Natural Healthy Methods of Whitening Your Teeth

People desire healthy white teeth because it gives an attractive smile but the request is quite expensive when they consult the dentists.

Teeth discolouration occurs when the outer layers of your teeth become stained. Try to observe what stains your teeth from time to time; tooth discolouration can be caused by several factors such as poor dental hygiene, cigarette smoking, caffeine and others.

The moment you discovers what discolours your teeth you can be able to start preventing it immediately.

 

However, this article offers steps to cheap healthy methods of whitening your teeth naturally.

1. Avoid Darkened Foods & Drinks

Eating dark foods and taking dark drinks can give your teeth a discoloured look. Pigments from dark coloured foods and drinks darken the teeth and if one continues taking it, can cause permanent teeth discolouration.

Try to avoid such foods such as coffee, berries, sports drinks and teas that have the tendency of darkening your teeth.

2.  Baking Soda and Wood Ash

Do you know that baking soda and wood ash have a great effect in whitening your teeth? Baking soda is a mild abrasive agent so is wood ash gotten from home fireplaces and from wood combustion; this is how you go about the application. 

a)    Get your desired quantity of baking soda in a bowl; 
b)    Add the same quantity of wood ash
c)    Add water to combine the two to make a paste.
d)    Use the paste to brush your teeth on daily basis for few minutes until you get the desired white teeth.

3. Strawberry Recipe as Teeth Whitener

Strawberries are red in colour quite alright but it contains ascorbic acid that whitens the teeth; combining strawberries with baking soda and a pinch of salt is a mixture of an effective bleaching agent that turns the teeth white.

How to make the recipe:

a)    Crush two or three strawberries in a clean dry bowl.
b)    Add one tablespoon full of baking soda and mix.
c)    Add a pinch of salt then mix them very well to make a paste.
d)    Use the paste to brush your teeth, repeat the procedure for two weeks to get a quick result without consulting a dentist. 

Peroxide is another effective method for whitening of teeth. Use the steps below to make peroxide paste for teeth whitening:

a)    Get two tablespoons full of hydrogen peroxide (usually in a liquid form)
b)    Add one tablespoon of baking soda
c)    Ensure that the quantity of peroxide is more than that of baking soda.
d)    Mix together to turn into a paste then use the paste to brush teeth, allow it to stay on the teeth for more than one minute before washing it out.

4. Eat Raw Crunchy Vegetables

Eating raw crunchy fruits and vegetables helps to whiten the teeth as the nutritional values also add to the overall health improvement. Most of these crunchy vegetables like carrot contains vitamins not just for whitening of teeth but that helps to keep the teeth healthy.

5. Whitening with Lemon Juice

Lemon juice is a nitric acid-rich juice that works as a natural bleaching agent for removing stains and discolouration on the teeth.

• Mix a teaspoonful of lemon juice with enough quantity of baking powder to form a paste then apply on the toothbrush and use it to brush your teeth for two minutes.
• Rinse with water then use normal toothpaste in order to remove lemon juice thoroughly.

 

Be careful the quantity of lemon juice you use to whiten teeth and do not use on regular basis as the acidic content in it can harm the enamel and also cause the teeth to lose calcium.

Nevertheless, baking soda is a mildly abrasive alkaline substance that helps to scrub away stains on the teeth and whitens the teeth in a fast way. It helps to thicken the lemon juice so as to stay longer on the teeth.

 

6. Carbon Coco

Carbon Coco is a perfect natural teeth whitener. You may wonder how true this statement is because we have said earlier that dark substance causes discolouration on the teeth.

Notwithstanding, you are going to see how and why it works as a 100% teeth whitener. Carbon coco is a natural odourless, tasteless mouth detoxifier that whitens the teeth without after effects.

It polishes the teeth and strengthens the enamel without harmful effects. It is a tasteless natural pitch-black powder without any acidic content that can affect oral health in any way.

Carbon coco powder though dark in colour is very safe to use as a teeth whitener and have no tendency of discolouring your teeth.

 

7. Coconut Oil Pulling

Coconut oil contains lauric acid that helps to remove the bacteria in the plaque which can actually cause the teeth colour to turn yellow. It is known as one of the oldest natural ways of whitening the teeth.

To do this,

• Scoop out one tablespoon full of coconut oil before brushing your teeth in the morning.
• Put the oil in your mouth and scrub around your teeth for up to 10 minutes
• Spit it out and rinse the mouth with water before using your regular toothpaste to brush teeth.

 

8. Hydrogen Peroxide & Baking Soda

Hydrogen peroxide won't be a surprise teeth whitener because it serves as one of the bleaching ingredients used in making commercial teeth whiteners.

• It returns the natural colour of the teeth and scrubs away all colours of stains.
• In a small neat container, mix a spoonful of baking powder with hydrogen peroxide to form a thin paste.
• Apply it on a soft toothbrush and use it to brush your teeth for 2 minutes then
• Rinse with water and use normal toothpaste to brush it off.

Additionally, hydrogen peroxide can be used alone to swish the teeth. This is done especially after brushing the teeth with regular toothpaste.

Get a mixture of hydrogen peroxide with a half cup of water, use it to swish your mouth for few minutes (say 2 minutes) then rinse your mouth with water. Repeat process until success is achieved.

 

9. Essential Oils and Tumeric Powder

Tumeric powder is another powerful and natural antibacterial plaque removing agent that can be combined with coconut oil and other essential oil to get the teeth whiter than it used to be.

 

Recipe

• Get one teaspoonful of turmeric powder and one tablespoonful of coconut oil.
• Mix the two with few drops of spearmint essential oil, cinnamon bark oil and peppermint oil to make a paste.
• Use the paste to brush your teeth twice per day and rinse thoroughly with water after each brushing process.

 

10. Orange Peel & Salt Scrub

Orange peel is rubbed on the teeth surface to whiten the teeth faster because of d-limonene content.

D-limonene is a natural teeth whitener that is used as one of the major ingredients in commercial teeth whiteners.

 

How to Use it:

• Sprinkle a pinch of sea salt on the white part of the orange peel
• Rub it gently on the teeth for two minutes then
• Rinse with water and brush your teeth, as usual, to remove the citric acid residue from orange peel.

Alternatively, a banana peel can also be used as a natural rub to whiten the teeth. In this case, there is no additive. Just rub the inside of the banana peel onto your teeth for two minutes then rinse with water and brush your teeth with regular toothpaste.

 

All the tips provided above are easy homemade and natural ways. However, if you have dental sour or related dental issues try to consult a dentist before applying any of the methods to avoid complications.

White teeth can easily be achieved using natural healthy steps at home. All of the above tips may be helpful - but use one at a time in order to get excellent results that will make you smile like never before.

 

While beginning to apply the tips that have been provided above, it is good that one has to set up a routine so as to stick to the steps at all cost to get the best out of them.

Instead of using commercial teeth whiteners made with artificial ingredients which can cause gum irritation why not apply these natural tips provided above and be cool.