How To Tell If You Have Bad Breath

  • December 6, 2007
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Many people suffer from halitophobia: an irrational fear of having bad breath. Here’s a handy way to lay your fears to rest—or confirming it once and for all.

You Will Need

  • The fear that you have bad breath
  • A spoon
How To Tell If You Have Bad Breath: Scrape tongue w/ spoon

Step 1: Scrape tongue w/ spoon

Take a small spoon and gently and carefully scrape the very back of your tongue.

If you don’t have a spoon, lick the bare part of your wrist, let the saliva dry a few seconds, and sniff.

How To Tell If You Have Bad Breath: Sniff spoon

Step 2: Sniff spoon

Sniff the material that comes off on the spoon. If the odors makes you recoil in horror, it’s time to invest in some serious dental care.

Saliva cleans the mouth and carries away malodorous food particles, so a dry mouth can cause bad breath.

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anthonyaybar

nice

over 3 years ago by anthonyaybar

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drvalarie

These are excellent teaching videos. I would like to use a couple of them in a presentation. Is that allowed and if so how do I save it to my power point presentation? Thanks.

over 3 years ago by drvalarie

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