Everyday breath

[pips1]

Sometimes when I am speaking to someone I find their breath quite noticeable and often wonder if mine is to people. No-one has said anything but most people don't do they? If your OH sometimes has 'everyday breath' ie: you can't be cleaning your teeth all day! do you just get used to it?

[B00]

Yes

[ummmm]

I don't usually stand close enough to people to smell their breath...

[Ankou]

sometimes the phrase 'jesus christ have a mint for crying out loud' comes in handy.

especially in meetings.

[emmie]

sometimes people aren't aware of it. It's often not a case of not brushing one's teeth, but the food that's been ingested. Anyone with severe halitosis should see a doctor.

[Arksided]

'Phew!, have a tic-tac' always springs to mind quite often, however I only say it aloud when speaking to my brothers dog for example.

Some people don't know that they smell., Breath wise or other bodily functions.

[Old_Geezer]

If your OH has a temporary problem; well if you can't let them know, who can ? And I'm sure they would be able to let you know too.

Often it's not tooth cleanliness that's the cause anyway. If I have a slight cold 'about me' and so have been mouth breathing all night, I can end up in the morning with a dry mouth. coated tongue, and my woman asking about what I've eaten. I find a mouth wash and tongue cleaner helps in those circumstances.

[pips1]

lol @ ankou and arksided, I know what you mean, haha. I didn't really refer to severe halitosis, it's just as the day goes on I suppose we all get stale breath but some people are lucky enough to smell sweet all the time.

[Booldawg]

coffee breath is the WORSE!

[andy-hughes]

If you want to know how your breath smells, try this simple trick.

Stick your tongue out as far as you can, and with the back of your tongue, lick the inside of your forearm - about two or three inches, not the wrist in case you have perfume which will distort the result.

Let your saliva dry, and then sniff the space - whatever odour you get is what your breath smells like at that time - hopefully it won't smell at all, or maybe a little, but if you find your legs wobbling, and everything going black, then you need to get your mouth sorted out a.s.a.p.

[islasmum]

It's not even necessarily food or unbrushed teeth etc that can cause bad breath - I was recently on medication which made my breath absolutely vile - (if I burped, my OH asked if the dog had farted!) so much so, that I didn't go anywhere near anyone, such as shop assistants! - thank goodness for the Self-checkout tills at Tescos! And when I came off that medication, my breath was fine again by the next day!

[ruthandsam]

How on earth did you find that out andy-hughes? And yes, I'm trying it out as I'm typing! lol

[andy-hughes]

Do you know ruthandsam, it's one of those things I know, and can't remember how I found it out!

There are loads of things like that in life - you pick up information and never remember where or when you got it, so sorry, I can't help with that one, but it does work.

[ELVIS68]

andy I`ve heard of a similar thing which involves licking the back of your hand and then waiting for it to dry.

There`s a chap at work who has a habit of licking his hands every couple of minutes and the smell is horrible, you can smell it as soon as he walks into the room, it`s ten times worse in hot weather!..Yuuuuuuk

[andy-hughes]

Perhaps your colleague can get a 'two-for-one' deal at the doctor's - the doc can sort out his hallitosis, and then get his sinuses seen to at the same time!