Ive tried many treatments for bad breath, but after a couple of days they loose in effectiveness. Why is that?
Bad breath causing bacteria are highly adaptive organisms. When beginning a new treatment, you simply eliminate the weaker strains of bacteria. Because these weaker strains represent the vast majority of the anaerobic bacteria living in your mouth, you get the impression of a cure. In the meantime, the minority of stronger strains adapt to their new environment and reproduce new generations of resistant bacteria to the treatment. You have to understand that all this happens very quickly, in a matter of days.
