I want whiter teeth and on the side of the box it said you can brush your teeth with it... But someone said it strips the enamel off of your teeth or something... Is it safe to brush with it once a week?
2007-07-21 06:53:18 · 10 answers · asked by A girl named Sam 4 in Health ➔ Dental
Freshens breath and prevents decay.
A natural buffer, Baking Soda maintains good pH levels inside the mouth by neutralizing acids. Baking Soda helps keep breath fresh for hours by neutralizing the production of Volatile Sulfur Compounds (VSCs) which cause bad breath.
Whitens teeth gently.
Baking Soda removes tough stains caused by coffee, tea, red wine and smoking. By dissolving deep into tooth surface crevices, Baking Soda removes dulling plaque and deep stains embedded there. And it’s one of the least abrasive cleaning agents you can use on your teeth.
2007-07-21 07:10:08 · answer #1 · answered by goodhopeservices 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brushing your teeth with a small amount of baking soda is perfectly fine. Checkout Arm & Hammer's baking soda based toothpastes which are used daily by loads of people and recommended by many dentists. They also have baking soda based gum to help whiten teeth. If there were issues with baking soda and tooth enamel stripping it would not be such a popular tooth powder nor could it be used so freely in the products mentioned above.
People are more likely to weeken the tooth enamle by using many of the over the counter peroxide based tooth-bleeching kits.
Go ahead and enjoy the worry free benefits of toothbrushing with baking soda.
2007-07-21 14:09:42 · answer #2 · answered by The A Man 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, once a week is fine and you can buy peppermint oil very inexpensively in the baking section of a grocery store to make it taste better. For everyday use, try Arm & Hammer toothpaste. (Yes, it has baking soda in it and it's more convenient because it's in toothpaste form.)
2007-07-21 14:03:18 · answer #3 · answered by GH4ME 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, It is okay to brush your teeth with baking soda!
2007-07-21 14:07:53 · answer #4 · answered by samara 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HELLO SAMMY,
THIS IS SAFE AND PERFECTLY SAFE TO USE.
CONTRARY TO THE BELIEF OF SOME, IT DOES NOT STRIP ENAMEL FROM TEETH.
THE CREST WHITE STRIPS ARE EFFECTIVE, BUT MOST PEOPLE COMPLAIN THAT THEY DON'T STAY IN WELL.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USING ARM&HAMMER FOR GENERATIONS WITH A TOOTHBRUSH.
2007-07-21 16:33:19 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use salt and baking soda. That always helped for me!!
*Thats a yes*
2007-07-21 13:57:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It gets the plaque off better so it's healthy but you still need regular toothepaste that has flouride that kills the plaque in your mouth and give your mouth a nice minty smell.
2007-07-21 14:05:35 · answer #7 · answered by champain123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I use it sometimes. It's vastly superior to commercial toothpaste; cleans your teeth much better.
2007-07-21 17:00:01 · answer #8 · answered by Somes J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it DOES NOT address the ISSUE of funky breath.
2007-07-21 13:56:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes....i used it once...it dosent taste the best but it works just as well.
2007-07-21 20:18:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋