Article: For most folks, bad breath can be overcome with ease.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)

LEXINGTON, Ky. _ Quickly now, while no one's looking. Lick your wrist.

Now take a whiff.

That's a sure-fire way to tell whether you have bad breath, and chances are, yours isn't minty fresh.

You might not realize it, but there are hundreds of thousands of living organisms in your mouth, some of them manufacturing unpleasant odors.

And you might not be fighting them off as well as you think.

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