Ever Thought of Using Natural Whitening Toothpaste?

We are all figuring out our new normal and when it comes to working in the dental realm of healthcare I think we all have things to learn.  For myself, I am now at least excited about something that has come from the dreaded year of the pandemic.  One huge thing that happened was the rage of charcoal has taken off. It popped up on TickTock and people started using it everywhere.  It is most definitely possible I am a few years behind the times, but it seems like dental hygiene has really been pushed during the pandemic.  It is honestly been a fun trend to see on social media and the use of charcoal as a tooth whitener has been one of the craziest trends and something that is actually useful too.  So I want to dive into how I got into it.

No joke it was the TickTock trend that my wife found that set me off on my own journey. People would jump in and out of view and show their mouths blackened by charcoal.  It was pretty wild and pretty nasty. People took things way too far, but the trend was that it seemed to work.  There were countless videos showing blackened smiles and what was fun to see was the aftermath.  The Instagram posts and before and after views from one to two months were actually shocking.  It seemed that normal people were actually getting their teeth really white by blackening them down with charcoal every day.  It was a wild sight and in all honesty, I didn't believe this was a possibility and was just paid to advertise.  So it finally won me over.

The cost was just about the same and I searched a lot of different places to find a good charcoal toothpaste for me.   I wanted one that still protected my teeth.  It looked like a basic draw between the brands and I was not really sure if  I was going to buy this as a long-term solution. My honest worry was that this was simply a gimmick and was not going to protect my teeth.  That means that I was truly afraid to purchase this and use it on a regular basis. It looked like it was successful after months of use, but having a better smile for the cost of bad teeth is simply not worth it to me. The risk was still there so I decided to only brush half the time with it. 

I think safe is better than sorry so it only got my nighttime brush.  So it has been a process for me and each morning I brush my teeth with my normal toothpaste and then at night I get to see my mouth go black.  It really is fun, but be careful where you spit the toothpaste. It is black and it seems to stain things if not washed quickly. This is a big deal if you have kids.  Make sure to not let them ruin your home by brushing their teeth. It is an easy way to get them to brush due to the fun blackness that it causes, but wow can it be a mess. So take that with a grain of salt. I hope you get to use this and see if it works for you as it did for me.