Breath Odors

Mel Rosenberg, Ph.D. is Professor of Microbiology at Tel Aviv University, with honorary appointments in the US and UK. He has published widely (including a review in Scientific American, 2002) and lectured worldwide on the subject of breath odor, over the past twenty years. He has developed novel methods of diagnosis and treatment which are used internationally. Nir Sterer, D.M.D., Ph.D. works with Professor Rosenberg at Tel Aviv University and has an appointment at Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University. Together with Prof. Rosenberg, he has proposed a novel theory for the microbial basis for oral malodor, and a novel measurement approach. Dr. Sterer has published many articles on the subject and is inventor of a novel treatment technique.

Introduction.- Breath Odors of Oral Origin (Oral Malodor).- Biochemical and Microbial Aspects of Oral Malodor Production.- Odor perception.- Breath odors of nasal and pharyngeal origin.- Breath Odors and the Gastrointestinal Tract.- Other sources of breath odors.- Measurements of Breath Odors and Related Parameters.- Breath Odor Diagnosis.- Self assessment of breath odors.- Breath Odors, Prevalence, Gender and Age.- Psychological aspects of breath odors.- Oral Malodor Management.- History of breath odors.- Future prospects.

From the reviews:
"This reference serves as an important and somewhat overdue look at a health problem often trivialized by advertisements and jokes: bad breath. ... In short, Breath Odors should be required reading for every general practitioner across the globe." (The Electric Review, October, 2012)