Homemade teeth whitening – Part One
I gathered here a collection of homemade tricks and tips that are known to make your teeth whiter. You won’t find a more complete list anywhere ! This is all natural, easy and come on, it’s cheap !
Let’s start with my fruity collection :
I credit this one to the Tyra Banks show. She said Catherine Zeta Jones uses strawberries regularly to keep her teeth white ! So I looked it up :
The malic acid in the strawberry is known to remove surface discoloration. You can crush a strawberry and spread the pulp on your teeth with your finger. Leave on for 2 minutes (if you can resist eating it) and brush off (or now eat it !).
A popular version of this method would be to add baking powder to make it more like a “toothpaste”. Start with ½ tsp. of baking power, and then add as much as you want to have the desired texture for your paste. Spread the mixture on your teeth and leave it on.
- Lemon Juice
Mixing lemon juice with salt is another popular natural way of whitening teeth. However, it comes with many warnings. Lemons works like an acid and can melt away the enamel of your teeth, witch then leaves the yellow dentin underneath exposed and can also create sensitive teeth.
- Orange Peel
Rub the inner white part of the orange peel on your teeth for a polish white shine. Abuse of this one as much as you want. There is no danger here for your teeth.
- Banana Peel
I found many good comments on this on. I am definitely trying this as soon as I see a banana !! Rub the inside of a banana in circular motions on your teeth. A lot of people have great results in a few days only.
Make sure to read Homemade teeth whitening – Part Two : Peroxide, soap and wood ashes !
