Not that its the first thing i'd worry about, but it sure would suck if you got a cavity or something and there was no dentist around. What could you use that was on the island to keep them clean as a natural remmedy?
2007-07-06 03:21:49 · 20 answers · asked by Rockstar ☆ 6 in Health ➔ Dental
Thanks for all your answers! Most of you have excellent solutions.
2007-07-06 03:58:03 · update #1
the salt water would probably do some good if you swashed it around a few times daily. Also you could find some kind of stringy plant or something to floss. Also I know african people chew on a certian kind of stick to keep theirs clean.
2007-07-06 03:24:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would rinse with sea water, as salt has a disinfectant effect, and I would strip a little twig, take the bark of and chew the end to a brush... that would have to do, unless you find some mint growing on the island for flavour... oh and I'd try to be sure not to be using a toxic plant for chewing....
2007-07-06 03:24:57 · answer #2 · answered by freebird31wizard 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rinse with water should do fine. Since you will be eating unprocessed, raw foods, you should exprect less trouble with your teeth. One if the biggest threats to good dental hygene is the modern American diet.
2007-07-06 03:25:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My great-grandmother used to use a twig from a blackberry bush. She would use the 'cut' end to rub her teeth ... true story.
2007-07-06 03:25:00 · answer #4 · answered by Smoothie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take a small live twig from a tree. Chew the end until it becomes soft, then use sort of like a tooth brush.
2007-07-06 03:23:42 · answer #5 · answered by smckech1972 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A stick. They use them in Africa, and have cleaner, whiter teeth than the rest of us.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7XN9-4KHC2TN-1&_user=10&_coverDate=11%2F30%2F2006&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=50bb08e345936433fbcae4e2b2130aae
2007-07-06 03:24:49 · answer #6 · answered by Insanity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If yo u were stranded....i think that the last thing you would think about would be brushing your teeth....But if you had to, you could rub sand on them, and then rinse it out.....
-peace
2007-07-06 03:30:22 · answer #7 · answered by *ich_liebe_dich* 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
put water on a leaf or mix coconut milk with water to make toothpaste. LOL
2007-07-06 03:24:29 · answer #8 · answered by DeathlySweet 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put a bit of sand on your teeth, the rub your tung (is that how you spell it?) the rince with water. It's like a bit of Sand paper to get the crap off.
xD
2007-07-06 03:25:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Good One again
2016-03-14 23:40:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋