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Article: Periodontal disease may cause bad breath
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- September 4, 2007
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Nick Notolli
University Wire
09-04-2007
(The Daily Vidette) (U-WIRE) NORMAL, Ill. -- Millions of social lives, careers and relationships are ruined everyday because of a condition people may not know they have.
Halitosis, also known as bad breath, is a condition that can occur by eating foods such as meat, fish, garlic, onions or cheese.
Alcohol consumption, tobacco use and an overly dry mouth can also spark bad breath. The worst thing about it is most people do not know they suffer from halitosis.
"Although people can smell other people's breath, they may find it difficult to smell their own," Dr. Mel Rosenberg, a leading halitosis researcher and author of the Web site Smell Well, said, "If ...