Yes.: Baking soda is safe. But baking soda alone contains no fluoride, so there is no point in brushing with pure baking soda. Fluoride toothpaste will help strengthen the enamel and make them more resistant to cavities, so its important to always use toothpaste with fluoride.
Answered 6/8/2015
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Why?: There a plenty of high quality ada approved Fluoride toothpastes on the market, so there is no need to use baking soda to brush your teeth. Baking soda was used years ago when there was no otc toothpaste.
Answered 9/29/2017
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Baking Soda?: While safe to rinse with to neutralize acid in your mouth, the baking soda should not be used to brush your teeth. It works as an abrasive, much like coarse sandpaper vs fine grit sand paper. I discourage the use of baking soda... Even in toothpaste as i feel it is too abrasive for teeth.
Answered 12/1/2017
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