Canadians worried their bad breath may be a social liability can have their mouth odor checked at a new breath-testing clinic.<\/p>\n
The University of British Columbia, which announced its bad-breath service Monday, says a patient will have their breath scientifically analyzed for halitosis — and then checked by a human sniffer.<\/p>\n
“This clinic provides an objective measure for people concerned about their breath,” said Don Brunette, associate dean of the university’s dentistry faculty.<\/p>\n
To conduct the tests, staff suck air from a patient’s mouth with a syringe and use gas chromatography to check for the presence of sulfur compounds that cause bad breath.<\/p>\n
“In addition, an oral biologist specializing in breath malodor gives a subjective evaluation. The patient sits behind a privacy screen and exhales into a tube. The breath evaluator sniffs the breath coming from the tube and assesses it,” the university said.<\/p>\n
A visit to the clinc costs $150 Canadian ($110 U.S.).<\/p>\n
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