My toothpaste burns and is too thick;
Which organically grown ingredients could I use in order to make a foamier, bouncier, more mildly tasting toothpaste?
Spearmint leaves conceivably.
how about baking soda? Dump a little in your hand, scoop it up with a wet brush and brush away. Cleans your teeth, sweetens your breath, cheap, easy to find.
Add in some peroxide solution if you’d like a paste. Just don’t swallow!
Foamy is not neccesary for a toothpaste, and in fact is probably the antithesis of what you’re going to want. “Foamy” in natural goods means “high in saponins” and that means soapy and slippery - what you want is oh-so-gently abrasive without scratching.
I mean, if you’re really hellbent on foamy, you could use pounded soapwort infused water, but it’d taste nasty.
Here’s my recipe for toothpaste. Mix the dry ingredients first, then add the wet, adding the water last. Store it in little jars, like baby food or jelly jars.
1/2 cup bentonite clay
2 “spoonfuls” of baking soda (I don’t measure it - probably 2 Tablespoons)
hefty pinch of fine grained salt (“table salt” is fine, avoid “kosher salt”)
1 spoonful of gylcerine
10-20 drops of essential oils of your choice - peppermint, spearmint, citrus, lemongrass, clove, pine, etc.
1 spoonful of water (you could use spearmint tea, if you like) or more as needed to bring it to the right consistency. Add slowly - 1 drop and you go from just right to just runny.
If you have gum issues, add a 1/2 spoonful of powdered myrrh resin and 1/2 spoonful of propolis granules.
You could try a toothpaste with a different formulation, such as Biotene.
Yeah. That way you’ll still get the benefits of fluoride.
Messy,
I get third degree toothpaste burns to the mouth during brushing. When you’re reading the label, the ingredient you don’t want to see is sodium lauryl sulfate. It’s a foaming agent and causes pain for me. I’ve looked high and low for a dentrifice without it.
Turns out I needed to look to the right. At the kiddy brands. My mouth is full of Lil’ Bratz Superstylin’ Sparkle Gel. No burns, no foamy, and the flavor is sorta minty-bubblegum. Much better than grape flavored Finding Nemo. I haven’t found one that is mint flavored and sans sodium lauryl sulfate. I gladly put up with the nontraditional flavor to avoid the pain.
PS-The major brands children’s toothpastes (Crest, Colgate) have the dreaded ingredient.
You should consult with your dentist.
Yep. Baking soda is good and also helps with that pizza you ate the night before.
High in sodium though. 
My understanding is that while facilitative, toothpaste isn’t necessary. Brushing and rinsing is apparently sufficient.
When I was in middle school, our math teacher read us a book about a kid becoming a millionaire off of making homemade toothpaste…Why she had to read it aloud to us, I don’t know, and what it really had to do with math is beyond me, but I recall being slightly amused by the book and rather liking it. I was 12.
Sorry, that’s what this thread reminded me of. But the book did accurately reflect how one could make homemade toothpaste. Let me see if I can find the book, cuz it was cute, too.
Ah, yes. How I could I forget? The Toothpaste Millionaire. Cute book, and good instructions on making toothpaste. I’m assuming the reason my math teacher read it to us is because it explained supply-demand-cost to us in relatively simple terms, but she could have just been sick of trying to actually teach us anything.
~Tasha
Third degree burns?! You mean the toothpaste actually chars the flesh of your mouth?
Miller,
Yes. Looked like the aftermath of a forest fire in there. Scared dentists and hygienists. Chips and salsa for lunch was much more challenging until the months of hyperbaric treatment were complete.
But I hope you’re asking in jest, just like I used the phrase “third degree burns” for exaggerated humor. Most toothpastes cause me pain. I don’t know why, nor does the dentist. Just one of those interesting variations between people.