Health · 4 min read

Poo breath: the 3am problem nobody’s game to tell you about.

Your partner knows. Your kids know. The bloke at work who steps back half a pace knows. Here’s what’s going on in your mouth while you sleep.

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At dawn she walks out of the bedroom, hand over her face, while he lies in bed watching.

Nobody’s game to say it.

You lean in for a kiss. She stops. Turns it into a pat on the chest. Rolls over.

Your mate steps back half a pace when you talk.

Your kid says it out loud at breakfast. Kids don’t lie.

Nobody else will tell you. They just move away.

You don’t find out from your own nose. You find out from their face.

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It has a name. Halitosis.

Halitosis. That’s the doctor’s word for breath that stinks. And the worst of it gets made while you’re asleep.

Your spit runs on a body clock, and it nearly stops at night. Spit is your mouth’s own rinse. It’s what washes the stink away.

Now sleep with your mouth hanging open. It dries out even faster.

By 3am your mouth is a desert. The germs at the back of your tongue are busy making rotten-egg gas.

That’s poo breath. And you’ve been marinating in it for eight hours.

Drawing of the back of a tongue with a pale coating and gas bubbles rising.See what keeps your mouth wet at night →

It’s not just your breath. It’s your teeth.

Your partner stops leaning in. People at work keep their distance. You start talking with a hand near your mouth.

Then there’s your teeth. Spit is what protects them. The Victorian Government’s health site says people with a dry mouth are more likely to get tooth decay.

Sleeping with your mouth open even makes your mouth more acidic overnight.

Acid is what eats teeth. Every night your mouth hangs open, your teeth sit in it.

A man asleep on his back in a dark bedroom, head tilted back, mouth hanging open.See the fix people wear every night →

Why nothing you’ve tried works.

Mouthwash. Gum. Mints by the bed. Brushing twice. The tongue scraper.

Every one of them works in the morning. The stink gets made at 3am. Brushing at 10pm can’t stop eight hours of a dry mouth.

The government’s own health site calls morning breath “normal”. So nobody looks any further.

Normal doesn’t mean you have to live with it.

A bathroom drawer crammed with half-used mouthwash, gum and mints.See the one that works while you sleep →

The fix has to work while you sleep.

If the stink gets made at 3am, the fix has to be working at 3am.

Spit is what washes the smell away. Keep your mouth shut all night and it stays wet.

That’s all Recovery+ does. One strip across your lips at bedtime. Your nose does the breathing. Your mouth stays wet till morning.

There’s a slit down the middle, so you’re never sealed shut. It’s latex-free and hypoallergenic, and it works with a beard. Blocked nose? Pair it with an Airflow+ strip.

First night feels a bit strange. By night three it’s just part of going to bed.

Found it easy to apply luv the slit in it as it makes it feel more comfortable through the nightStephen, Campbelltown · Recovery+
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What people say

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I tend to breath through my mouth at night. Using the mouth tape, I’ve found that I breath better and don’t end up with a dry mouth during the night.Rick, Brisbane · Recovery+
I’ve woken feeling more refreshed and not having a really dry mouth. It’s not a pretty sight going to bed but the wife is happierDarren, Brisbane
Found it easy to apply luv the slit in it as it makes it feel more comfortable through the night great mouth tape cheersStephen, Campbelltown · Recovery+
I purchased these honestly being quite skeptical that it would do anything and nasal strips are a fad. I was wrong.Dawson, Toowoomba · Airflow+ strips