According to studies, almost 50% of bosses said they wouldn’t hire someone if the candidate had poor teeth or bad breath.  Many have admitted that they turned down people because of their appearance.

High importance is placed on appearance at a job interview.  It is said that if a person is too lazy to look good and take care of their hygiene, they may be lazy when it comes to doing their actual job. 

Some other things that made employers uninterested in hiring someone were tattoos, facial piercings, bad skin, and even excessive sweating.  Also found in the study, 15% of people seeking employment considered having cosmetic surgery to increase their chances of getting a job, and 3% have already gone through with the surgery.  The most popular types of cosmetic surgery were: cosmetic dentistry, breast implants, and facelifts.

Also, according to some cosmetic surgery specialists, 1/5 workers believe that their appearance has prevented them from going further in their careers.

Source:  Express.co.uk

Does your dog have bad breath? Well, maybe you are not employing the use of proper oral hygiene. After all, us humans need to maintain a level of oral care so that we don’t have halitosis. Also, just like people, dogs and cats can get gum disease–and if a dog or cat’s gums are infected and abscessed, bacteria can enter the bloodstream, causing liver, kidney, and even heart malfunctions. So, what’s a good way to brush your best friend’s teeth?

Here are some tips for brushing your pet’s teeth:

#1 Start off slowly. Make sure to use a toothpaste formula that is specifically made for animals, since human toothpaste can give stomach upsets to animals. Have your pet lick the paste off of your finger, and you might need to try a few different flavors to find one that your pet likes.

#2 Once you can get toothpaste into the animal’s mouth, use a slight amount on your finger and run it across the dog or cat’s teeth. This might even take several days to get your pet to do this agreeably. Once your pet is fine with you doing this to its teeth, use a toothbrush (made for pets) and make small circles on the gum line. Don’t brush too hard!

#3 Be sure to cheer on your pet and express approval during this process. Afterward, you could also give your pet a treat, playtime, a walk, etc., so it will think of brushing as a positive moment.

#4 In order to practice proper oral hygiene with your pet, try to brush your pet’s teeth every day.

Here are some warning signs to look for in your pet’s mouth:

1. Yellow or brown tartar, especially where the teeth and gums meet
2. Red, swollen, bleeding, inflamed, tender, and/or receding gums
3. Chronic halitosis
4. Teeth that are chipped/broken
5. Tooth resorption (especially common in cats)- a very painful condition in which the tooth dissolves
6. A change in the animal’s diet, chewing habits and appetite can signify depression (along with pawing at the face/mouth).

Also, don’t forget to try this oral rinse for dogs and cats that helps prevent plaque and tartar buildup.  Be sure to practice good oral hygiene with your pet, so that the both of you can have great smiles!

Even though February is National Pet Dental Health Month, proper oral hygiene for pets should be practiced year-round. Bad breath in your pet can be a symptom of an oral health dilemma. Taking your dog or cat to the veterinarian is one of the most important things that you can do to prevent and treat periodontal (gum) disease in your pet. According to sources, an estimated 68% of cats and 78% of dogs that are 3 years of age and older have a form of oral disease.

In recognition of National Pet Dental Health Month, more information is being released for pet owners and vets to help improve or maintain a good level of oral hygiene for their animals. It reminds us of the old saying, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” All breeds of these animals are susceptible to developing periodontal disease. Studies show that the top breeds of dogs that are predisposed to getting gum disease are the Toy Poodle, Yorkshire Terrier, Maltese, Pomeranian, Shetland Sheepdog, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Papillion, Standard Poodle, Dachshund and Havanese. The disease is most prominent in the following types of cats: the Himalayan, Siamese, and Persian.

Each year that your pet is alive, the risks of developing the disease actually increase 20%. Vets everywhere should insist that pet owners should treat the disease if it is diagnosed, so that it does not become serious.  Let’s not forget that TheraBreath has an excellent oral health formula specifically made for dogs and cats. Stop bad breath in dogs and cats today!

Savings Alert!  Did you know that Lucky and Savemart Grocery Stores are having a Sale on TheraBreath Oral Rinse and Toothpaste….. Right NOW?

You can save $1.00 on EACH TheraBreath Mouthwash and Toothpaste from now until February 28th, and this discount will be taken as a scan-down at checkout!

Talk about savings!  And here’s a hint….. you can save even more by printing out and taking in the Manufacturer’s Coupons found at www.drkatz.com!

So hurry down to your local Lucky or Savemart (complete list can be found at www.therabreath.com/loc_retail.asp) and stock up on TheraBreath Oral Rinse and Toothpaste!

- The TheraBreath Team

 * please check with your individual Lucky and Savemart stores for offer limits on coupon redemption.

The TheraBreath Bonus Pak Sales Event is in it’s very last week!
You have seven days to save up to 60% OFF our retail prices and get Free Shipping on your order.

Just how good are the savings? Here’s an example :

TheraBreath Fresh Breath Oral Rinse:
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Here are what real customers said about our last Bonus Pak Sale in 2009 :

“The Bonus Pak Sale is by far the best prices I have seen on your products. We rely on TheraBreath so when I have a chance to buy a bunch and save a bunch, I take it. Thanks!” – B. Jeanette (Hibbing, MN)

“Dear Dr. Katz : TheraBreath is something my husband and I use every day. Right now times are a bit tight, so getting a big discount for buying in bulk is a huge plus. And the extra freebies are terrific. You’ve got another very satisfied customer.” – J. Lassiter (Reno, NV)

“Thumbs way up on the sale, folks! I got everything fast and it all worked like you said it would. A+” – C. Depupe (New Orleans, LA)

*Sale price of $6.10 includes using your $100 Free Item Bonus to get additional bottles of oral rinse.

Our very own Dr. Katz is now a columnist for the Huffington Post!  He wrote his first article for this newspaper today, called “Does Your Breath Make Cupid Faint? How To Keep Your Bad Breath From Wilting Her Valentine’s Day Flowers.”  He gives some major pointers on how you can avoid bad breath on a day where it definitely is a downfall to have halitosis. 

In the article, he mentions that some sources of bad breath are milk chocolate, candy hearts, foods with a high concentration of sulfur compounds, including onions and garlic (even cauliflower, cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts!), champagne, wine, beer, and other alcoholic beverages.  Furthermore, most oral hygiene products have not changed in over 100 years!  Most mouthwashes contain alcohol, which causes dehydration (thus causing bad breath), and many toothpastes have the harsh detergent Sodium Lauryl Sulfate as an ingredient.  Sodium Lauryl Sulfate allegedly causes canker sores…and halitosis, of course.  Breath mints and chewing gum contain sugar, which helps the bad breath-causing bacteria proliferate in your mouth.  

Dr. Katz provides some tips on combating bad breath on Valentine’s Day.  Try drinking tea instead of coffee, and avoid sugar if you can.  Eat dark chocolate instead of normal chocolate, since it has less sugar and no dairy.  Eat fruits and veggies that have a lot of water like apples, strawberries, watermelon, and celery. 
 
In order to prevent morning-after breath, you should oxygenate your mouth, so keep hydrated and use oxygenating oral products like gum, toothpaste, or mouthwash before you go to sleep.  

Source:  Huffington Post

REMINDER: Our BONUS PAK SALE is over soon. These are our best prices of the year, so don’t miss it. — See what’s on sale before it’s sold out!

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From the Desk of Dr. Harold Katz

I have been happily married for over 30 years to the same wonderful woman and my favorite holidays are the ones when I get to kiss her. Our birthdays and anniversary are sure-fire kissing opportunities. Obviously New Year’s Eve is also a big one for me. Even the Fourth of July is great – my kids will probably make gross gagging noises when they read this, but we’ve been known to set off some fireworks of our own. I will admit though that Halloween and Labor Day, try as I might, are less eventful.

But the biggest and best kissing holiday of the year is right around the corner. Nope, not Groundhogs Day. That already passed. Check your calendar. I am talking about Valentine’s Day, folks. It’s coming fast, so you better pucker up.

According to Robert Morabito of Scienceline, philematologists (the scientists who specialize in the science of kissing) say that we kiss because of many reasons. Our lips and tongues are packed with nerve endings, which help intensify dizzying sensations of being in love when we press our mouths to someone else’s. We also kiss because it brings our sense of smell into play, helping out to sniff out the right mate. It is usually that sense of smell that becomes most important in deciding if you will ever get to kiss a person again.

Harlequin Publishers, the Romance people, polled their readership last year about their romantic likes and dislikes. They discovered that the biggest turn off for both men and women towards the opposite sex was bad breath. Nothing came as close to instantly causing a person to become repellent to another, and there were some other pretty unappealing things on their list. When halitosis (the scientific name for bad breath) rears its ugly head people notice, and that’s not good. Our sense of smell is very primal – it taps into rather primitive instinctual urges. For example when you smell baking cookies, you are usually reminded of positive childhood memories associated with your mom, freshly baked treats, home, safety, and love. That is probably why sneaky realtors will bake cookies at open houses – you start to think of their house as a place you could call your home.

Similarly, bad breath is also a very evocative smell. It smells of decay, rot, and infection. The odors in bad breath include such nasty chemicals as Hydrogen sulfide (the rotten egg smell), Cadaverine, and Putrescine. Our instincts associate these smells with danger and tell us to flee. We may find some character traits like poor posture or narcissism unattractive but nothing will actually cause you to retreat in genuine physical revulsion like halitosis. It’s like the Godzilla of undesirable traits.

So, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, you may be doing some kissing, and halitosis absolutely cannot be involved. As America’s Oral Care Expert and self-professed lover of kissing holidays it is my honor to provide you SIX QUICK TIPS to make sure bad breath is not a factor.

#1 Saliva is nature’s mouthwash. A dry mouth is a smelly mouth. Make sure to drink plenty of water to keep the drool flowing. When your mouth makes less germ-killing saliva, germs flourish and your breath gets worse. So drink plenty of fluids to naturally clean your breath.

#2 Take your time. Brush for 2 minutes with a soft nylon bristled toothbrush. Rinse for 90 seconds. The active ingredients in mouthwash and toothpaste need time to be effective. And, if you happen to use an alcohol based mouthwash, before you panic about how much rinsing for 90 seconds can burn…

#3 Don’t use an alcohol based mouthwash that burns. Recent studies have associated all sorts of serious long term health problems with mouthwash that contains alcohol. A recent study published in the Dental Journal of Australia said alcohol based mouthwashes “can cause oral cancer and should be removed from supermarket shelves.” While testing in the US has not been as conclusive, one thing we do know is that alcohol in mouthwash definitely reduces saliva production. If you refer to tip #1 you will know this is bad. Less saliva means more halitosis. Look for oral rinse that is alcohol free and uses methods like oxygenation to kill germs without serious side effects, like TheraBreath or TheraBreath PLUS.

#4 Make sure to floss every day. The stuff in between your teeth smells very unpleasant. Don’t believe me? Go grab some floss, use it between a couple of your front teeth, then smell it. Go ahead – I will wait…

If you haven’t been flossing regularly I am sure you will agree that it is not an extremely pleasant smell. Oral bacteria create smelly odors by breaking down proteins in food particles – the stuff in between your teeth is like a gourmet feast for germs. Make sure you floss between every tooth and then vigorously rinse with a good oral rinse to wash all that gunk out.

#5 Brush your tongue. With your toothbrush. Doing it with your hairbrush is gross. Germs live in the crevices of your tongue. The white or yellow coating that sometimes forms on your there is their collected waste. That bacteria waste is sulfurous and extremely stinky. Brush that stuff off before it makes your mouth extremely unpleasant to be around.

#6 Skip sugary mints. They can cover bad breath for a few minutes but ultimately just feed the germs that produce odor. If you want a little breath pick me up try gum with Xylitol (like TheraBreath Gum). Gum tends to increase saliva flow and the chewing can help to clean between teeth.

Follow these steps for a few days and your mouth should be in tip-top kissing shape. So get ready, grab your Valentine, and plant a big wet one on them. If it goes well and they are pleasantly impressed by your minty freshness, I have done my job.

PS. Sorry to be a predictable Dentist, but please remember to go easy on the Valentine’s Day candy. It rots your teeth.

Yours in good health,
Harold Katz, DDS

P.S. I am scheduled to appear on the TBS show LOPEZ TONIGHT this evening giving Valentine’s Day breath makeovers. It should be extremely entertaining. Tune in if you get a chance.

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• Save as much as 60% OR MORE on many of our other best in class oral care treatments…
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Babies are not born with caries-forming bacteria.  They only get it directly if someone blows on food before feeding it to the baby, or if someone kisses the baby and germs get in the mouth.

One of the main sweetening agents in toothpaste, Saccharine Sodium, is actually 500 times sweeter than sugar!  This is not in TheraBreath’s toothpaste.

If you have a cold, sore throat, or some type of infection, make sure to replace your toothbrush.  Bacteria can live on them and proliferate, possibly leading to reinfection.

Try to keep your toothbrush at least 6 feet away from where you brush.  Airborne bacteria from a flush can travel up to 6 feet. 

The year the most popular carbonated drink was launched, there was a massive surge of patients with tooth decay.

Children below 5 years of age should be given non-fluoridated toothpastes, because it can be harmful to swallow too much fluoride. 

Replacing the cap on a toothpaste tube after brushing your teeth allegedly helps bacteria proliferate.

Brushing your teeth too fast or hard can contribute to the problem of enamel erosion, which causes teeth sensitivity, tooth decay, and other oral health problems.

Source: dentalhealthsite.com

Tick tock tick tock… time is running out on the TheraBreath Bonus Pak Sales Event. Once the sale is over, you will have missed your chance to save over 50% on the most effective oral health care formulas available for every member of your family.

You already know that TheraBreath is the most effective method for fresh breath and a healthy mouth, so I wont bore you with details about our formula’s proven superiority at eliminating germs and the odors they cause. I am just going to tell you about this incredible offer:

I have gathered my most popular items in discounted packs called BONUS PAKS. I am offering BONUS PAKS targeting specific problem needs – family paks for regular users, professional strength TheraBreath Plus bonus paks, even specialty packs for sufferers of post nasal drip, tonsil stones, and other related problems. Each BONUS PAK is already a substantial savings off my products everyday retail prices. But during this sale, we give you some amazing FREE GIFTS that really make this sales event something you can not afford to miss.

Want to know just how big of a sale this is? Let’s take a look at an example:

Bonus Pak A costs $130.00 and contains 12 Bottles of TheraBreath Premium Oral Rinse ($126 Retail Value), 4 Tubes of TheraBreath Premium Toothpaste ($42 Retail Value), and a tongue cleaner and toothbrush ($6 Retail Value.) In addition, all Bonus Pak purchases are shipped free ($8.95 value). Simply by purchasing a bonus pak and spending $130 dollars you are already receiving $183 in products and shipping and saving $53!

However, by purchasing a Bonus Pak during this sales event, you then ALSO get to pick AN ADDITIONAL $100.00 in any of our premium oral care products absolutely free. Make your selection from any of our rinse, paste, whitening kits, sprays, drops, and incredibly popular gum products . Now you are getting a $283 value for only $130! That’s right – you receive $153 in FREE premium TheraBreath products for your whole family.

You spend $130, you receive $283.00 IN PRODUCTS! This is simply an unbeatable deal!

Please take a few minutes and take advantage of the lowest prices I have ever been able to offer on my premium oral care formulas. Ordering is simple. All you have to do is visit our website

P.S. This offer is so good I can only make it a few times a year, so I urge you not to miss it. You can complete your order in under 5 minutes and save $150 or more on premium oral care products that your whole family will love.

Hello readers -

The World Series, New Years Eve, the First Day of Spring, your Birthday … these are things we spend all year waiting for. We now add one more event to this list – the TheraBreath semi-annual BONUS PAK SALE! (While it’s not as exciting as New Years Eve, it will definitely save you more money and be better for your mouth)

During this special event, get our BONUS PAK premium oral care products at savings
UP TO 60% OFF* their individual price.

CLICK HERE to check out our BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR

This is the perfect time to stock up on Dr.Katz products: TheraBreath Oral Rinse and Paste guaranteed to stop all bad breath, Aktiv K-12 Probiotics that the health magazines are buzzing about, PerioTherapy products for eliminating gum disease, TheraBrite teeth whitening products, even the WaterPik Professional Sensonic Toothbrush – the best sonic toothbrush on the market! There is no limit to how much you can save.

Want an even better deal? No problem.
We’ll also throw in FREE SHIPPING on every BONUS PAK SALE order.

This is absolutely, positively our BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR. Our regular customers who are familiar with the BONUS PAK SALE are already skipping the rest of this email and busy placing their orders. For those that are not as familiar with this most special of specials, let me break it down for you:

1. Order one of our BONUS PAKS and save 0% or more off our regular, individual item retail prices.
2. Choose $100 or more worth of additional Dr. Katz Products ABSOLUTELY FREE for each and every BONUS PAK you order. Choose a pack of our most popular products, or pick your favorite items. You make the call.
3. Get FREE SHIPPING on everything you ordered, delivered right to your door.

That’s all there is to it. Spend about $120, get about $170 in free products. Spend a lot more, save a lot more. No hidden fees. No tricks. Nothing else to try, buy, or cancel later. This is, hands down, the best offer we make every year. But don’t wait to take advantage of it. Once the BONUS PAKS are gone, this deal is done. And you will have to wait until next year to save this much money.

CLICK HERE to check out our BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR

Want more convincing? Here are some numbers for you:

Buy ‘Bonus Pak A’ (Reg: $166, Pak Price: $120)

• 12 TheraBreath Rinses
• 4 TheraBreath Pastes
• Tongue Cleaner
• Toothbrush

PLUS Choose your Bonus Products (Reg: $94.50, Pak Price: FREE)

• For example:
• 6 TheraBreath Oral Rinses
• 3 TheraBreath Toothpastes

Including shipping, you would typically spend $280 on these items if purchased individually. During this sale, you will get all of them for only $120. That’s a 60% savings. If you have been waiting to re-order your favorite TheraBreath, TheraBrite, and PerioTherapy items, your wait is over. The time to place that order is now.

CLICK HERE to check out our BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR

Think this is a great deal? Have a friend who could really use some of our products?
Tell them!

Want to order by PHONE? Call us at (800) 97-FRESH and mention your savings code : BP10EM1

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*Savings are calculated based on the total value of the received package, including the $100 or more in free bonus items.