If the topic of super good-for-you oral care products doesn't get you goin', you're probably normal. But we all know that real foodies are not normal. 🙂
I say this a lot: Once you've been into real food for a while, the natural progression is to then move toward things like natural skin care products, natural deodorant, natural cleaning products, and natural oral care products.
Recently I've been going a little nuts on the natural oral care products part… It's like real food, once you are using the more natural stuff in your mouth, when you try to use anything else it just feels or tastes nasty.
Here are my favorites:
- This HealThy Mouth tooth oil blend is ruining any other toothpaste out there for me. I use this kind in a pinch (if I run out of the blend), but I just LOVE the oil drops. At first the oil felt weird in my mouth, but the taste is so nice and natural and refreshing, and my teeth feel so smooth afterward (not gritty), that I've become addicted now! It only takes a drop or two on your brush so a bottle lasts a long time. “It kills the bad bugs in your mouth that cause gum disease without harsh chemicals, artificial colors or toxins, while supporting the gum tissue to heal quickly by increasing blood flow to the area.”
- Click here to get the HealThy Mouth tooth oil blend. (Also read there about how you can use it to fight bad breath, or use it as a mouthwash.)
- I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never been one to floss daily, or even weekly, or even… You get the idea, I don't do it enough. But NOW I keep these little doohickeys in my purse and love having them on-hand, it makes flossing almost fun. Sometimes I'll put a drop of the healThy mouth blend onto the floss for an extra burst of a clean-mouth feel (it works better than a breath mint!): “Flossing with the HealThy Mouth Blend provides an even deeper method to get the anti-microbials deeper in the gum pockets, especially between molars where gum disease gets going easiest.”
- Click here to find the doohickeys — I don't know what they're called!
- Lastly, even though I always thought a toothbrush is a toothbrush is a toothbrush, I gave these a try just because what I'd read about them was impressive and they weren't very expensive. Now I love them because of the way the bristles are spread out, they get down in deeper than other brushes do and it feels great. “First, the bristles are more spaced out and there are fewer bristles in the brush head. What Dr. Bass found was most toothbrushes had too many bristles to effectively wiggle between the teeth and down into the gum line. So, he created a brush with much fewer bristles to be able to get down where the bad bugs thrive to disrupt and remove the bacteria. The same is true today as most conventional toothbrushes have too many bristles to effectively use the Bass brushing technique. The second way the Bass toothbrush differs from other toothbrushes is the bristle tips on the Bass brush are rounded, polished and very smooth. See the photos below to compare the rounded bristle tips of the Bass toothbrush and the jagged, rough cut bristle tips of many other toothbrush bristles.”
That's the scoop on how I've become a weirdo about oral care products now, too. 🙂
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Note that this was not a paid post, I really am this odd. LOL. But there are affiliate links here so if you purchase any products, a small amount will help with site upkeep costs.
Hi! I think it’s finally turning around for me. I used to feel like the weirdo but now that I know I’m right, everybody else is WEIRD to keep doing what their doing! 😉
Thanks for the post! I’ve been looking for something like this.
Peace,
Sara
You’re right, Sara, I joke about being a weirdo, but I do think that things like Fluoride toothpaste & other junk, now THAT is what’s really weird.
Kelly
I make my own & LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
That oil does look interesting, thanks. The doohickeys are called floss picks. I started using them years ago and found them life changing! I also got a Water Pik and I don’t think I would be without one now.
Will you tell me more about your water pik??
Aloha Shell,
As always, we have lots of opinions all all things oral health related. 🙂
Water Piks are great tools, if used correctly. However, we have found that most folks use them with the pressure set too high, which can cause all sorts of problems. At the risk of offering unsolicited advice, I’d like to share what we have learned regarding the best practices using oral irrigators…
The dental literature has a term called ‘water cannoning’ which is referring to using an oral irrigator (waterpik, hydrofloss, etc) with the pressure turned too high. Like we joke, we aren’t looking to pressure wash our gum lines! 🙂 In fact, using too high of a setting can actually push the bad bugs implicated with gum disease into the bloodstream! (bad news for sure)
We discuss this and many other helpful tips how each of us can create positive changes in our oral health in our free video tutorial series titled ‘the 5 Steps to a Healthy Mouth’. Kelly actually put a link to the 5 steps series in her blog post. If you go to the bottom, she put “NOW CLICK HERE TO WATCH SOME FREE VIDEOS ON HEALTHY MOUTH CARE’. Clicking on that link will take you to the free video series.
We hope this helps! 🙂
I’m experiencing a bit of gum recession, creating sensitivity to one tooth in particular. Have you heard of any natural ways to improve this situation before surgery (recommended by my dentist) is the only option?
I added the HealTHY Mouth oil blend to my oil pulling oil and really like it in there.
I found this post about it directly helping with gum recession (I just googled oil pulling gum recession):
http://blog.naturalhealthyconcepts.com/2013/10/04/how-to-save-money-at-the-dentist-hint-oil-pulling-works/
Aloha Beth!
Thanks for offering your support here! We are so glad you appreciate and find benefit from using our products! 🙂
Aloha Suzy,
Your situation is very, very common. We have found that awareness/education is the most important piece to the puzzle to navigate the path to greater oral health. (yep, as much as real foodies that we are, food is second! :))
To help you along this path, first let’s cover gum recession. If a person has recession in a specific area, this very well could be from brushing too hard (with a cheap brush). We encourage you to come over to our site and see the magnified photos of the bristles on various toothbrushes. Our specially designed Bass brushes have bristle tips that are polished round to be very gentle and not irritate gum tissue. However, the recession may have deeper implications as 90% of adults over 30 have some active form of gum disease and unfortunately, most people don’t even realize what’s happening or more importantly, how to stop it.
We have created a free video tutorial series titled ‘the 5 Steps to a Healthy Mouth’ that we created to assist people like you who want to know more about how to create positive change in one’s oral health. Here’s a link to the free video series: https://cs151.isrefer.com/go/5-steps/kitchenkop/
With proper care, you will see the sensitivity go away. We have lots and lots of customers who have created their own ‘dental miracles’ caring for their own oral health. If you are sincerely looking for a way to avoid dental surgery, we welcome you to come learn from our site. We have lots of free educational videos and articles there to assist you along your path to optimal oral health.
Hi, I keep the flosser thingies at work and at home, like you was never a flosser because pain in the butt, now I floss twice a day at least, it’s so easy with these. Gums are much better, dentist doesn’t give me grief anymore.
Yes exactly!! 🙂
Kel