How to Make Homemade Tooth Whitener
Black coffee, tea, smoking, soda and wine--all can stain our teeth. Fortunately, you can whiten your fabulous smile in the comfort of your own home. Here are a few recipes to get you started.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Baking soda
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Toothbrush
- Baking Soda
- Table salt
- Bay leaves
- Dried orange peel
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Recipe One
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Buy some baking soda and hydrogen peroxide for this particular tooth whitening recipe.
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Take one teaspoon of baking soda and a couple of drops of hydrogen peroxide. Be careful to only use a small amount of the peroxide.
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Mix the baking soda with the hydrogen peroxide and use as you would toothpaste.
Recipe Two
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Use the baking soda from the recipe in Section 1. Instead of hydrogen peroxide, you will need table salt for this recipe.
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Measure three teaspoons of baking soda and one teaspoon of table salt.
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Stir the baking soda and salt together and use on a toothbrush as you would regular toothpaste. In this recipe, the salt is the abrasive, while the baking soda is the cleanser and whitener.
Recipe Three
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Gather some bay leaves and some orange peels. The bay leaves should be powdered and dry for this recipe. Let the orange peel dry out as well--vitamin C is not great for your teeth.
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Bunch the bay leaves and the dried peel so they are lined up together.
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Rub gently on your teeth, making sure to expose your chompers to both the bay leaves and the orange peel. The combination of the two makes for a great tooth whitening recipe.
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Tips & Warnings
Some old remedies for teeth include rubbing crushed strawberries or sage leaves on them for whitening!
Don't use lemon or lime juice on your teeth or in any homemade recipe for tooth whitening. The vitamin C in the juice is catalyst for losing calcium, which your teeth need.
Any kind of tooth whitener, homemade or store bought, should be used sparingly. Whitening wears down the protective enamel coating on your teeth.
