He asked his colleague whether he was the only one who had noticed a change in his breath since he started putting on a mask. However, Dr Mark Wolff, a dentist and dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Dental Medicine, said the mask was not to blame for the bad breath. However, in his report he said a mask made one more conscious of his/her bad breath. Drink waterPopping in a breath mint before you put on a mask, he said, can be of great help. The stimulation of saliva, which happens with chewing gum, is responsible for diminishing the bad breath,” said the dentist.

Source: Daily Nation August 26, 2020 11:22 UTC