We are always trying to keep our
hygiene up to standard this includes showering, fresh breath, and overall
cleanliness. We are always trying to rid of bacteria and microbes that live on
our skin, because we want to be healthy and clean. A new study shows that balancing good
bacteria with bad bacteria in the mouth can reduce bad breath. Bad breath is
very common, usually due to the dryness of the mouth. Microbes hiding on our
tongues and under the gum line emit gases that cause rotten breath. We try
different methods such as brushing after every meal, using mouthwash, and
scraping our tongues and gums. A new
study explains that we should be balancing the good bacteria with the bad
bacteria.
There are different microbes on the
teeth, gum, and tongues; this study will help us to understand which
environments foster which bacteria. We need to be able to determine where the
good bacteria live and where the bad resides. This will help us to determine
how to balance the gas omitting bacteria with some beneficial bacteria.
This research will aid adults and
children with brushing strategies and the mouth will stay healthy longer. Our
mouths are the first step in our digestive system, they are important and we
need to protect our teeth. As much as we like to protect our teeth we also want
to keep our breath smelling fresh.
Most adults care about their
hygiene especially their breath, because it is easy to detect when someone has
bad breath. Brushing and mints can only calm the problem for a little while.
This research will help to eliminate bad breath all together.
Wow!! I never thought that we had to balance our mouths bacteria with good and bad. I thought we always had to get rid of all the bad bacteria. To be honest I never thought we had bacteria in our mouths; I knew we had enzymes in our saliva to break down things in our mouth. I thought bad breath was from old food that was left on our teeth or between our teeth and that’s why we had to floss. I wish that your article mentioned what types of bacteria was needed to balance the good in our mouths. It would have been nice to know so that I could see if it worked. But I guess that’s what they are tying to figure out and create; so it can be available for people around the world. Well I guess until it is mad available we will have to continue to brush, floss, and use mouth rinse to make our breath fresh and minty.
ReplyDeleteInteresting article. Similar to what I wrote it is beyond scary what we have in our mouths and we do not even know about it. This also reminded me of what we learned in class about how each body part has its different set of microbes and bacteria. Pretty good article.
ReplyDeleteGetting to know bacteria more; the more one finds out they are living in almost every place at every time of the day. Some can be good, yet others can be really bad. Being able to balance both together would be less work and make life much easier for everyone to live healthier. It I interesting to know that if you clean your whole mouth you might be killing the good bacteria that could prevent bad breath. Yet the ones that need to be killed are still there; being able to mix both would be great; but no information on the bacteria is told. It would be great to see this research later on in a couple of years and where its lead from now.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very interesting post. I was very intrigued that scientist found a way to help keep bad breath at bay. My only issue was that you didn't elaborate more on how they do that. I know you stated that the scientist say to balance the good and the bad bacteria, but how? How should we do that? What specifically do we have to do to achieve this goal. Overall this was a very thought out and well typed post! Keep it up :)
ReplyDelete- Dennis Gabaldon