If you didn’t already know it, bad breath can diminish your quality of life and affect your status with your friends and at work and it can take a monumental effort to fight it. Two of the main causes of it can be tooth decay and gum disease, which in itself are a direct result of poor oral hygiene. You’ll need to get your dentist on board here to patch you up and advise you on altering your oral hygiene; gum disease is an especially difficult condition to get rid of and you’ll will have to work very hard to stop it going any further with not just your hygiene, you’ll need a few herbal remedies and to adjust your lifestyle as well. A poor diet, smoking and emphatic drinking are not good for your teeth and gums and the results will be nasty breath. If you have gone through all of these possibilities and still the condition persists, then it will take more than the dentist to put things right, you’ll have to see a doctor because it could mean that other things have gone wrong in your body. If you have any problems with bad breath, then get in touch with the Advance Dental Clinic: they offer expert advice on everything dental and they serve the Harlow area. Call 01245 268 494 for a free consultation at Advance Dental Clinic in Chelmsford.