Breathing into your hand will not tell if you have bad breath or not. This is because you are used to your own smell and would not be able to detect if the breath you emit is foul or not. Also, when you breathe you use your throat differently as you do when you talk so you cannot tell if you have bad breath or not. Here are those: Homemade Mouthwash. Hydrogen peroxide and water. Mixing 1 part of water with 1 part hydrogen peroxide (3%) makes an effective bad breath remedy. This cleanses the mouth and kills the bacteria that cause bad odor. There is another way to use hydrogen peroxide as bad breath remedy particularly if sinus infection is the reason for foul odor. How to Fight Bad Breath, the Wrong Way! If you have tried several commercially available anti-bad breath products and still have not succeeded in stopping that rotten egg smell coming out of your mouth, then here is the article for you. This will explain why there are no changes in your breath even if you are fighting hard to eliminate bad breath. Oral hygiene is basically the practice of keeping the mouth clean enough so as not to become a breeding ground for sulfur-producing bacteria. This hygiene includes both personal and oral health care. Brushing is of course a regular (and most needed) part of oral hygiene. Combined with flossing, both could aid in the prevention of plaque build-up in between teeth. ) Dry mouth invites bacteria to breed on the dead cells around the mouth particularly on the areas of the cheeks, gums, and tongue; this produces that familiar bad breath in the morning. Morning breath is even worse to people who sleep with their mouth open since the air can dry up the mouth easily. Smoking and other medications can cause problems to salivary glands which can lead to chronic dry mouth. However, newer mouthwashes are effective in curing bad breath since they contain chlorine dioxide that attacks VSCs. To be sure, use mouthwash that is prescribed by your dentist. Myth #2 You can tell if you have bad breath by licking your hand as smelling it or by breathing with your hands cupped between your mouth and nose.