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Teeth whitening recommendations?

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  • Congrats in advance, have you ever used baking soda and lemon juice paste? You can also use a mixture of strawberry, salt and baking soda.
  • Dill
    Dill Posts: 1,743 Forumite
    Katalina22 wrote: »
    Congrats in advance, have you ever used baking soda and lemon juice paste?

    I imagine that would fizz up, similar to mixing bicarb with vinegar? Fine for cleaning the draining board or oven but not recommended for teeth!
  • brook2jack
    brook2jack Posts: 4,563 Forumite
    Exactly right. Abrasive and acid , ideal for destroying enamel, but will bring grouting up nicely. If your oven or draining board are stainless steel it may etch and damage that as well.
  • brook2jack
    brook2jack Posts: 4,563 Forumite
    edited 5 February 2017 at 3:30PM
    Well done for posting to a very old thread to advertise something it is illegal for a non dentist to use in the UK and , coming from America , would not be purchased by a British dentist anyway.
    Spam reported.

    (Spam post now deleted )
  • helcat26
    helcat26 Posts: 1,119 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I used Enlighten through my dentist. It was OK but I was a little disappoint with the overall change.
  • brook2jack
    brook2jack Posts: 4,563 Forumite
    People have teeth whitening thinking they will go Simon Cowell white , when in reality every persons teeth have a maximum colour they will go and it's impossible to whiten above this.

    Everyone's teeth will lighten but it's difficult to predict by how much. For most people it's a subtle effect , people will look at you and notice somethings has changed but be hard put to say what it is.
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