How You Can Fix Your Bad Breath Without Brushing Your Mouth

If you’ve found yourself in a situation where you lean in for a hushed conversation only to have your listener lean back, this is how how to get rid of your bad breath without brushing.

On the downside, it could just be that you have a feeling that your teeth is grimy and you seem sure that have the foul breath that goes along with it.

Whatever the signs are that you have bad breath, there are ways you can correct it without brushing immediately. You can always choose to carry around a travel toothbrush and mini-toothpaste, but sometimes you may not be prepared or have the sink for it.

So, if you are without your tooth brush and you feel you have bad breath, here are a number of strategies you can try to freshen up your breath.

Chew Sugar-free Gums Or Mints

A lot of people use this to freshen up their breath because they provide a temporary solution. While they won’t destroy the bacteria that’s giving you the bad breath in the first place, but they will give you enough time until you can brush.

The only thing you need to be sure of is that they don’t contain sugar. This is because oral bacteria feed on the sugars you eat, and then create acid as a byproduct. This eventually affects the enamel of your teeth and also turn your breath sour in the short term.

Eat Fruits

While fruits contain natural sugars, they still have the ability to inhibit the bacteria activity in your mouth. For instance, apples contain polyphenols, which can suppress bacteria and help eliminate sulfur compounds in the mouth.

Furthermore, fruits that are high in vitamin C such as strawberries, oranges, or grapefruit—create a beneficial, acidic environment that keeps bacteria from proliferating.

Scrape Your Tongue

There is very little chance that if you’re not carrying a toothbrush, that you will be carrying a tongue scraper. Like certain foods can freshen you up, so can you use everyday tools such as a spoon for tongue scraping.

The essence of scraping is to get bacteria off the tongue. While a scraping tool is most ideal, a spoon will also do the same job. All you need do is hold the utensil upside down, and run it lightly along your tongue, making sure to rinse between each bacteria-destroying swipe.

Water

A lot of people don’t consider water as a remedy when it comes to bad breath, since most people tend to think that water will simply spread the stink around.

However, oral bacteria are anaerobic, which means they thrive in a dry area or one devoid of oxygen. This perhaps is the reason why your morning breath stinks if you wake up with a dry mouth.

Not only does water help to rebalance your oral environment, but it can also help you swish out and totally remove any food particles that maybe stuck between your teeth.

Yogurt

The active, probiotic cultures that can be found in unsweetened yogurt are a good way to get rid of your bad breath. The yogurt competes with the bacteria in your mouth and helps to lower the amount of hydrogen sulfide the bacteria gives off.

Hydrogen sulfide is one of the key components of halitosis, along with methyl mercaptan. The combination of these two compounds has been compared to rotten eggs and fermented cabbage. And this is not the kind of breath you want to give.

Source: Opera News