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Did you ever watch your white kitchen cups turn a
brownish color even after washing them? Coffees, teas,
highly pigmented foods do this to your cups, and also your
teeth. Common stains from food (and cigarettes) attach to
plaque and tartar buildup on the teeth.
There are some easy things you can do at home in between
your dental teeth cleaning visits to keep your teeth white
and fresh looking.
Here's a list of tips and recommendations:
- Keep your mouth clean; it cuts down on stain build
up. If you can't brush after every meal, make sure you
rinse food out of your mouth after you eat.
- Strawberries whiten teeth! Rub one on your teeth
every day -or mash and apply with your toothbrush (rinse
mouth afterwards)
- Brush your teeth with a paste of baking powder and
water
- Rub the inside of an orange peel on the teeth
- Brush your teeth with a paste of baking soda and
hydrogen peroxide (rinse afterwards, don't swallow)
- Mix these ingredients and brush on teeth: 1 tsp
baking soda dash of salt then add a few drops of white
vinegar, which will foam
- Burn a piece of toast, then scrape off the black
layer of the toast (it is charcoal) and mix that with
your toothpaste. Brush your teeth with this at night
before you go to bed
- Brush with mustard oil and salt
- Make a paste of ground, dried bay leaves and dried
orange peels (you may need to add some water). Use this
as a whitener in between brushing teeth
- Equal parts of lemon juice and salt - brush on as
whitener
- Brush your teeth with apple cider vinegar
- Use an electric toothbrush. Studies show an electric
toothbrush can remove 98.2 percent of plaque
- Great plaque dissolvers are anti-bacterial
mouthwashes. Many have alcohols that aren't all that
healthy. The best natural mouthwash that I have come
across is
Thieves® Fresh Essence Plus Mouthwash from Young Living.
It has essential oils such as peppermint, lemon,
cinnamon, rosemary, eucalyptus, melissa leaf water,
vitamin E, and other great stuff.
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