So how would you check if you have bad breath? If you want a more comprehensive form of examination, you can of course pay a visit to your local dentist and see if your doubts can be confirmed. Yet, you also have the choice of not seeking professional advance. For one, you may try scraping the white or yellow film covering the surface of your tongue. Anaerobic bacteria, by their nature, can have optimized survival when they are in environments with lesser oxygen level. Thus, when the mouth dries due to mouth breathing and several medical conditions that brings about the same effects, they are likely to multiply and spread more. This would likely end up with higher release of volatile sulfur compounds that, as we have already mentioned, are agents for releasing foul odor through the process of disintegrating chemical compounds and mouth debris. 3 parts baking soda mixed with 1 part salt make a good toothpaste. Baking soda is effective in reducing the acidity of the mouth, which in turn reduces the breeding of anaerobic bacteria that cause bad breath. Place the mixture on your toothbrush and brush your teeth like you normally do. Herbal Parsley, rosemary, basil, wintergreen, mint and thyme; chewing these herbal plants are affective in alleviating bad breath. Poor oral hygiene means that you are not cleaning your mouth the mouth as often as you should. We emphasize on the word "mouth" since there is the common notion that bad breath starts from dirty teeth. As was mentioned, bad breath is caused by bacteria harboring in dry mouth. The distinct bad breath odor is caused by VSCs or volatile sulphur compounds. Factors that cause of bad breath (halitosis): Poor dental hygiene is the major cause of bad breath. It results to tooth decay, gum problems such as gingivitis, and plaque. This also causes accumulation of bacteria particularly in between teeth and posterior tongue. Certain types of food and drinks also affect the kind of breath we breathe. Lots of practices have been produced to combat one of the many health plagues of mankind- bad breath. This is obvious with the plethora of products, tools, devices and offers for therapy and treatment that could face you in your search for one effective treatment. If you are wondering if those weird-looking devices you have encountered lately are included in the list, well there's one definite answer to that- yes!