Is bad breath in children caused by dietary habits?

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Often, we get kids with allergic rhinitis or asthma. The chances of them getting bad breath are higher because their saliva dries out. Most of the time if their hygiene is good, they should not get bad breath.

When they have tooth decay, they tend to have food stuck in the cavity and it won’t smell good after a while. Resulting in it being difficult to clean, especially if it's too deep and painful due to severe infection that can come from tooth decay.

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Are dental x-rays in any way harmful to a child?

No. The chances of harm are very low because dental x-rays have limited exposure and we always protect the children or adults before they take an x-ray. They will wear aprons and their neck will be protected as well. There is also a shield for certain x-rays that reduce the remission a person gets. The second thing is that most dental x-rays are digital and the amount of radiation that is required to get a quality image is much less than a traditional x-ray. That’s why dental x-rays are very safe even if we do it for children.

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How do I deal with shingles without having suffered from chickenpox?

It is unusual to have shingles without having chickenpox before. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox, which is the varicella-zoster virus. If you had chickenpox before, the virus that caused it may live on in the nerves linked to the spinal cord, in an inactive state. The virus becomes active again when there is a temporary decrease in the body’s immunity. It will then multiply and move along the nerve fibres to the skin supplied by them. Shingles then appears in the skin as a painful blistering rash.

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