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Self-Made Toothpaste

Oct 5, 2024

A simple recipe to make your own tooth paste.

Ingredients

  • 4-5 tablespoons coconout oil
  • 1 tsp tumeric
  • 2 teaspoons natron/baking soda (optional)
  • 5-10 drops essential oils e.g. Peppermint, Orange, Clove, Thymian (optional)

Instructions

  • Mix coconout oil (should have room temperature or more) with rest of the ingriedients.
  • Fill into a small glass.

Coconut oil has natural antibacterial properties that help prevent tooth decay, fight cavity-causing bacteria and bad breath.

Natron acts as an abrasive, slightly brightens the teeth and thanks to its alkalinity it is able to create a good pH value in the mouth. Caries-causing acids can thus be neutralized.

Turmeric has an antibacterial effect, relieves swelling and pain, has a positive effect on the mouth and whitens the teeth.

Extra tipp: when the temperature rises, put the toothpaste in the fridge - coconut oil becomes liquid at 23-26 degrees and the baking soda powder will settle to the bottom more quickly. You can then mix it again, but it would just be a little more time-consuming.