The Healthy Chickk

I’m about to say something controversial in the holistic, crunchy community: Natural toothpaste is a literal scam. WHOA! No I’m not going back to crest, but to be honest, I wouldn’t blame you if you did! I will say, mouth taping has helped improve my oral care tremendously, you need to take care of that precious saliva in your mouth! ANYWAYS, natural toothpaste just…. sucks! All those toothpastes that go viral with all the crunchy influencers pushing toothpastes like RISEWELL and David’s. Let me tell you something, they are HORRIBLE for your teeth. Don’t believe me? Go look up the hundreds of personal stories from people with their oral health going down the freaking drain! I started realizing this was a huge issue when I used BOKA and BITE. Oh yes, the famous hydroxyapatite (HA). Why HA can be helpful, it can be EXTREMELY problematic, especially NANO-HA. Other abrasives that are problematic are calcium carbonate and baking soda. Listen, you should not be SCRUBBING YOUR TEETH with these ingredients. I just can’t believe I’m learning about this now… I’m MORTIFIED!!!! I’m so mortified, I completely stopped using tooth paste. I’m in the process of switching out my toothbrush as well for a more gentler one, while still sticking to silk floss and tongue scraping.

Okay Amira, you’re not using toothpaste, so what the heck are you using then? Well I’m using coconut oil! I think quality here matters and you can get a good jar of quality coconut oil for even a cheaper price than these crazy expensive toothpastes. (Can I say I’m relieved I don’t have to spend $15-$30 on oral products that are ruining my mouth?). I love Wildly Organic Coconut oil. Why? Because of the process they use to extract their coconut oil. Did you know coconut oil can be MOLDY? A lot of brands using moldy dried coconuts to make their coconut oil, even ORGANIC!! Let me just barf at the food industry as a whole…Eh. Wildly doesn’t make their coconut oil from moldy coconuts.

I was scared. I’m not going to lie. “what is going to happen to my teeth?” Can I tell you something? I started noticing enamel erosion (literally holes/gaps) in the back of my bottom two from teeth. My breath was also horrible. My gums were so inflamed and bleeding like crazy when I flossed. And this is crazy coming from someone who brushes their teeth twice a day, flosses, and tongue scrapes. I also was raised on spring water and eat a nutritious diet. SO HOW THE HECK WAS THIS HAPPENING? I literally couldn’t use anything worse. My son’s teeth also started looking like the enamel was eroding and I just kept thinking we were brushing well enough. And when I saw some people in my community posting stories about these toothpastes, I WAS SOOO OUT! It’s been a week. A WEEK!! And guess what?

My teeth feel amazing. I can floss without my gums bleeding? Yup. My breath doesn’t smell? How did using toothpaste cause oral issues toothpaste was supposed to help with? My teeth are also whiter! LIKE WHAT THE ABSOLUTE HECK!

Here’s My oral routine currently transition away from toothpastes:

• Less than 1 TBSP of Wildly Organic Unrefined Coconut Oil to oil pull for 5-10 minutes
• Apply 1/2 tsp to top of toothbrush, and brush whole mouth for about 1 minute *Please spit in trash*
• Then I rinse my mouth with an Aloe mouth wash mixed with 1 tsp of Mineral Sea Salt

I am currently adding in a Curaprox velvet toothbrush (the softer the bristles the better it is for your enamel! Don’t wear that enamel down!) and a miswak. I want to write an entire blog on just miswak alone. This is an ancient practice of oral care that has been lost amongst the modern world that is transformative for your whole oral care! I WILL BE POSTING AN UPDATE IN A MONTH AFTER USING EVERYTHING! Healthy Oral Care is just self care for your entire health, don’t neglect it!

Love,

The Healthy Chickk