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[absent minded]

Has anyone heard of this idea? It has to be plain bar soap with no additives or anything. Like Ivory's

"The classic, 99 44/100% pure formula contains no heavy perfumes or lotions so it leaves your skin feeling naturally clean with a light, Ivory-clean smell. Discover the consistent quality and value that have made Ivory the leading pure soap on the market for decades." Is this the type of soap ??

Edited by absent minded, 22 December 2011 - 12:28 AM.

[niner]

I always wondered what the other .56% was. Thorium? Brushing teeth with soap sounds pretty awful. You can brush teeth using nothing but water. The toothbrush does a pretty decent job by itself. I do that sometimes.

[Ark]

I've heard of people making there own tooth paste, maybe you could add baking soda?

[absent minded]

I forgot exactly what I was googling when I stumbled upon this idea, probably from a forum as usual. Then I started googling the idea, but based on google results the idea seems pretty obscure, or I'm simply not using the proper keywords, or maybe I'm the type who really needs -racetams

http://www.ehow.com/...tooth-soap.html This one says just bar soap, no further details mentioned other than avoiding liquid soap.

http://www.canadafre...es-health/32710 This guy simply says to use plain bar soap. But what niner says, what's in the other .56% ? For what it's worth, here is the ingredients on the ivory "pure" soap:

Sodium Tallowate and/or Sodium Palmate
Water
Sodium Cocoate and/or Sodium Palm Kernelate
GLYCERIN :-((
Sodium Chloride
Fragrance
Coconut Acid*
Palm Kernel Acid*
Tallow Acid*
Palm Acid*
Tetrasodium EDTA

*Contains one or more of these ingredients.


http://focusden.com/...lthy-teeth.html This website redirects to a store selling toothpaste.

"Dr. Judd says that lightly brushing with bar soap (NOT LIQUID SOAP) is the proper way to clean teeth and gums. Soap takes oils and other items off the teeth effectively and cleans them perfectly. He says that acids from foods are the real cause of cavities, not so much sugar. Thats why Dr. Judd recommends that we rinse our mouth with a little water each time we eat to immediately rinse off the enamel damaging acids from our teeth."

I'm wondering if the small 0.56% of unknowns is worth the risk. Is simply water and baking soda the widely accepted practice over here? This site says to mix absorbic acid with baking soda and water and then drinking it :o http://100777.com/health/teethcare So much info, lots of googling to do.

I wonder what the dentists' justification is for adding glycerin to toothpaste? I'm not actually big on keeping my teeth in awesome condition, I just want to nullify the effects of drinking too much coffee has on my teeth. So maybe water+baking soda is all I need? I already take D3 and magnesium... dunno if the calcium in milk is good enough.

http://100777.com/health/teethcare
"Submitted by Steve (not verified) on August 4, 2011 - 04:00

All commercial soaps are loaded with toxic ingredients. Finally, I don't think you need to take supplements. Calcium is especially hazardous. Happy brushing." --Anyone want to substantiate that? lol.

I get some calcium from calcium carbonate in my mineral complex, and another 200 from the magnesium malate. Dunno if the label is mentioning calcium total weight or total weight of the compound that includes the carbonate part.

Edited by absent minded, 23 December 2011 - 05:01 PM.

[niner]

As far as I know there aren't any bar soaps that are made to be edible. The glycerin is probably ok; any time you eat dietary fats and oils, they are eventually broken down in the body to glycerine and fatty acids. The thing that worries me in the Ivory is the tetrasodium EDTA. EDTA will bind calcium like crazy, and might therefore leach it from teeth. I'd really stay away from it. Personally, I use ordinary commercial toothpaste, and sometimes just plain water.

Calcium is especially hazardous? Maybe if you overdo it and are vitamin D or K deficient. Most people need D, K, magnesium, fish oil and iodine.

[Danail Bulgaria]

Since there are so many toothpastes today, what is the meaning of brushing Your teeth with soap?

[absent minded]

i have no idea, just something obscure i found on the net, so i came here to see for opinions

BTW, i just realized how grammatically confusing the title is

[Chupo]

It's supposed to help the teeth to remineralize. I heard about it after a co-worker's dentist recommended it to her. You can get flavored tooth soap here: http://toothsoap.com

I just use Kirk's Castle bar soap now. The ingredients are: coconut soap, water, vegetable glycerin, coconut oil, natural fragrance.