Is using baking soda effective in whitening teeth?

Philippines
March 11, 2011 4:02pm CST
Is it true that baking soda is effective in making teeth whiter? Are there side effects? I don't like my teeth getting damaged by baking soda power XD
3 responses
@wiggles18 (2506)
• Canada
11 Mar 11
Baking soda is a very fine abrasive. Guess what is in toothpaste, which does the cleaning, fine silica (sand like). Don't worry about damaging your teeth with baking soda, unless you brush your teeth when you don't have any plaque on them, with it, you should be fine.
• Philippines
11 Mar 11
Thank you. I'll try using baking soda to whiten my teeth. What amount of baking soda do I neeed? Well, I don't like to be excessive in using baking soda :)
@wiggles18 (2506)
• Canada
11 Mar 11
Just dab a wet toot brush in a pile of baking soda and that will be enough :D
@edsss17 (4394)
• Philippines
12 Mar 11
you mean, we use the baking soda as the toothpaste?
@flapiz (22427)
• United Kingdom
24 Mar 11
Even my dentist recommended baking soda to me to whiten my teeth so i guess it's okay.
@flapiz (22427)
• United Kingdom
20 May 11
Well Yeah office bleaching technique yields good result. But it is not very affordable in our place though.
19 Sep 12
Definatly!I whitened my teeth alot of times with baking soda,even my dentist recommends it! It works like magic,just mix with water and use after brushing.My teeth have never looked so perfect before,just remember not to over use it,as too much of everything is bad.