You may be leery of some of the ingredients in commercially-sold toothpaste. So you might want to consider some natural options to accompany your tooth brushing. The following guide will go over a few natural oral enhancers that you may want to add to your oral regimen.

Baking Soda

The first thing you may want to try is a homemade baking soda paste to brush your teeth. Baking soda is naturally abrasive and should help scrape off some of the food residue that might get stuck on the surface of your teeth. Another great thing about baking soda is its high pH value, which helps control the amount of oral pathogens in your mouth. This is simply because bacteria tend to flourish in acidic environments, which baking soda helps to neutralize.

To use this technique, just mix a spoonful of baking soda and a little water to make it paste-like. Use this paste as you would your regular toothpaste.

Twig Cleaner

This one might seem a little strange, but it turns out that a tree twig may help clean your teeth. For one, the twig can be peeled, which exposes bristles. These can help scrape off food and other types of particles that might be on your teeth or tongue. You will need to prepare the twig (called a miswak) before use.

Another great thing about this twig is that it contains some antibacterial properties, like tannic acids or fluoride that should help decrease the amount of harmful pathogens in your mouth.

Strawberry

Another, somewhat strange, option you have at your disposal is using one mashed strawberry. You just have to remove the crown, and mix it with baking soda to make it paste-like. You can use this mush just as you would any other toothpaste. The reason that this works is because strawberries contain small seeds that should help scrape off any foreign particles on your teeth.

Strawberries are also rich in malic acid, which is an active ingredient that helps activate your salivary glands. Your saliva contains several enzymes that help kill bacteria and remineralize your teeth.

Be sure you remember that these options are only meant to assist with basic dental hygiene. This does not replace your dentist's advice nor does it mean that you can cure any dental ailments. Be sure to talk to a dentist like Milan Simanek DDS so that he or she can help monitor your teeth's reaction to this change.