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== What is halitosis? ==
Though some people think of halitosis and bad breath as being two different things, "they are actually one in the same," says Dr. Christopher Pullins, a family medicine physician at Mayo Clinic.

Indeed, as the official medical name for mouth odor, "halitosis" is actually Latin for "bad breath." Though we often think of bad breath as being temporary, "halitosis can also be chronic," explains Dr. Mirissa Price, an expert spokesperson for the American Dental Association and a pediatric dentist at Boston Children’s Hospital.

It's also not uncommon. "Studies show that 50 percent of adults have had bad breath, or halitosis, at some point in their lives," she says.