Toothpaste recipes
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The toothpst.htm”>OraMedia Site for Dental Self-Sufficiency has a number of recipes for toothpaste and tooth powder. Salt has been prescribed as a good cleansing and disinfecting agent, and it’s been said that within two days of brushing teeth with salt all the harmful plaque-causing bacteria will be killed. Salt is also good for whitening teeth. [more] [search]
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Good, effective and “homeopathic” toothpastes and tooth powders can be difficult to obtain. Thankfully online ordering makes it easy to get quality products in a trial size or a years’s supply or more for a relatively low cost. Various manufacturers make a salt-based toothpaste and one of the most reasonable (on Amazon) is the [amazonify]B0013NP9FE::text::::Weleda Salt Toothpaste[/amazonify] product, currently on sale at nearly 50% the regular price. Another popular anti-plaque toothpaste is from [amazonify]B001EJOQAG::text::::Tom’s of Maine[/amazonify], popular with the organic and “natural living” crowd, sold on Amazon by the [amazonify]B001EJOQAG::text::::case with a 12% discount[/amazonify].
Another type of product worth considering is a natural tooth powder. Commercially available products include an organic tooth powder made by [amazonify]B000YDRU3I::text::::Solay[/amazonify] and the all natural “cruelty free” powder in a handy dispenser that can last for a year by [amazonify]B000E3DX5M::text::::Uncle Harry’s Natural Products[/amazonify].
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Herbal recipes for dental health, circa 1872.
Henriette’s Herbal Homepage gives tooth-powder.html”>several tooth powder recipes and discusses the pros and cons of using them. Ingredients including parsley salt, toothpaste.html”>Myrrh, Tea Tree oil, charcoal and oil of peppermint and the use of areca nut for tooth powder is discussed.
toothpaste.html”>plain (baking soda based) toothpaste
Secrets of whitening teeth naturally
Salt was mentioned earlier. Some hot Indian oils apparently have a cleaning and “whitening” effect. There’s also a toothpaste.html”>recipe for strawberry toothpaste and it’s more than just about flavor: using strawberries for dental health is an old practice. It’s even been said that brushing your teeth with strawberries is a good practice for whitening teeth! [more]
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