Morning Breath

What is Morning Breath
Morning Breath" is that horrible bad taste or smell that you wake with after sleeping. It doesn't just have to be after night sleep, but in general after any sleep or nap. You may notice a foul taste on yourself or bad breath on your partner.

If you consume alcohol or spicy food the night before and then go to sleep, you will notice a much increased morning breath problem when you wake. If you snacked during the night and did not clean their mouth afterwards, once again you will notice a worse problem when you wake. And if you smoke a cigarette you will definitely notice the problem in the morning.

"Morning Breath" is caused by an accumulation of Volatile Sulphur Compounds made by certain anaerobic bacteria whilst you slept. These VSC's are planted on the tongue surface where they can flourish in the collection of saliva and mucus. As you sleep they can grow up to four times during the night. So you wake up with a breeding ground of bacteria in your mouth.

Why Does Morning Breath Happen

Your saliva flow slows down or can even stop. This means that there is less buffering of bacteria, less oxygen input, less tongue movement. These are all signals to anaerobic bacteria to begin breeding. During the course of one night's sleep you can manufacture two generations of new bacteria and their waste products, the Volatile Sulphur Compounds.
Mucus in the nasal areas thicken. When this happens the mucus can attach quite tenaciously to the nasal walls making removal difficult. This nasal mucus is high in protein and is an excellent food source for "Morning Breath" bacteria.
Your tongue falls to the back of your throat. This action allows easy colonisation of the dorsum (back) of the tongue surface. That is why when you wake in the morning, you not only have a bad or sour taste and breath, but you can also exhibit a coating on your tongue. This coating can be yellow or white depending on its severity and the amount of sulphur contained.

How to Prevent Morning Breath

Before sleep, use the KForce Balance Program with the KForce K12 probiotics and the KForce Breath Guard Cleaning Gel. Follow the cleaning instructions. By reducing the bacterial load on your tongue before sleep you will have less bacteria and sulphur on your tongue when you wake. This means not only will you not have morning breath but you will also not have an awful taste in your mouth.
Anyone with a dry mouth, nasal problem, or uses a CPAP machine, should also use a saline nasal spray to flush the mucous collection from the back of the throat. Dr Speiser'sAustralian Breath Clinic recommends a Hypertonic nasal spray solution called Sinoclear. This means it will not burn when using it. It is available with our Balance Kit.

Morning Breath Experiment

The top 2 circles are KForce K12 probiotic bacteria that produce BLIS (Bacteriocin Like Inhibitory Substance). They inhibit "morning breath" bacterial growth, as shown by the large amount of red space around the probiotic bacteria.

However, the lower 5 circles show normal mouth bacteria with no BLIS activity. They do not inhibit "morning breath" bacteria, as shown by very little red space around the bacteria. Therefore greater bacterial growth occurs during the night which causes the "Morning Breath".