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Are there any mouth smell remedies
My uncle is 62 year old. He is diabetic since 20 years, he is taking medicines for diabetes. He is having a problem of bad smell from mouth from past 1 year. There is no problem in his teeth or tongue. He wants to know some remedies to remove mouth smell?
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Dr. Diana Borgio
General Physician
8 yrs exp
Bangalore
hi.. bad breath or halitosis can be caused due to number of reasons like
-poor dental hygeine
-strong food and beverages
- smoking -dry mouth - throat diseases or infection etc
an examination can be done to find the underlying cause
Home remedies that can be done include
- brush twice a day
- tongue cleaning
- use a mouth rinse
-stop smoking
- staying well hydrated
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Follow the above remedies
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Dr. C Sreehari Surendran
Internal Medicine
6 yrs exp
Thrissur
Chewing gums...
Can have chlorhexidine mouth wash 3 times per day..
U can take lasso too without sugar
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