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Suggest Treatment For Bad Breath And Excess Saliva

Hi doctor, I have been having excess saliva during sleep for adout 7 years now and it has come to a point where it is causing bad breathe. I brush, floss and use mouthwash as often as possible but it seems like it is getting worse. I was checked by a dentist and she recommened braces. So now I have braces but nothing has changed. What can I do to stop excess saliva and bad breathe?? Please help, Im 19yo. Ta
Fri, 1 Aug 2014
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hellooo....read thru ur query.....i must say that ur lucky to have saliva..there are people who dont have saliva..and its more a serious condition...this excess saliva causing u a prob at night only right...dont worry....u have drugs to reduce salivation...but how far its needed in ur case depends on ur present condition and ur dentist....u can talk to ur dentist about the drug and dosage....regarding bad breathe..u have to do scaling regularly...brush twice daily...do tongue scraping it can reduce bad breath to a great extent.....do chlorhexidine mouthwash....follow for few weeks...and still no improvement u have to see for sinus problem...and gastric and systemic related problems...meet a physician....dont get tensed....all problems have a solution...hope ur benefitted something by my reply...have a healthy day!!!
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Suggest Treatment For Bad Breath And Excess Saliva

hellooo....read thru ur query.....i must say that ur lucky to have saliva..there are people who dont have saliva..and its more a serious condition...this excess saliva causing u a prob at night only right...dont worry....u have drugs to reduce salivation...but how far its needed in ur case depends on ur present condition and ur dentist....u can talk to ur dentist about the drug and dosage....regarding bad breathe..u have to do scaling regularly...brush twice daily...do tongue scraping it can reduce bad breath to a great extent.....do chlorhexidine mouthwash....follow for few weeks...and still no improvement u have to see for sinus problem...and gastric and systemic related problems...meet a physician....dont get tensed....all problems have a solution...hope ur benefitted something by my reply...have a healthy day!!!