How to cure halitoisis?

Question

My pupil colleague has really bad breathe- it sometimes makes me sick.
What kind of things can i suggest to her.
am very tactful- but its driving me nuts.

Answer 1

Short-term - use a tongue scraper/mints/gum
Long-term - visit the doctor/dentist and/or give up smoking/drinking?

Just come out and explain to your colleague that she has strong breath. She is likely to be embarrassed at first, however, this will kick-start her into acting on it.

She will appreciate that this is best in the long run, and it will help her further relationships with others, as well as with yourself.

Answer 2

Tactful??? Open an anonymous e-mail account, cut and paste this answer, including the link, and send it to him or her.

Floss, brush your teeth, scrape your tongue, rinse with a mouthwash of your choice. Avoid foods that make bad breath, like onions and garlic. If none of that helps, consult your doctor or dentist to see where the smell is coming from.

If you do a search on the internet using "bad breath" as your search term, you will find almost five MILLION references. Here's a good place to start:

http://www.ada.org/public/topics/bad_breath.asp

The odors from garlic and onions enter your blood stream and then it takes a couple of DAYS before you breathe it all off. As you do this, you will continue to have bad breath. You can only use a mouthwash or breath mint (sugarless) as needed to mask the odor. I have read a lot of answers here saying to eat parsley to get rid of garlic breath, but I have no personal knowledge about that. Try it.

Answer 3

A careful approach is required here.
Casually take a mint/gum and offer her some.
Or when you're both sitting next to each other, make a joke about 'did she have garlic for lunch'?! If she says no, just apologise and say that you can smell garlic.
It might be that she's aware of it too but is too embarrassed to do anything about it.
Other ideas are to try to get her to drink more water, maybe buy her a bottle of mineral water?

Answer 4

First of all determine if it is a gum problem or a problem with the folds around the tonsils where food, phlem and other junk can be trapped. For the former see a dentist, for the latter gargle a lot, even with plain water to flush out the stuff.

Answer 5

Tricky subject to bring up.
A lot of the time bad breath is caused by rotton teeth, so I would try the "Concerned Friend" approach and ask if she has tooth ache alot, and that a dentist would help her / or try telling her about the time you went to the dentist and how clean and fresh your mouth felt after, and how much you recommend seeing that particular dentist - hinting is probably a kinder approach than the harsh (but smelly) truth.

Answer 6

Halitosis comes from the stomach and an unclean colon, she should take liquid chlorophyll, or maybe you should start munching on some parsley in front of her and hopefully she'll catch on? I know this, it's from the stomach she has to watch what she eats as well.....Maybe she has a rotten tooth or a bad cavity, that'll do it to.

Answer 7

Sometimes, medication or other health complications can cause halitosis. If this is not the case, suggest mouthwash or increased toothbrushing.

Answer 8

first we must know the where is problem coming from also body healt problems make halitosis ( liver, stomach, kidney,throat,intestine etc. . .) we can cure the infected organ.
if the body is all right. then we should controll the teeth if there is decay or oral problems infected areas tonsillas, bad prosthesis,oral problems. find and cure ;)

Answer 9

There may be a genuine health problem causing the stinky breath

Answer 10

Remember; Halitosis is better then no breath at all.