The effect of brushing with baking soda:

In short, brushing with baking soda may play a certain "whitening" effect, but long-term use may cause damage to the teeth themselves. It is recommended that you try it occasionally, but not for long periods of time.

The specific method of baking soda brushing:

One is to brush the teeth when the baking soda (edible alkali) sprinkled in the toothpaste, and then brush the teeth; the second is to use the baking soda and salt and then add a little water mix mixing and stirring, with a toothbrush dabbed with when the toothpaste used.

Baking soda brushing teeth whitening principle:

Baking soda brushing teeth is only the role of cleaning, can not make teeth white. Brushing is not white, the reason why white is because of brushing in addition to tartar on the surface of the teeth, pigmentation and other visual effects. Baking soda is a slightly corrosive cleaning agent, is an excellent natural "tooth powder". Adding a little baking soda to toothpaste can neutralize odors and act as a whitener. In fact, this is the same as using salt to brush your teeth, mainly through physical friction to whiten your teeth.

The effect of brushing with baking soda:

In principle, brushing with baking soda will not have an effect on the gums and mouth. Because when baking soda meets water, it will dissolve quickly, and after people eat, most of the oral environment is acidic, baking soda meets acid, it will form carbonic acid (carbon dioxide + water) and sodium ions, which are three kinds of substances, all of which are not harmful to the oral cavity.

However, baking soda itself is an alkaline substance, and long-term use of alkaline stuff to brush your teeth will damage tooth enamel and destroy dentin. And the main ingredient of baking soda is sodium bicarbonate, more sodium in the body will have a bad effect on the body.