Morning Breath!?

Question

It's so embarressing- say for example I stay over at someone's house, the next morning as soon as I wake up I run downstairs and brush my teath like mad.

How can I have 'good' breath in the mornings??


serious answers please lol
any suggestions wud b fab tho

Answer 1

keep your mouth open when your sleeping.
and eat something.
maybe keep chewing gum next to you

Answer 2

Just place a glass of water by the bed and drink it when you wake up, but swirl it around your mouth for a little while before swallowing. Morning breath is simply due to your mouth becoming dry during the night, thus by moistening your mouth with water should fix your problem until you decide to go brush your teeth.

Answer 3

brush and floss your teeth every night just before bed, keep a drink of water beside your bedside and drinkthroughout the night if you wake up at any time. This will keep your mouth moist so salvia will not dry so quickly.

This wont prevent it but will certainly help. If you are staying with a fella keep some mints or gum nearby and pop one in as you wake up.

Answer 4

I agree with the one who said "we all have it and it sucks."
It happens to everyone, if there were a solution, no one would have it. I've cleaned my teeth and used a rinse, and you still have morning breath. Either deal with brushing your teeth first thing in the morning, or like the other suggestions, keep some gum handy. That's usually what I would do if staying over somewhere.

Answer 5

Regular flossing and interdens. Use a tongue scraper every day. Eat plenty of fruit, and drink at least 2 litres of water a day. Try a mouth spray in the morning before breathing on your friends. You might have a dairy-product allergy.

Answer 6

have you seen the new type of toothbrush...i think its from macleans. well it has rimmed edges on the other side of the brush. anyway bacteria cause bad breath and a lot will be found on your tongue. by using the other side of the brush, you rub the brush onto your tongue and it removes the bacteria whence no/little bad breath.
plus use mouthwash, eat chewing gum. dont worry everyone has bad breath in the morning. i would like someone to prove otherwise?

Answer 7

First of all, floss your teeth every night. Bacteria causes bad breath, including morning breath. The less bacteria, the less bad breath you will have. Second of all, if your a mouth breather at night, there's probably nothing much you can do about it because mouth breathers have worse morning breath. Try the gum thing too.

Answer 8

Bad breath is caused, primarily, by bacteria and its role in a process called proteolysis, he says. The food and, more specifically, the proteins that we eat are broken down and release a number of different sulphur-containing gases including hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan. The methyl mercaptan is among the smelliest of known compounds that contribute to the fetid odour of bad breadth. Certain food groups produce more offensive gases than others - the worst culprits being proteins and cheeses. Ironically, when sugars are broken down by oral bacteria, they produce less offensive gases that are sweet rather than smelly.

Answer 9

With a lot of people it is not the mouth where the 'smell' comes from, but from your throat. It do not know a solution to that, maybe it leads you into some direction. Also you could have sugar decease that cause this. Then you really need to see a doctor.

Answer 10

This is normal so there is not much you can do about it. It is caused by bacteria in your stomach and mouth that grow etc. Your best thing is to brush well before bed and then use mouthwash first thing in the morning.

Answer 11

I think that's more of a general health question than a dental question, but I've heard morning breath is usually caused by poor diet. A diet low in fruits and water content usually causes those acids in your stomach to turn nasty (just odor-wise, they're not gonna kill you) which, naturally, travels up your esauphagus and causes that terrible smell.