Dr Simon Audu, the Secretary, Nigerian Dental Therapists Association (NDTA), has warned that fasting for long period of days could cause mouth odour.
Audu said this while fielding questions from the NAN on Friday in Abuja.
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The dentist said that if one hardly took breakfast down to launch time, such a person was prone to mouth odour which is called halitosis.
According to him, halitosis is an offensive odour perceived not from you as an individual but from the second party.
He also said that denying oneself food even without fasting could lead to mouth odour, adding that the type of food one consumed could also cause mouth odour.
According to him, the most important thing to do is to come to the dental clinic, let us asses the type of odour that you have including the type of food you eat.
He stated that the first…