If you think you’re having an “off breath” day for god’s sake, don’t mouth breath on me!
Close your fermenting/rotting stink-hole and keep those aerosolized particles to yourself.
I work with a guy who, I swear, farts through his mouth and whenever I have the pleasure of looking at a set of specs or prints up close with him he’s always mouth-breathing. Otherwise he doesn’t mouth-breathe. Close your mouth!
For some reason, nose air never stinks.
This thread reminds me of the Ren and Stimpy episode where Ren looses his teeth cause he stopped brushing.
Unfortunately it’s not that easy for everyone. It’s really embarassing to admit this, especially after all the comments in this thread, but I don’t have the greatest breath :(.
I used to think it was because I was a smoker but I quit 2 years ago and nothing changed.
I floss every day and brush and tongue-scrape twice a day, and drink lots of water, and I don’t drink coffee, but I can’t ever seem to get rid of dry mouth or the layer of white gunk of my tongue for very long. I’ve tried to talk to dentists about it. Occasionally they’ll sell me $40 or $50 worth of miracle toothpastes and mouthwashes that don’t do a damn thing, but generally they just blow it off. “Shrug, brush more, floss more. Shrug, it’s your natural oral flora,” <---- I almost puked when my dentist said that one.
I can’t drink anything like coffee or cola (with caffeine and sugar) without it coating my tongue. You left out the upper palate and cheeks in your brushing regime. Try using a baking soda/peroxide toothpaste, gargling with salt and flushing your nasal passages with a neti pot once in awhile. All that crud is just hiding in the nasal passages. And I have to really get to the back of the tongue to clean it. You don’t want to be in hearing distance when I brush. It’s not a pleasant sound. Oh, and I gargle while taking a shower so I can keep it in my mouth for a couple of minutes and not worry about making a mess.
So I did a little googling after reading your post and decided to try this out. What a terribly uncomfortable exercise! I think 45% went down my throat, 45% got spilled, 7% came out of my other nostril (this is were 100% should’ve ended up), and I swear it feels like the remaining 3% is in my left ear. And that’s after using only about an ounce and a half of the recommended 16 ounces.
I’ve had sinus trouble my entire life, though, and I feel a little bit clearer right now, so I’m not opposed to trying again.
It is my sad duty to inform you that some people have conditions that are irremediable and of unbearable toxicity to others,sometimes themselves. Crypts form in the mouth and throat that trap post nasal drip and other matter which then putrifies. Aging exacerbates the problem. Non-smokers/non-coffee drinkers suffer from it.
Irremediable means not amenable to long term solution.
Search for “neti pot” to hear Qadgop extol the virtues of them for chronic sinus sufferers… and me extol my badass no-neti-pot-needed method of doing the same.
I’ve been using an ear cleaner bulb and have wanted to try a neti pot. I experience the same thing you’re going through but the bulb is small and takes a bunch of attempts. think I’ll a neti pot in the shower. If you’re having sinus problems like me I find that I have as much gunk at the top/back of my mouth as on my tongue (back by the soft palate and uvula). I spend more time trying to clean that out as anything. That is also a pleasant experience. When I gargle with salt water I also try to exhale through my nose in an attempt to force the salty water up.
My breath probably stinks something awful, what with the coffee-drinking and the dung. However, I don’t have any sense of smell, so I don’t really understand the full scope of the problem, and I have a recurring problem with close-talkers, so I don’t much care. La la la la la… flowers wilt
I once had an uncle whose breath smelled overpoweringly of pepper. I was always told that it was due to some medication he was taking (for his heart, maybe?).
Most everyone here at my office chews lots of gum, so I haven’t had problems yet with any nasty close-talkers.
