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Are Dental Appliances a Source for Bad Breath?

Are Dental Appliances a Source for Bad Breath?

According to Colgate, there are approximately 3 million Americans and Canadians who wear dental braces and twice as many who wear mouth guards and retainers. Then, according to the Dental Economics approximately 37 million Americans wear dentures. These data automatically reflect that orthodontics is a very important dental medical field, but it also means that there might be a few millions out there who struggle with the bad breath issue.

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