the average UK citizen will brush their
teeth over 40,000 times in a lifetime
using a staggering 80 litres of
toothpaste and it’s like a routine part
of our everyday lives but the only time
we think about it is when it runs out
now that’s a shame because toothpaste is
fascinating stuff tooth care remedies
have been around for thousands of years
the world’s oldest surviving formula is
Egyptian and it was made from mint
flowers salt and pepper it dates to the
fifth century AD and by all accounts it
worked very well although it did have
the nasty side effect of making your
gums bleed having said that it was far
less hazardous than some 20th century
brands in the Second World War German
scientists from the nuclear industry
developed a radioactive toothpaste with
thorium for their domestic home market
it clings it kills germs it’s
radioactive fantastic now why didn’t
that catch on so thorium wasn’t a great
idea but other additives were much more
successful in 1901 a dentist in Colorado
Springs noticed that locals had far
fewer cavities than was the norm
the reason was eventually tracked down
to high natural levels of fluoride in
the water from this basic observation
fluoride quickly became the dental
wonder additive of choice so what goes
into modern toothpaste and how does it
work well the number one ingredient is
something abrasive you know something to
scrub your pearly whites for this
toothpaste manufacturers typically use
baking soda or chalk or even silica
which is a refined type of sand then
many ad whitener flavouring something to
make it foam something to bind it all
together and finally fluoride now did
you know you can make your own
toothpaste out of simple household
ingredients for this recipe all you need
to do is mix three tablespoons of baking
soda with one tablespoon of salt
then add three teaspoons of glycerine
mix them all together with a dash of
water and finally add one teaspoon of
peppermint and hey presto Do It Yourself
toothpaste for a proper test of its
effectiveness I’m going to stain my
teeth with licorice I have some very
sugary pop now further madder tree
now my teeth feel awful so let’s put
this homemade toothpaste to the test
okay
go cheerfully feel good so what better
it tastes cotton minty slow abrasive is
incredibly salty what it clinging my
treat oh well so much better and
hopefully my teeth look a bit cleaner
hmm
homemade toothpaste it works
teeth over 40,000 times in a lifetime
using a staggering 80 litres of
toothpaste and it’s like a routine part
of our everyday lives but the only time
we think about it is when it runs out
now that’s a shame because toothpaste is
fascinating stuff tooth care remedies
have been around for thousands of years
the world’s oldest surviving formula is
Egyptian and it was made from mint
flowers salt and pepper it dates to the
fifth century AD and by all accounts it
worked very well although it did have
the nasty side effect of making your
gums bleed having said that it was far
less hazardous than some 20th century
brands in the Second World War German
scientists from the nuclear industry
developed a radioactive toothpaste with
thorium for their domestic home market
it clings it kills germs it’s
radioactive fantastic now why didn’t
that catch on so thorium wasn’t a great
idea but other additives were much more
successful in 1901 a dentist in Colorado
Springs noticed that locals had far
fewer cavities than was the norm
the reason was eventually tracked down
to high natural levels of fluoride in
the water from this basic observation
fluoride quickly became the dental
wonder additive of choice so what goes
into modern toothpaste and how does it
work well the number one ingredient is
something abrasive you know something to
scrub your pearly whites for this
toothpaste manufacturers typically use
baking soda or chalk or even silica
which is a refined type of sand then
many ad whitener flavouring something to
make it foam something to bind it all
together and finally fluoride now did
you know you can make your own
toothpaste out of simple household
ingredients for this recipe all you need
to do is mix three tablespoons of baking
soda with one tablespoon of salt
then add three teaspoons of glycerine
mix them all together with a dash of
water and finally add one teaspoon of
peppermint and hey presto Do It Yourself
toothpaste for a proper test of its
effectiveness I’m going to stain my
teeth with licorice I have some very
sugary pop now further madder tree
now my teeth feel awful so let’s put
this homemade toothpaste to the test
okay
go cheerfully feel good so what better
it tastes cotton minty slow abrasive is
incredibly salty what it clinging my
treat oh well so much better and
hopefully my teeth look a bit cleaner
hmm
homemade toothpaste it works
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