Anyone suffering from bad breath usually reaches out to easily available mouthwash, chewing gum or a mint spray. But what if we told you there is something more better than carrying a mouthwash or a chewing gum. Yes! Listerine breath strips are a perfect alternative to get rid of your bad breath. One can use listerine breath strips to get instant fresh breath anytime anywhere.

What are listerine breath strips?

This product is really true to it's name Listerine pocketpacks. These are really compact to carry. These strips are thinner than the thickness of a paper packed in a mini box. At times you may not be able to carry your cosmetics or your pocket perfumes in your pocket but listerine pocket packs can literally be.

These strips contain plenty of inactive ingredients like

Pullulan, Menthol, Potassium Acesulfame, Copper Gluconate, Polysorbate 80, Chondrus Crispus (Carrageenan), Glyceryl Oleate, Thymol, Eucalyptol, Methyl Salicylate,Ceratonia Siliqua (Locust Bean), Gum Propylene Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Aroma (Flavor). These breath strips kill 99.9% of the germs responsible for causing breath just like your mouthwash.

How to use Listerine strips

Just like you have paper soaps, these breath strips are small rectangular pieces of mouthwash you can say thinner than the thickness of a paper. All you got to do it take a strip and place it on the roof of your mouth (palate) or you can simply place it on your tongue. The strip usually dissolves in the mouth within 30 seconds leaving you with a strong fresh breath.

Why listerin breath strips

The compact packaging is even smaller than other aids used for bad breath like mouth sprays, chewing gum packs, or even the regular mouthwash bottles making it travel friendly too.

Listerine strips are very strong so it has a long lasting effects as compared to the rest. They also come in different flavours to choose from, while mouthwashes and sprays usually are only mint flavoured. According to our research their cinnamon flavour is quiet a hit. Another best thing about this product is though the strips have a sweet taste, it is totally sugar free. Strips do not cause harm to any tissues in the mouth and is absolutely safe. Listerine breath strips are better than mouthwashes and mouth sprays in terms of convenience. Let's find out how.

Comparing listerine strips to other aids for bad breath

Mouth sprays

Imagine opening your mouth wide open in front of your peers and colleagues to use that mint spray? Also making it more obvious you suffer from bad breath. Strips on the other hand might prove to be a more sophisticated way to get instant fresh breath and without having anyone to notice. Also you cannot ignore the tiny feature of this product in comparison to the palm size spray.

Chewing gums

Gone are those days where chewing a gum was a trend and looked more cooler if you did so. Popping chewing gums for hours on the other hand over a period of time can cause pain in the jaw joint and fatigue in the facial muscles. So it's better one does not get used to chewing gums. Also chewing a gum does not leave a good impression on others. Listerine strips dissolve in the mouth and there is no inconvenience of disposing or rinsing anything.

Mouthwashes

Burning sensations with some mouthwashes who doesn't face this? Some mouthwashes do leave a burning sensation in the mouth as it may contain alcohol or some other ingredients. These strips on the other hand do not leave any burning sensations in the mouth and rather have a sweet taste making it more palatable. The thing with mouthwashes are also that you need so many things, the mouthwash bottle, a glass, and a basin to rinse and spit. Listerine breath strips can be used literally anytime and anywhere without needing any of the above

Lasting effects

Breath strips contains menthol which gives it a strong essence making it last longer. Of course the lasting effects do depend whether you eat anything in between or not and your oral hygiene too. If all is good usually effects last upto 4 hours.

Every good product comes with a price

The only downside of this product is that it's pricy in comparison to using chewing gums and a mouthwash or a mint spray, but totally worth it! We at DentalDost recommended the Listerine Breath strips pocket packs to 12 of our patients and all 12 of them gave positive feedbacks regarding this product. But the only thing that concerned people was the price.

The bottom line

Listerine breath strips though are a very temporary way to cure bad breath, definitely gives better results than any other aids used to cure bad breath and is absolutely safe. Ofcourse one should consume it in moderation and not get addicted to them.