In most cases, banishing bad breath means improving oral hygiene; notable exceptions to this are breath problems caused by medical conditions, medications, tobacco usage or dietary habits.

Good oral hygiene starts with brushing your teeth: ‘Back in the day’ our grandparents had a narrow choice of toothbrushes that may have come in different colors but, other than that, were not much different from each other. Over the years, that basic, manual toothbrush has benefited from the experimentation of dentists and scientists and has turned into a tool that brushes teeth more effectively and more easily. Today, the manual toothbrush is still the best selling, most often used toothbrush but it has some stiff, high-tech competition.

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