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Do You Have Diver’s Mouth?
from the September, 2011 issue of Undercurrent
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I recently came across an Internet blurb by Dr. Harold
Katz, a dentist who heads the California Breath Clinics and
author of the Bad Breath Bible. Having been in the dive business
forever, I've never encountered a diver with the pariah's
affliction called "Diver's Mouth," but perhaps the dive boats'
exhaust fumes have prevented me from noticing.
Katz writes: "Some people who take up scuba diving find
that, after a few weeks, they suffer from jaw aches and halitosis.
What is going on here? Can anything be done about
it, short of finding a new hobby? The good news is that no
one needs to quit scuba diving just because it gives them bad
breath. In fact, there is a name for this condition - - 'diver's
mouth syndrome.'...
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