakir fr alle Flle" genussvoll mit Grusel...Konsequenz fehlt der Verfilmung des ,,Fakir-Romans leider an zu vielen Ecken: Oft...Kugelschreibergeistes", der eigentlich gar kein Fakir und erst recht kein Geist ist, sondern...
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FAKIR PAYS TRIBUTE TO SOUL MAN STUBBS.
News Wire article from: World Entertainment News Network; 10/20/2008; 537 words
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District 136th Annual Urs celebrations of Sufi saint Bedil Fakir conclude with literary conference and music concert.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 12/30/2004; 544 words
; ...Scholar Dr. Nabi Bux Khan Baloch has termed Fakir Qadir Bux Bedil as last Sufi saint who...day of 136th Annual Urs Celebrations of Fakir Qadir Bux Bedil at Rohri last night he...thought provoking work through which Bedil Fakir had presented the essence of Sufism (mysticism...
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PG: Fakir Syed Aijazuddin takes oat as member Caretaker Cabinet.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 11/28/2007; 377 words
; LAHORE, November 27 (PPI) : Fakir Syed Aijazuddin Tuesday took oath as a...Khalid Maqbool administered the oath to Fakir Syed Aijazuddin at a simple but impressive ceremony at Governors House Lahore. Fakir Syed Aijazuddin has been allocated the...
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The Fakirs.(Brief Article)(Poem)
Magazine article from: Ploughshares; 3/22/2004; ; 420 words
; The Fakirs Cobras rise out of raw pits for them...their mind of minds they know they are fakirs, the secrets of the universe not theirs...with one short gasp recover breath: the fakirs with their snakes and their coals and their...
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Rugby: Fakir conjures French fire
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 2/12/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Beattie, but for an offside ruling. Jamal Fakir has caught many eyes as one of the likely...before the half hour. Unfortunately, Fakir became notable for other reasons, twice...Beattie, Rinaldi, Felous, Guisset, Fakir, Hindmarsh. Substitutes used: Guigue...
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Research results from Fakir Mohan University update knowledge of environmental biology.
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 8/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...wrote S.K. Dey and colleagues, Fakir Mohan University. The researchers concluded...additional information, contact S.K. Dey, Fakir Mohan University, Dept. of Environmental...022, India. Keywords: Environment, Fakir Mohan University. This article was prepared...
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New physics study results from Fakir Mohan University described.
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; ...interactions," wrote S. Panda and colleagues, Fakir Mohan University. The researchers concluded...additional information, contact G.C. Rout, Fakir Mohan University, Condensed Matter Physics...Electronics, Magnetic Field, Physics, Fakir Mohan University. This article was prepared...
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Fakirs
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...those of Western psychics. Fakirs are distinguished by their disciplined...psychic power. In 1870 a troup of fakirs from Algeria gave performances...the cataleptic state of the fakirs to artificial hibernation...hypnotist James Braid. The fakir concentrates upon the heart...
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fakir
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
fakir , [Arab.,=poverty], in Islam, usually an initiate in a Sufi order. The title fakir is borne with the understanding that poverty is the need to be in relation to God. This term, along with its Persian equivalent, dervish, was extended...
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The Four Tops
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
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Sidi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Muslim castes of Domestic servants and religious mendicants or fakirs. The social life of the Sidi caste in Gujarat is closely related...social situations: at urs of higher saints; by wandering Sidi fakirs while begging for alms; in small groups, to the order of a...
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Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...had an adventurous early life as a sailor, circus performer, fakir, and partisan fighter. His talent for vivid description and...A long, semiautobiographical novel, The Adventures of a Fakir, was translated in abridged form in 1935. His later work includes...
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