Sometimes a good tooth brushing and flossing is simply not enough to keep your mouth fresh and clean. Sometimes you need a bit more. This is where a good tongue scraping comes in handy. Forget about all those mints and fresh breath sprays that you find on the shelves at your local drugstore. These will only mask the symptoms of bad breath, at best temporarily. Many of these bad breath-busting products can be potentially contribute to the problem. If you really want to heal your bad breath woes, you will have to go straight to the source. In most cases, this means that you will want to go straight to the tongue.