Home-made baking soda and salt tooth powder for white teeth

This baking soda and salt tooth powder is your substitute for toothpaste

What if you wake up and find no toothpaste at home. You ve squeezed the last bit yesterday and missed out on stocking up a new tube. This quick easy tooth powder prepared with baking soda and salt can be your saviour. Have you tried these home remedies for whiter teeth?

How baking soda and salt help?

Salt was used for cleaning teeth in the olden days due to its antibacterial properties. Baking soda is very effective in plaque removal ^[1]. It reduces the yellowness of teeth and cleans them leaving your mouth feeling fresh. Also, baking soda crystals are softer and hence do not damage the teeth enamel. The bicarbonate ions in baking soda play the same role as of sodium fluoride and sodium lauryl sulfate that are in commercial toothpastes and powders. Baking soda also shows potential in preventing gingival inflammation.

How to make the tooth powder?

Mix 2 parts of baking soda with one part of salt. You can add some cinnamon powder or peppermint essential oil to it for flavour. Mix well.

Take this powder on your toothbrush and brush your teeth and gums with it. If you find the mix too salty, you can add more baking soda to it. Gargle well and you will not miss your toothpaste after using this homemade tooth powder.

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Reference:

Ghassemi, A., Vorwerk, L. M., Hooper, W. J., Putt, M. S., & Milleman, K. R. (2008). A four-week clinical study to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of a baking soda dentifrice and an antimicrobial dentifrice in reducing plaque.Journal of Clinical Dentistry, 19(4), 120.