Toothpaste: Doing More Harm Than Good?
Keep Your Mouth Healthy by Brushing the RIGHT WAY: Tips for brushing & rinsing your mouth
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⚓ Helpful Brushing / Dental Care Tips
🦷 Brushing Technique
- • Don't Overbrush! Can damage enamel and harm gums
- • Use very soft, wide bristle brush at an angle
- • Gently brush teeth and gums, reach below gum line
- • Don't brush more than twice daily
🧼 Cleaning & Maintenance
- • Soak toothbrush in hydrogen peroxide
- • RINSE after each meal or drink!
- • Sip water, milk, or unsweetened green tea
- • Brush the tongue - especially at night
💊 Supplements
Dr. Gerard F. Judd recommends daily supplementation with calcium and vitamin D for optimal tooth health.
⚠️ Sensitivity Issues
Frequent tooth infections & gum inflammations may be caused by chemical sensitivity to commercial toothpastes.
⚓ Commercial Toothpaste: Doing More Harm Than Good
🚨 Toothpaste Contains Fluoride
Causes us to absorb extra aluminum - metal found in Alzheimer's victims' brains
Destroys enzymes that deliver phosphate to calcium for strong teeth
Is a severe biological poison
☠️ Toothpaste Proven to be Toxic
Warning on toothpaste tubes:
"Warning. Keep out of reach of children under 6 years of age. If accidentally swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away."
Real Cases:
- • Keith Cantor died from ingesting ½ teaspoon of fluoride
- • 3 kidney dialysis patients killed in 1998 from fluoride in water
- • 113+ medical side effects from fluoride documented
🪨 Silica & Zirconium
Abrasive minerals that harm gums and wear away tooth enamel. Zirconium whitens by "grinding off" enamel surface.
🧴 Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)
Added for foam but is corrosive to skin tissue. Also used in garage floor cleaners and car wash soaps. Labs use it to irritate skin for testing.
🍯 Toothpaste Prevents Tooth Re-enamelization
The main ingredient in toothpaste is viscous, sticky glycerin. This glycerin coats the teeth and prevents re-enamelization from nutrients in the diet.
Simple Test:
Smear toothpaste on your sink and rinse. Note how water beads up due to sticky glycerin. It takes 20+ rinses to remove completely. Coated teeth cannot re-enamelize from nutrients!
⚓ Natural Toothpaste Alternatives
Even toothpastes from health food stores often contain harmful additives. Here are better (and cheaper) alternatives:
💧 Saliva
According to Dr. Mark Manhart DDS, saliva works better than toothpaste for cleaning teeth. It's low in salt, anti-microbial, and an excellent "buffer" for the entire mouth.
Learn more about Saliva Fighting Tooth Decay →🧼 Soap Options
Use coconut-based liquid soaps without glycerin, sweeteners, silicates, fluoride, or dyes.
Coconut Liquid Soap (Unscented)
Organic Virgin Coconut Oil Liquid Soap. Tastes neutral, leaves teeth clean. Foam pump dispenser creates rich lather like regular toothpaste.
With Tea Tree Oil
Same coconut soap with added Tea Tree Oil for antibacterial properties. Can add your own essential oils for minty taste.
🧪 Baking Soda & Hydrogen Peroxide
Effective for cleaning teeth and gums. Use aluminum-free baking soda (like Bob's Red Mill). Mix into paste and use like regular toothpaste.
Baking Soda Benefits:
- • Increases mouth alkalinity
- • Neutralizes acid from bacteria
- • Less abrasive than regular toothpaste
- • Mild abrasive that whitens teeth
Hydrogen Peroxide Benefits:
- • Cleans, whitens, and disinfects
- • Bleaching action preserves enamel
- • Kills harmful bacteria
- • Inexpensive and readily available
Recipe Variations:
- • Basic: 5 parts baking soda to 1 part sea salt
- • With H2O2: Mix baking soda with 3% hydrogen peroxide to make paste
- • Healing: Add Aloe Vera gel for additional healing powers
- • Antibacterial: Add dilute tea tree oil to stimulate circulation
- • Minty: Add peppermint or spearmint essential oil
⚠️ Safety Note: Do not swallow hydrogen peroxide. Keep out of eyes. 3% H2O2 is not food grade. Rinse mouth well with water after use. May bleach clothing.
🌿 Herbal Toothpaste
Powder sea salt and dried horsetail stems in coffee grinder; mix dry and wet ingredients separately; then slowly combine into paste.
⚓ Healthy & Effective Mouth Wash Options
💡 Did you know? Commercial mouthwash may kill bacteria but can accelerate their re-growth.
💧 Basic Rinsing
Rinse throughout the day and after every meal/snack to keep mouth fresh, clean, and healthy.
🧪 Hydrogen Peroxide Rinse
Use 3% hydrogen peroxide (inexpensive, available at grocery stores). Add liquid chlorophyll for flavoring. Use only once daily.
Cautions:
- • May delay healing with open sores
- • Can react with mercury fillings
- • Long-term use may cause oral yeast infections
🌿 Herbal Mouth Wash
Recipe:
- • 2 cups water
- • 2 Tbsp organic sea salt
- • 5 drops peppermint extract
- • 4 drops horsetail extract
- • 1 drop sage extract
Combine and store in sealed bottle; shake before use.
🚫 Avoid Alcohol
Avoid mouthwashes with alcohol - causes dry mouth where bacteria flourish. Saliva is rich in oxygen and contains natural antibacterial enzymes.
🌱 Natural Breath Fresheners
Chlorophyll-Rich Herbs
Chew: parsley, basil, cilantro, or dill
Cardamom
Contains cineole - potent antiseptic that kills bad-breath bacteria
Anise
Boil seeds in water, strain, drink or use as mouthwash
Peppermint Tea
Strong antiseptic that fights halitosis
Oil of Oregano
Anti-bacterial properties prevent plaque and gum disease