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Article: Doctors are close, but not too close, to helping people with bad breath
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- University Wire
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- September 23, 2002
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(FSView & Florida Flambeau) (U-WIRE) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- It's not
an end-of-the-world problem, but for folks who suffer from it -- and
their co-workers, friends and loved ones who have to suffer the odor
-- bad breath can be a killer. There is a way to check your own breath
for toxicity, but you probably won't like it.
It involves scrubbing the back of your tongue vigorously with a clean
washcloth, preferably one that hasn't been "perfumed" (by detergents,
softeners or dryer sheets). Set the cloth aside to dry and then smell
the dried residue. That's a close approximation to the breath that
people around you smell.
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