What causes bad breath?

Bad breath is very common. Although bad breath does not pose a great threat to human health, it affects the lives of many patients, especially those with severe bad breath. This situation also causes problems at work. Therefore, it is necessary to treat bad breath in a timely manner, which is also very helpful for improving the problem of bad breath. So what causes bad breath?

Many people don’t know what causes bad breath. When this happens, many people don’t know what method to choose. There are many options for treating this type of disease, and medication is the best choice.

What causes bad breath:

Bad breath is not terrible, as long as the cause is found out, it can be treated. First, consider whether the bad breath is oral or non-oral. If factors related to bad breath cannot be ruled out, such as respiratory diseases (infection and necrosis of the nasal cavity, maxillary sinus, pharynx, and lungs), digestive system diseases (gastritis, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, gastrointestinal metabolic disorders, constipation, etc.), solid organ damage (liver failure, renal failure), diabetic ketoacidosis, uremia, leukemia, vitamin deficiency, etc., then these diseases should be treated locally or systemically.

If there are oral diseases that may cause bad breath, such as untreated caries, residual roots, residual crowns, poor restorations, gingivitis, periodontitis and oral mucosal diseases, caries should be treated medically in time, useless residual roots and crowns should be removed, poor restorations should be removed, incorrect anatomical structures should be removed, and oral mucosal diseases should be treated. For patients with periodontal disease, basic treatments such as cleaning and root scaling should be performed first, and then systematic periodontal treatment and plaque control should be carried out.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of what causes bad breath. When this happens, we can choose the corresponding drug treatment, which will be of great help in stabilizing the disease. However, it should be noted that the treatment of bad breath also requires a long time for the disease to improve.