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Anyone make their own toothpaste?

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  • brook2jack
    brook2jack Posts: 4,563 Forumite
    Here is a link to the Norfolk trading standards investigation http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/norfolk_study_leads_to_fsa_warning_1_1517742

    Food standards, trading standards ... hardly big pharmaceutical, just consumer organisations trying to stop people poisoning themselves .
  • 20% spearmint oil
    Dear god, NO! Please nobody do this, it would burn your skin off probably. Essential oils should be used in very small amounts, they are highly concentrated.

    And kerri, if you are going to put a wet used toothbrush into your mixture daily please use a preservative or make up a new mixture each time you brush. The water, especially from a used brush, will allow bacteria, yeast, fungi, mould and other lovely things to grow.
  • Toothsmith wrote: »
    Putting baking soda neat into a toothpaste would make it way more abrasive than the vast majority of mainstream brands.

    SLS has many scare stories about it on t'interweb which probably aren't true, but a KNOWN side effect of it is that it can cause oral irritation and an increase in oral ulceration in sensitive individuals - so I'm with you there, there is no real need for it in a toothpaste.

    Fluoride - you disappoint me! Just when I thought you were coming away from your rather whacky dental ideas of a few years ago, we seem to be back to square one again!

    Fluoride in toothpaste is the major cause of the improvement in dental health over the last 40 yrs.

    Its done way more than fluoridated water, and tons more than any improvements in dentistry.

    Just buy something like Sensodyne Pronamel. Low abrasive, SLS free and plenty of fluoride! You'll never even notice us taking control of your brain! :D

    Thanks for the information on SLS and ulceration. I know if I use savers toothpaste I break out in ulcers almost at once. They seem to have high levels of SLS and that would explain it. Normal toothpastes are usually fine for me but I am prone to getting ulcers which are horrible!
  • brook2jack
    brook2jack Posts: 4,563 Forumite
    Sls, and cinnamon (a common favouring in toothpastes) can cause ulcers in susceptible people.

    Most sensodyne toothpastes, herbalux toothpaste from lidl, some of the superdrug own brands and oranurse toothpastes are sls free.
  • Baking soda, make sure its aluminium-free food stuff. Coconut and tea tree oil would be a good combo too.
    Great tip man!!!
  • 50Twuncle
    50Twuncle Posts: 10,763 Forumite
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    Why not actually buy some toothpaste ?
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