My story
I was born in Finland 1951. As child I lived on a small farm, and never had any worries about my teeth. I was about ten years old when I got a tooth brush, but I did't use it too often, only sometimes. Never had I any problems with my breath, no odour!
When I grew up and began in another school, I noticed all the nice girls, and it was important to be fresh. I began to brush my teeth morning and evening, and suddently I realized that my breath smelt bad. I wondered why I never before noticed it during my early years.
I did like others did, brushed my teeth more thoroughly, but it didn't help. I bought some mouth water, Vademecum was the name. Because I had learnt some latin, I knew that Vade mecum means "Walk with me".
Yet I didn't expect any girl to be willing to walk near me, I was afraid they would notice that bad odour from my mouth, that actually got worse from that desinfectant!
Somehow I accepted the situation; there were many others that smelt bad. I wasn't alone with the problem.
That time it was very expensive for me to go to dentist, so my first visit was when I was over 20 years. I had many holes, one tooth was pulled out, others were filled with amalgam. I had tartar around my teeth, and my breath smelt rotten. The smell was worst in the mornings before I had brushed my teeth, but it didn't disappear.
I could not ask the dentist for advice, his breath smelt worse than mine!
Not for a moment did I think that I was the one that caused my problems, I did like everyone else did. I couldn't imagine that people were fooled by the products!