ToothPaste Ingredients, Safety Ratings - Natural Alternatives to Enzyme and Mineral Supplements

The ingredient danger rating of Tom's Fluoride free toothpaste is much lower than Colgates. The ingredient that is rated as least safe in Tom's is Zinc Citrate Trihydrate. 

I looked through the ingredient list of a number of calcium+magnesium+zinc supplements and noticed that they vary widely in the type of zinc. Some actually don't use zinc at all. Instead they use oils that are high in zinc such as peanut oil. 

This is not the first time I noticed this. CQ10 is available as a supplement. If you look at the ingredient list of a CQ10 supplement you will notice that it is rice bran oil. Thats how I found out about rice bran oil. Its much much cheaper when purchased in the grocery section.

EWG.org's online cosmetic and oral care ingredient database will be useful to determine the safety of Beauty Bar mouthwash. I believe ewg.org will do a free safety rating of products. However the marketing of mouthwash and the regulations that control it are complicated and a legal nightmare.


Toms of Maine Hazardous Ingredients

http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/product/479404/Tom%27s_of_Maine_Antiplaque_%26_Whitening%2C_Fluoride-Free_Natural_Toothpaste%2C_Fennel/

Mineralized Oils challenge mainstream mouthwash market

Homemade mouthwashes could lead to a new trend in the mouthwash market. Today people are mixing minerals with oils as an alternative to mouthwash. Oil pulling, which is essentially rinsing with sesame oil is very popular on the Internet. If one looks a little further, one will find those that mix oil with clay to make toothpaste or mouthwash. 

The big questions is do these alternative mouthwashes work and if they do, why? To answer these questions, one place to look is the mineral content of oils and clays.  There are several minerals that are known to help bone and tissue health. These include magnesium, silica and zinc. 

If a mouthwash or toothpaste has these minerals it may well help nutritionalize the mouth. To what degree is an open question. However, it is not only mineral content of these homemade mouthwashes that may help improve dental health or stop decay, but also the pH level of these mouthwashes. Bacteria in the mouth emit lactic acid which tends to lower the pH level (make more acidic) of the mouth.  On the other hand, solutions that are high in minerals tend to increase the pH level (make less acidic). Bacteria, like all living organisms,  require a healthy environment to live.  Environments that are high in pH, such as a baking soda solution or just plain mineral water, may make it more difficult for harmful bacteria to survive. 

On the other hand, there are bacteria that don't emit lactic acid and are considered beneficial to your health.  For example, yogurt is sometimes done to replenish the supply of good bacteria in the mouth. 

Still where does this put the mainstream mouthwash companies. Well many are making new concoctions that have natural ingredients. On the other hand, one has to wonder if the profit margins on these products will allow for mouthwashes or toothpastes with a high enough mineral content to be effective. 

Editorial Calendar: Summer, 2015

Over the summer, Alternative Dentistry News  will focuse on the nutritional and chemical content of toothpaste and mouthwash ingredients. Individual, companies and organizations that would like to have their article proposals,  press releases, and web pages featured in Alternative Dentistry News email your submissions to the editor, mark.c.stansberry@gmail.com

Summer 2015 Editorial Calendar

• Mineralized Oils, Just How Effective, Ingredient Analysis
• New Designer Toothpastes Promising Cavity Free Future 
• Toxicology of mouthwash ingredients ,,,, Just how dangerous are they ........natural mouthwash ingredients versus traditional ingredients
• RDA Minerals Found in Toothpastes 
• PH and Oral Health
• Homemade Mouthwash and Toothpaste Treatments 
• Beauty Bars: Just what are they
• Manuka Honey emerges as new ingredient for alternative toothpastes. 
• The economic impact of dental health on the consumer

Pain Free Cavity Treatments

Author Contact: Mark Stansberry, BookMarkTutoring.com, Pain Free Cavity Treatments, July 6, 2015


If you are afraid of drills and dentists, you might want to consider pain free cavity treatments. There are two pain free cavity treatments that you can opt for. One uses lasers and requires a dentist to administer and the other is a self-healing treatment.

The Solea Laser Occlusion Preparation treatment from Convergent Dental, Inc., according to the Gold Edison award winning company is "the world’s first computer-aided, CO2 laser system to ever be cleared by the FDA for both hard and soft tissue indications."

The company reports on its web site "that Solea dentists are experiencing efficiency gains of 25% – 40%, enabling them to routinely perform six or more additional procedures per day." The company also reports such efficiency gains are obtained without anesthesia and that there is "no need to inject patients or wait for them to get numb.


The product was introduced in June of 2015 and dentists are now offering the Solea Laser Occlusion Preparation Treatment at various locations throughout the United States (see their find a dentist page at http://www.convergentdental.com/find-a-dentist/).


The other alterative is a self-healing nutritional treatment. These type of treatments  are based on high density mineral, protien and vitamin washes that are administered on regular basis throughout the day. Most of the treatments involve mixing calcium, magnesium, zinc and silica mineral tablets (available from most health food stores) with everyday oils such as coconut oil, rice bran oil or sesame seed oil.

Whats interesting about high density nutritional mouth washes is that the ingredients, since they are just a mix of necessary nutrients and edible oils,  appear to be relativelly safe. Some might argue that these ingredients are much safer than what is found in the most popular mouth washes and tooth paste.


Whether or not these mouth washes treatment alone can stop the progress of decay and remineralize a tooth such that the pain from a cavity will stop is an open question. And that's because the progress of decay depends on a person's diet and a number of other factors. Such treatments are also said to often require that the patient stop the consumption of foods that are high in sugar content as well as go on a very high nutrition diet.

Whats different about the mineral mouth wash idea is that it takes the ideas of Dr Weston Price one step further. Dr. Weston Price recommends  a diet with silica and magnesium supplements or foods that are rich in silica and magnesium (http://healthwyze.org/index.php/component/content/article/646-how-to-cure-cavities.html)

Mineral mouth wash theory, on the other hand,  is based on the assumption that the mouth and the teeth will absorb minerals at a much faster rate then if they are just swallowed. For example, some vitamins are often administered under the tongue (See The Advantages of Sublingual Vitamin B-12, http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/advantages-sublingual-vitamin-b12-9022.html). This in turn according to the theory will allow for the faster remineralization of the teeth.

Nutritional dental healing theory also ascribes to the creation of an oral environment that does not encourage the growth of cavity causing bacteria. Some take this to practice by including foods such as yogurt, garlic and lots of different spices.


Warning:Always consult a qualified health care provider and nutritionist to help you evaluate different formulas and alternatives to traditional dental methods.  Also read the directions and warnings on vitamin and mineral supplements. Although some treatment methods work well for some people, they may not be suitable or applicable to your dental problem or your specific life style or be safe if you have a medical condition. There are numerous environmental and physical conditions that effect tooth decay, oral health and efficacy of treatments. Among them are diet, water, general physical health, methodology and application of dental treatment, exercise and even air quality.