What are the common causes of bad breath in children?
Bad breath is a common disease, people of every age may be troubled by bad breath, according to relevant surveys, the prevalence of bad breath in China is 27.5%, and the prevalence of bad breath in children is actually greater than that of adults, why is this?
So, what are the common causes of bad breath in children?
1. Food-borne halitosis
After eating onions, garlic, leeks, fish and shrimp, mutton and other foods, foodborne bad breath often occurs. However, if you stop using these foods, bad breath will disappear naturally for l~2 days. If you put tea leaves and dates in your mouth and chew them carefully for some time, bad breath will be reduced.
2. Bad breath caused by foreign body blockage
Children's behavior is very uneasy, stuffing foreign bodies into the mouth and nose is also a common occurrence, some children can not realize the serious consequences of their behavior after insertion, when the foreign body in the mouth and nose exists for too long, local necrosis and deterioration, then bad breath is very easy to occur.
3. Purulent halitosis
Pediatric nasal foreign body, atrophic rhinitis, sinusitis, purulent flat dehumidifier gyritis, lung abscess, especially children are very susceptible to tonsillitis, ulcers, erosions, and suppuration are formed at the lesions, which can cause bad breath and eliminate the lesions. Bad breath also disappears.
4. Bad breath
Commonly known as acidic halitosis, it is more common in children and is a kind of dyspepsia caused by gastrointestinal dysfunction, and it is often smelled when belching.After the gastrointestinal function is restored after treatment, bad breath disappears.
5. Corrupt bad breath
Children's hygiene concept is still relatively weak, due to oral hygiene and often produce bad breath, such as not brushing teeth in the morning and evening, not rinsing after meals, tartar accumulated on the gum margin and food residues in the impacted between the teeth or in the cavities, which emit a foul smell after fermentation and decay. To eliminate this bad breath, you need to pay attention to oral hygiene.