9yo with really bad breath .

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She brushes her teeth twice a day and eats a normal diet . But her breath is always really bad I'm wondering if it's some sort of u feeling condition I really don't know .

Is she a mouth breather?

Sounds like my dad. She breathes through her mouth. I have to make sure she uses enough toothpaste and brushes really well.

Haha dd not dad!

Does she drink enough

What are her tonsils like? Get her to brush her tongue as well !

Have a look at her throat with a torch and see if you can see any tonsil stones (Google if unsure). If you can see them and she will let you try and gently dislodge them with a cotton bud and then gargle religiously everyday with mouthwash (alcohol free is best, a children's one obviously) and it should keep them at bay.

Dis gets this sometimes and it's related to ear infections usually.

Oh this is all very helpful thank you .

She has very large tonsils . Can't see any stones though (and there is no way she would let me near them with a cotton bud)

No ear infections but she has had glue ear and grommets in the past and I've noticed a bit of a dip in her hearing recently .

Possibly a throat infection? My dd gets really smelly breath when she has one brewing (and large tonsils can hide all sorts of things...). Suggest a checkup with your GP.

Diabetes?

She hasn't shoved anything up her nose, has she?

Oh and she is a loud snorer mouth breather . She has mild asthma too I probably should have mentioned that .

Anyway if it is just mouth breathing or her large tonsils , is there anything I can do to freshen her breath ? She has said one of the wee girls in her class keeps telling her her breaths "disgusting" I really don't want it to affect her self confidence she's just starting to gain some .

Gingivitis? Has she been to the dentist recently?
Get her some mints I guess. Poor little thing.

DS has enlarged tonsils and I can tell when he is having tonsillitis as I can smell it on his breath. He also gets little tonsil stones. You could show her how to gargle, first with water, then if she gets the idea maybe with salt water, as this can help with inflammation of the tonsils, and the action of gargling can help dislodge the tonsil stones.

My dd is the same ( posted on here a while ago ), within a hour of brushing her teeth her breath smells again .

ds has had glue ear and grommits and when we originally saw the consultant I specifically mention the bad breath and he said was definately connected to that

DS1 stopped mouth breathing after we had his tongue tie released and started orthodontic treatment to expand his palate and headgear to open out his nostrils.

How is her oral structure? Ds1 had a really high narrow palate (caused by the tongue tie) which was encroaching on nostril and eustacian tube space which resulted in ENT problems.

No more bad breath since he stopped mouth breathing.

I've had a few wee looks at her throat and I'm 99% certain it's tonsil stones . There's no way she will let me near her throat so I'm going to make her a GP appointment.

Anyone know what GP will do for them ?

I was given a nasal spray for post nasal drip which is linked to tonsil stones but tbh it wasn't much use. I think the only sure fire way is to have tonsils out (which I did a couple of years ago) but I doubt they would consider that.