Mask mouth': Dentists coin new term for smelly side effect of wearing a mask

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. . . dental disasters like decaying teeth, receding gum lines and seriously sour breath. . . . “About 50% of our patients are being impacted by this, [so] we decided to name it ‘mask mouth’ . . .

The “seriously sour breath” is from the associated self-induced gum disease.

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‘Mask mouth’: Dentists coin new term for smelly side effect of wearing a mask​

By Melkorka Licea | New York Post

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The new oral hygiene issue — caused by, you guessed it, wearing a mask all the time to prevent the spread of the coronavirus — is leading to all kinds of dental disasters like decaying teeth, receding gum lines and seriously sour breath. (iStock)

Some bad breath just can’t be covered up.

Now that dentists have reopened their doors, they’re having patients show up with a nasty set of symptoms, which the doctors have dubbed “mask mouth.”

The new oral hygiene issue — caused by, you guessed it, wearing a mask all the time to prevent the spread of the coronavirus — is leading to all kinds of dental disasters like decaying teeth, receding gum lines and seriously sour breath.

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“We’re seeing inflammation in people’s gums that have been healthy forever, and cavities in people who have never had them before,” says Dr. Rob Ramondi, a dentist and co-founder of One Manhattan Dental. “About 50% of our patients are being impacted by this, [so] we decided to name it ‘mask mouth’ — after ‘meth mouth.’ ” . . .
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I had this posted on another thread, but I thought that the dichotpmy was so great it didn’t fit there. So here it is in its own thread (as this will be talked about in the future too).
 
Another take on the same story.

As if Masks Weren’t Contentious Enough: Dentist Warns Too Much Mask-Wearing Can Lead to Harmful ‘Mask Mouth’​

Posted at 8:45 pm on August 9, 2020 by Mike Miller

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A woman wears a mask and gloves while carrying toilet paper across the street in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Officials in seven San Francisco Bay Area counties have issued a shelter-in-place mandate affecting about 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself. The order says residents must stay inside and venture out only for necessities for three weeks starting Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps no virus-related debate has been more contentious than The Great American Mask Debate. The “to wear or not to wear” battle has raged everywhere from Donald Trump’s White House to the aisles of Walmarts across the country.

Now, according to a New York dentist, there appears to be a new mask debate for mask-debaters to sink their teeth into. (I couldn’t resist).

Dr. Rob Ramondi, co-founder of One Manhattan Dental, told the New York Post too much mask-wearing can lead to all kinds of nasty things, among them; cavities, decaying teeth, and seriously stinky breath.
“We’re seeing inflammation in people’s gums that have been healthy forever, and cavities in people who have never had them before. About 50% of our patients are being impacted by this, [so] we decided to name it ‘mask mouth’ — after ‘meth mouth.”
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Ramondi’s business partner, Dr. Mark Sclafani, explained the stinky situation, along with the potential for more serious health issues that can be caused by excessive mask-wearing.
“Gum disease — or periodontal disease — will eventually lead to strokes and an increased risk of heart attacks. People tend to breathe through their mouth instead of through their nose while wearing a mask. The mouth breathing is causing the dry
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On the bright side, Sclafani told the New York Post, their practice is “packing in breath-conscious patients who might otherwise neglect their dental health during the pandemic.”
“Patients are coming into us like, ‘Wow, my breath smells, I need a cleaning.’ [But] when you smell the bad breath, you either already have periodontal disease or you have a lot of bacteria that’s sitting on your tongue because of dry mouth.” . . .
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. . . Meanwhile, mask-shaming has been and remains a reality. . . .
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Breathing and re-breathing your own air again and again isn’t healthy in any way. Masks cause us to do that, because we can’t get fresh air in from the outside. I can see where serious dental issues could result from constantly wearing masks over our noses and mouths.

Is this really any better than breathing re-circulated air in the closed environment of an aircraft? My own health was seriously impacted by that after a particular flight.

It’s hard to breathe and speak through some of these masks. This isn’t natural, and unless we are around elderly people, or people with compromised immune systems, I fail to see the benefit of it.
 
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The horror! People have to suffer the consequences of their own dental hygiene (or other factor affecting breath) more than the people around them.
 
Get some of that listerine mouth wash down the hatch.

Me personally, I would rather have to not breathe in another’s Covid 19 laden breath mist.
 
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High school chemistry shows CO2 plus water will give a weak acid (carbonic acid).

This abnormal self-induced oral acid environment likely contributes to the gum disease (gingivitis) that causes terrible breath but that is just speculation on my part.
 
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Thbolt said:
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JanR:
I fail to see the benefit of it.
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It retards the spread of the coronavirus. That’s the benefit of it.
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Why are so many people still getting sick then? Shouldn’t the numbers be
decreasing?
 
7_Sorrows said:
Why are so many people still getting sick then? Shouldn’t the numbers be
decreasing?
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As of yet, the USA has not had a coordinated response to the virus. We have some people sometimes wearing a mask properly.
 
You have only quoted part of what I said.

I clarified the following: "unless we are around elderly people, or people with compromised immune systems, I fail to see the benefit of it."

Naturally, if we’re in hot spots or around vulnerable folks, then for their sake, we should wear the masks. But it isn’t healthy to be wearing them all of the time, for every occasion. Even when we’re out and about, we can get by most of the time by keeping our distance and washing our hands. The masks are for critical situations. It doesn’t hurt to carry them with us, just in case we find ourselves somewhere that requires them. But it’s harmful to breathe and re-breathe our own air for extended periods of time, and too frequently. We are inhaling our own bacterium, again and again.

That was and is my point.
 
A recent Lancet study actually claims that the more people who contract the virus, death rates will increase and the hospital systems will become overwhelmed, without substantially increasing immunity in the population.
 
Gum disease is no joke. The gums are a common entry point for all manner of bacteria and viruses caught in the mouth and not able to be breathed out as is normal without a mask. Brush your teeth? Nice, but not getting to everything, there’s still stuff between the teeth and below the gum line. Mere mouthwash isn’t going to get that out.

On top of which most masks people wear are not medically certified in any way. Next time you obtain a box of masks, look at the labeling.

Before this year, the convention of wearing masks in public was limited to sick people not wanting to pass whatever they had to the healthy around them. This was commonly seen in Asia. Seems the current paradigm isn’t working so well.
 
Thbolt said:
Several things: first, COVID is very widespread at this point so it is difficult to slow down. Second, I’ve seen a lot of people disobeying the rules on masks. Third, masks are not 100% and I think places where people are in close quarters need to shut down (such as bars).
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Shut downs only delay the spread, and cause many other hardships in addition.
Where I live, mask wearing in our Downtown Is not quite universal, but it is extremely high.
 
Thbolt said:
For owners, I would have to think about whether it is reasonable for the government to subsidize the losses
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Losses caused by government action! To confiscate business opportunities by forcing them to close, then not compensate them is tyrant.
 
Thbolt said:
So, you think the government has a responsibility to provide financial support to businesses harmed because the government has created new regulations for the safety of the community.
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No. I think government should be responsible for provide just compensation when it harms business regardless of the reason.
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That’s a bit of a socialist view, but it may be acceptable.
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Actually, it is nothing like socialism, unless government confiscates the bar and runs it instead. Socialism is government ownership or strict control of the means of production.
This is more about holding government accountable when it damages the lives of individuals.
 
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