Homemade non-toxic toothpastes

[Katmandu]

Here is some good info about homemade non-toxic toothpastes.



To make your own toothpaste, just use a fifty/fifty ratio of coconut oil to baking soda.
Start with a small batch and use a few tablespoons of each.
If you like, add a few drops of an essential oil, like peppermint or spearmint, for flavor and a bit of stevia for sugar-free sweetness.
After mixing your toothpaste, keep it in a glass container with a lid.
Then, just spoon some out for use or just dip your dry toothbrush into it.
The mixture doesn't need to be refrigerated and because coconut oil is antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal, it'll help keep your toothbrush clean and sanitary too.
Coconut oil is liquid above 76 degrees and solid below, so the mixture can change consistency with the weather. You'll also want to rinse with warm water to prevent the oil from hardening in your sink or drain.

http://www.naturalnews.com/029140_toothpaste_fluoride.html



Refreshing Super Mint Toothpaste
Ingredients:
6 teaspoons baking soda
1/3 teaspoon sea salt
4 teaspoons bentonite clay powder
15 drops peppermint

http://www.naturalnews.com/028636_toothpaste_cleanser.html




From Muffin 11Feb11:
http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?43955-HIllbilly-s-Alternative-Medicine&highlight=toothpaste
How to Make Baking Soda Toothpaste

Mix 1 tsp of baking soda with 1/4 tsp of hydrogen peroxide. Add one drop of peppermint oil. As an alternative, you can also have a lemon flavored toothpaste by adding lemon zest to the baking soda and processing in a blender or food processor. Apply mixture to your toothbrush and brush.
It's a great tooth whitener too. It's been used for years!

[Shami-Amourae]

Why not tooth powder instead?

[Katmandu]

Why not tooth powder instead?

There was a recipe in the 2nd link that used tooth powder; do you use it?. I only pasted one (of many) recipes from that link. I am still on a learning curve.

[Katmandu]

Why not tooth powder instead?

I just found one of your pasts posts on this:

I use Uncle Harry's tooth powder.

You want to avoid fluoride for all the reasons you guys know, but you ALSO want to avoid vegetable glycerin. Vegetable glycerin is in most toothpastes, including most of the fluoride-free toothpastes. Vegetable glycerin is used to coat the tooth with the toothpaste in order to clean it, but it causes a new problem in that it blocks tooth remineralization from happening (which naturally always is happening to repair your teeth,) so toothpaste with vegetable glycerin doesn't really benefit your teeth that much. The best way to avoid fluoride and vegetable glycerin is simply to start using tooth powder instead.

The tooth powder I use is basically made of chalk and essential oils. The mouthwash I use is made of a mixture of colloidal silver and essential oils. It's NOT alcohol based. When I use to wake up in the morning I'd always have major bad breath problems, but since I've been using tooth powder and essential oil/silver mouthwashes I've had no bad breath issues: My mouth feels as clean when I wake up as when I went to bed.

Ingredients of Uncle Harry's tooth powder:
Calcium carbonate (natural chalk), mustard seed powder, sea salt, peppermint, eucalyptus, clove, wintergreen, and oregano essential oils.

[steyr_m]

Good for shtf, but I'll just go with Tom's Toothpaste until then....