Powders
Holy Naturals Tooth Powder $10.99
Bee-Och Flouride-Free Tooth Powder $14 – $42
Pastes
Bubble & Bee Organic Alkalizing Toothpaste $11.95
(glass packaging, paste in jar)
Our Vetting Standards
• No nano hydroxyapatite
• No silica/silicon dioxide/hydrated silica
• No sorbitol
• No colloidal silver
• No ingredients with the potential to form nitrosamines
• No titanium dioxide
• No activated charcoal
• No essential oils on our “avoid” list like wintergreen, cinnamon bark, or basil
Notes about Toothpaste
Keep in mind that toothpaste has one simple job: to clean your teeth. The above products are not drugs and cannot prevent any medical conditions, including cavities. Only fluoride has gone through the drug approval process to be proven to prevent cavities. However, even flouride toothpastes can’t prevent cavities if your oral health is compromised.
Cavities are mostly caused by a strain of bacteria called streptococcus mutans. As it feeds on simple sugars stuck to the tooth surface, it produces acid, which then starts to dissolve the enamel. As the bacteria colonizes, a cavity develops. S. mutans loves acid and thrives in it. However a different bacteria called s. sanguinis is protective – it fights off s. mutans and thrives in more alkaline conditions. So keeping the mouth alkaline also supports this healthy oral microbiome.
Swishing with baking soda and salt throughout the day will act as an antiseptic and alkalizing agent. S. mutans (the bad guy) HATES salt. Absolutely hates salt. So swishing with salt water and baking soda will support a healthy microbiome and natural remineralization if you have enough calcium in your saliva.
Saliva production and calcium content can be impaired by health conditions or medications. So if you know that you have dry mouth or medications that might interfere with your calcium status (thyroid and parathyroid control these levels) that’s when you may need medical intervention and weigh the risks vs. the benefits for artificial remineralizing treatments like fluoride.
Hydroxyapatite has not gone through the drug approval process and has not been proven to remineralize teeth.