First it is important to understand how bad breath or halitosis develops. Many times it is caused by foods that we eat such as garlic and onions. Although they are delicious to eat they break down into components of molecules. Some of these present very unpleasant odors. These molecules are absorbed into our circulatory system allowing them to be distributed to the rest of our body as nourishment. When they travel through our lungs, some of them are released into our lungs and as a result of our natural breathing process the molecules we inhale and exhale contain some of these offensive smelling molecules. You can’t treat the lungs but you can treat the problem with the lungs by not eating these foods.

Other reasons for bad breath are dry mouth, gum disease, smoking, medical conditions, dental conditions and oral bacteria. We all have oral bacteria in our mouths that is necessary to help begin breaking down some of the foods we eat. Many of the bacteria our mouths contain are good bacteria while some can be bad. The bad bacteria is a result of an imbalance of the probiotics and the good bacteria. For this reason many probiotics are sold over-the-counter to help trigger the good bacteria in our bodies to increase.

There are a number of good probiotics kits available for bad breath. One of the better known kits is the Aktiv-K12 ProBiotics Kit. It contains everything you may need to eliminate bad breath including mouth rinse, tongue scraper, gum, toothpaste, breath fresheners, probiotics powder and oxygen serum. Another good treatment for halitosis is the BreathRx system. This is not a system that adds beneficial bacteria to your mouth but instead works to eliminate the bad bacteria in your mouth. It uses neutralizers to help neutralize bad breath instead of masking the odors of halitosis.

Unbeknownst to many people you can even get bad breath due to tonsil problems. One such problem is called tonsilloliths. This is what forms when mucus and bacteria get trapped in the crevasses of the tonsils that looks like pieces of “oatmeal”. They can be found in the tonsil crevasses, on the throat or on the roof of the mouth. TheraBreath has a system that helps prevent odor that is caused by tonsilloliths. It contains a nasal spray, breath spray, oxygenating tablets and a sinus spray that is designed to eliminate the tonsil stones or tonsilloliths thereby preventing bad breath.