Experimenting with different toothpaste recipes. Tried coconut oil, baking soda and peppermint oil last night and woke up with prolly freshest breath ever. Still want to do more research and try some different ones. The abrasiveness of baking soda worries me a bit, but didn't seem bad with the oil.

@Shiroyasha it's ~2 on mohs hardness scale. i'd say that's ok, given that even dentin is harder according to wikipedia.

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@Shiroyasha i'm not a dentist though, here are my "sources". do you have a recipe for your toothpaste or did you just eyeball it? might want to try it :)

> 10.5.3 Sodium bicarbonate
Adapted for the aerospace industry in the mid 1990s, bicarbonate of soda also known as sodium bicarbonate is a pure mineral with a relatively soft hardness of 2.0 on Moh’s scale. Propelled at 2–6 bar (30–90 psi) it can be used in either dry or wet modes.

sciencedirect.com/topics/chemi

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs_sca

@bonifartius I just eyeballed it. Threw like a heaping tablespoon of coconut oil in the microwave to make it almost melt completely, then Added like half the amount of oil in baking soda and added about 6 drops of peppermint essential oil. I've seen recipes that add peroxide or mineral supplement powders as well that I may try next.
@bonifartius I think it's the right direction. Super cheap, way fresher breath already with first recipe, no poisons/carcinogens. I also want to try the whole swishing oil pulling solution for 20 min in the morning as well. I actually went thru my bathrooms and threw out all my soaps and shampoos with fragrances and chemicals I don't want. I have a tiny hairline cavity in a misformed tooth crevice and since doing Keto anyway I want to at least attempt to heal it, It at least hasn't gotten any worse on Keto. Not sure I believe it is possible but a duckduckgo search shows it may be.

@Shiroyasha thanks, will try it, i have most stuff here already :)
be careful with other mineral supplements, those might easily be harder! probably more useful to just eat them ;)

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