Although some of them eat regular food and they never brush their teeth, babies' breath is always fresh. Why is that?
2007-01-08 16:49:38 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
Antibodies
Before and after birth, the antibody protection is the greatest. However, when manufactured milk and baby food are introduced, the bacteria levela will rise.
There are also no infections or sores. They also do not have teeth. Although teeth provide a great service to humans; they also provide an incubator for bacteria growth.
2007-01-12 15:17:28 · answer #1 · answered by VietVet 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First off to the posters saying decay is the main cause for bad breath...go get educated. People with perfectly healthy teeth can have bad breath.
Generally it has to do with diet, they don't eat a huge variety of foodwhich can attribute to bad breath. Some adults have bad breath due to periodontal disease...babies don't have this either. However, a baby can have some foul smelling breath after they have had formula or spit up like one poster said.
Lastly...a parent should always brush the mouth of an infant...even before teeth erupt they should use the soft finger brushes specifically made for this purpose and wash the gums off with water using one of those brushes. If they don't do that, their teeth should begin to be brushed at first sign. Milk is one of the leading causes of tooth decay in infants and young children. Those who typically are sent to bed with a bottle or cup of milk or those young babies who drink milk and have parents who do not brush their teeth and gums...milk sitting on gum tissues or surfaces of teeth is a disaster waiting to happen for tooth decay as it has quite a bit of natural sugars in it.
2007-01-08 18:21:39 · answer #2 · answered by P H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't eat solid food...once the solid food starts and stomach problems crop up and teeth don't get brushed and tongues don't get cleaned...then theres bad breath...
2007-01-08 16:53:33 · answer #3 · answered by Chrys 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just for a completely different idea on the subject........ in her book Heal Your Body, Louise L Hay shows the mental reasons for physical ailments in a person's body. The reasons given for bad breath are: rotten attitudes, vile gossip, foul thinking.
Obviously, babies aren't capable of these things at such a young age.
Anyone out there with bad breath, maybe you need to take a look at yourself :)
2007-01-08 16:59:10 · answer #4 · answered by Donna M 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Adults and adolescents smoke.
Babies do not eat garlic.
There are no tooth decays because there are no teeth and absesses usually smell fowl.
There is many reasons why.
But it is not impossible for a baby to get infection in the mouth.
2007-01-08 16:53:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
For one thing, babies don't have any (or many) teeth, or eat solid foods which stay on teeth to produce bacteria that smells bad.
2007-01-08 17:33:58 · answer #6 · answered by ArchWired Braces Website 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have smelled some pretty bad breath on some baby's. Especially after they send their last meal back up! LOL!!
2007-01-08 16:54:26 · answer #7 · answered by BigWashSr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the food they eat is all organic, special grown, unprocessed, and has to additives or preservatives[most of them] and its all natural fruits and veggies[usually]. besides they dont have any teeth, which food can get caught in, and rot. if you ate the food they ate, you would have fresh breath to.
2007-01-08 16:53:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the mouth is almost bacteria-free before the eruption of teeth.
2007-01-08 22:24:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No teeth. Not enough bacteria built up in the system yet. Diet.
2007-01-08 16:53:42 · answer #10 · answered by JAMI E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋