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Choosing the Right Kind of Tooth Paste Explained by Your Local Dentist in London

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

Why are there so many different kinds of tooth paste? How are you supposed to pick the right one? There are countless different brands and types of toothpastes that are flooding the market. Whatever additional properties you are looking for in a tooth paste, the most important factor is that you pick a good fluoride tooth paste. If you are unsure about the tooth paste you are currently using, consult your dentist in London for recommendations. Your dentist will be able to inform you what brands are reliable and what to look for when choosing a reliable fluoride tooth paste for every day use. Some patients report a fresher breath from tooth pastes containing baking soda or peroxide. This is fine for occasional use, but using such a tooth paste every day may take a toll on your enamel because baking soda and peroxide are very abrasive substances. Consider buying those kinds of toothpastes as a secondary tooth paste that you use every other day or just a couple of times a week. One thing we want to advise you against is flavoured tooth pastes, especially for children. Flavoured tooth pastes encourage swallowing the tooth paste, which is hazardous to your health. Also, flavoured tooh pastes can contain sugars, which is absolutely ridiculous for the purpose of cleaning your teeth!

Tooth soap to clean teeth now available in London stores

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Yes that’s right! In an increasingly consumer product driven world,London marketers and advertisers are willing to use any number of tricks to sell their products and this seems like one of them!Tooth Soap is being touted as the herbal, all-natural alternative to conventional toothpaste! And that’s not all it also won an obscure Editor’s Choice Award of The NaturalNews.com Network, site. According to the manufacturer, Tooth soap offers the best alternative to conserve health, and environment by using pure soap without any additional artificial ingredients. Further more the naturally prepared liquid tooth soap is prepared with organic ingredients like extra virgin olive oil and essential oils to produce a wide variety of flavors like citrus, peppermint and chocolate.

Although the product sounds really attractive, I’m really confused. Is it healthy to use soap inside the oral cavity and on what basis did the Editor of the NaturalNews.com Network select his product? Does it really clean the teeth and how effective is it?

Until someone answers those questions, I don’t really advise any one to use liquid tooth soap!

Getting the best herbal toothpaste in London

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Most people love to believe that a really great tooth paste will compensate for a bad brushing technique or improper oral hygiene .But it isn’t so! Brushing well is much more important than getting the newest and best toothpaste in the market. You can even try getting your own toothpaste made at home according to your requirements .Here is a quick listing on how to make your own toothpaste with ingredients from any London local store.
Herbal toothpaste Ingredients
4 tsp glycerine
6 tsps baking soda
15 drops peppermint oil1/3 tsp salt
Directions:
All you have to do is take the ingredients and mix thoroughly. You can even add flavoring by adding a few drops of peppermint or wintergreen oil. Keep this in a separate container or add with half and half of commercial toothpowder to get a much better clean of your teeth. For making it more toothpaste to look at you can add one tsp of food coloring and then mix it up with sufficient water to form a paste. Fill up one of the toothpaste tubes with this and you’re done

Really fragrant toothpaste ingredients
1/4 tsp powdered orrisroot
1/4 tsp water
1 tsp ground sage
1/4 tsp arrowroot
1/4 tsp peppermint oil
1/4 tsp spearmint
Directions:
Add all the dry ingredients together and then add sufficient water to make a thick funky paste. You can add different flavoring pastes as well as coloring agents to get a really tooth pasty looking mix.