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as of two months ago i have begun using powdered activated charcoal, and really, really like it.
I have a little saucer of the stuff.
Wet your brush, dip it, brush. there's no foaming, no weird taste, there's no aftertaste, washes out with plain water super easily, my teeth feel squeaky clean way faster and this is very odd, I found out my electric toothbrush has a built-in timer that I've never reached before in like the decade I've had it until I used activated charcoal as toothpaste, which I really like brushing my teeth with so i brush longer.
get it from a small burned piece of wood, throw it in a blender for a minute, strain out the powder AND:
it's whitening my teeth.
Considering my friendly and long-standing relationship with alcohol, I am very happy with how my teeth are looking these days.
Bonus: i had a canker from eating a bunch of dried mango one day and while I brushed with AC, the canker on my gums went away over the 3-minute brush it was nuts.
You are missing floride which is important to teeth health. There are other ways to get floride but this is a big one you need to replace somehow.
I wouldn't say i miss it.
From conversations with dentists, I'd caution against assuming the significance of a single correlation to the exclusion of countless other dental considerations.
My teeth, for instance, needed an electric toothbrush. Before I had one, they were a wreck. I worked with my dentist, he made some suggestions, i tried stuff, and after nothing else worked in slowing my tooth decay, including extra strength prescription fluoride toothpaste, he said to get an electric toothbrush and spend more time brushing without processed toothpaste, that some people are sensitive to processed toothpastes because of the included sugars, compounds and chemicals, so I could switch to baking soda.
I got an electric toothbrush, stopped using processed toothpaste, and stopped having teeth problems.
I haven't had a cavity in about a decade and a half, just needed a lot more brushing.
In that 15 years of teeth health, I used nothing the most, then baking soda, and now charcoal rather than processed toothpastes.
Be aware:
Activated charcoal drug interactions
Activated charcoal may reduce or prevent the absorption of certain drugs, such as:
Doctors recommend against eating toothpaste directly, and note that the amount of activated charcoal in foods and toothpastes is smaller than the amount necessary to interfere with medication.
Try to avoid unnecessarily eating large amounts of activated charcoal, which is nontoxic and recommended by the WHO as an emergency treatment for poisonings/ODs.
Don't eat toothpaste, it is a topical agent only!
Especially processed toothpastes, which are generally considered toxic!