is it harmful to brush with baking soda and peroxide?

Question

is it harmful in anway to brush with a baking soda and peroxide mix and then follow up with reguar toothpaste? i was told this whitened teeth faster and safer then bleeches and whitening gels

Answer 1

No not harmful There are a few paste companies making thoothpaste with thse components already in them now

Answer 2

Baking soda, no.
Peroxide, maybe, possibly.
Whitening agents and some toothpastes use peroxide as part of the ingredients, but that doesn't make it safe. Many people consider it an "acceptable risk" given the increased chances of becoming sick compared to if they hadn't used it, and weighed it against the appearance benefits of the effects. That doesn't make it safe. Billions of people around the world smoke cigarettes, despite the scienifically proven irrefutable evidence of the harmful effects. This is the same thing, different product.

Ultimately, you need to determine what the harmful effects could be, and the probability of them occuring, and draw a line regarding how far you are willing to go to get white teeth. Here's a few places you can start. The rest is up to you ...

SRC1: The two most common side effects are tooth thermal sensitivity (hot and cold sensitivity), and gum irritation. Other, less frequently encountered, side effects that have been reported by patients are: sore throat, tooth pain, tingling of the tissues, and headaches.

SRC2: Conclusions: Tooth whiteners containing carbamide peroxide were used infrequently in this small sample of patients with oral cancer. However, patients who used these products tended to be less than 45 years old, to have nodal disease at presentation, and to not have other risk factors for cancer. This data does not establish a link between these products and the development of oral cancer, but it does raise some intriguing possibilities. Even though carbamide peroxide and the hydrogen peroxide generated in the whitening process are not proven carcinogens in the oral cavity, they cause local inflammation and mucosal trauma at high concentrations. The complex interactions of this inflammatory response combined with the ability of free radicals to act directly upon nucleic acids has an unpredictable effect on the tissues. The data suggests that the patients who used tooth whiteners were more likely to present with metastatic lymph nodes. This finding, if confirmed by larger studies with more statistical power, would certainly implicate whiteners as a significant factor in oral cancer tumor biology.

Answer 3

teeth are not suppose to be white! Teeth are off white in nature. If you really want to whiten then use a safe method. Consumer reports magazine has found that the best whitentoothpaste is "ultrabite" sold at CVS i believe maybe even walmart too.
It is a Cheap paste too, only about 99 cents. Brushing with regular baking soda from the box is too abrasive for your teeth. The baking soda put into toothpastes has been designed not to be so abrasive. Do not make home teeth cleaning recipes. Use toothpastes with those ingreidents instead.

Answer 4

not harmful, and effective. just rinse really well. the hydro. per. will cause your mouth to "foam," but this is completely normal, as it is what the chemical does. rinse with water a few times, and then with mouthwash, and then follow by brushing!

Answer 5

no but it taste nasty. but dont do it often, remember any thing touches your skin "can" get absorb inside your body