It’s been estimated that most adults¹ will suffer from occasional bad breath in their lifetime and up to 25% of us struggle with persistent bad breath².

And yet a recent survey by UltraDEX® found that only 4% of us are likely to tell someone if they had unpleasant breath. Nearly 80% of respondents knew poor oral hygiene was a factor, but many failed to recognise other common causes of bad breath.

What causes Bad Breath?

Roughly 85% of persistent bad breath can be traced back to bacteria in the oral cavity. The odour-causing strains tend to feed and reproduce within the mouth, and in doing so they produce sulphurous compounds. Known most-commonly as Volatile Sulphur Compounds or simply VSCs, it’s these noxious gases which are mainly responsible for bad breath.