How to keep teeth healthy and white without the use of hazardous chemicals and expensive dental procedures? The answer is simple: return to the experience of our ancestors who used tooth powders based on natural ingredients such as wine vinegar and pumice. The composition also included crushed talcum, eggshell, gypsum, salt, shells of snails and other components. In Europe, for example, products were made on the basis of chalk and herbs.
Many years and even centuries have passed since then, but modern industry widely uses chalk in the manufacture of such products, and various oils (anise, eucalyptus, menthol) are added to the aroma. And there are tooth powders, whose composition includes sea salt, aluminum chloride, soda and useful trace elements that have an adsorbing effect and give freshness.
How useful is tooth powder?
Today, nanotechnology allows the manufacture of products that are completely composed of derivatives of natural medicinal plants. For ease of use, the packaging is equipped with special dispensers. Means help to cope with tooth decay, strengthen tooth enamel and gums, cleanse stones, stains and deposits. They whiten and polish teeth well, and also reduce the risk of gingivitis and periodontal disease.
Dental powders are used to restore acid-base balance in the mouth and reduce bleeding gums. In most modern cleaning products, crushed shells of sea crabs are added, which have an antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effect, and also protect the enamel from the penetration of harmful microorganisms.
When buying, be sure to study the composition of the tooth powder. The remedy with the content of white clay will have healing properties. You can write about its healing qualities endlessly - it strengthens the enamel, removes the stone, removes an unpleasant odor, this is especially true for smokers and coffee lovers. Powder based on pink clay will help relieve inflammation. It is very good if the composition contains the collection of medicinal plants and soda - these are faithful and devoted companions in the struggle for health.
How to use tooth powder to achieve the desired effect?
Before brushing your teeth, grab the powder and dip the brush into it, then moisten it with water and use as directed twice a day. Means in the form of applications are applied to tooth enamel for 15 minutes, then thoroughly rinse the oral cavity. Tooth whitening powders are used no more than 3 times a week. With their help, you can get rid of yellowness, spots, tobacco, coffee and tea plaque.
An effective and safe tool can be prepared independently from available and trusted components to strengthen the gums and enamel. You will need the following herbs (for a dessert spoon):
- liquorice root;
- peppermint leaves;
- sage leaves;
- hop cones;
- nettle leaves;
- celandine;
- tansy;
- thyme;
- violet (grass) and coltsfoot.
All of these plants need to grind in a blender or coffee grinder. Add a small spoonful of pink and white clay to the mixture, as well as 10 g of salt (only fine). Store the powder in a glass container. For prophylaxis, use once a week.