Does Baking Soda Whiten Teeth?

It would be really great to have a million dollar smile. The idea has been thrown around that baking soda can help whiten your teeth. Let’s have a closer look at this and decide whether Baking Soda can whiten our teeth or not. As all of you know, the chemical name of baking soda is Sodium bicarbonate. It can be found naturally in mineral springs and it can also be produced artificially. It dissolves very easily in water.

Baking soda gives your teeth a whiter appearance by removing tough stains. It works to remove dulling plaque and deep stains that are embedded deep in the tooth surface, by dissolving in water in that area. Once it is dissolved in water, baking soda slightly changes its chemical form and gives off free radicals which penetrates the surface of the teeth enamel and combine with stain molecules, breaking carbon bonds, changing stain molecules from a dark color to a clear one. So the teeth become white in color. Yellow and brown stains are easier to change than the grey ones. So technically speaking, baking soda can whiten teeth.

There are plenty of tooth pastes that contain baking soda and you would like to try one of these first. But plain baking soda is readily available and also very cheap. Baking soda can also help to freshen breath, dissolve plaque and prevent decay, along with gently removing the stains, thus helping your teeth to get whiter.

It is a belief that in order to truly whiten your teeth, you must visit a dentist. You can visit a dentist once in six months, for cleaning, lighten and polish of your teeth. But an easier method is to use baking soda at home and you may get the same effect. The most important thing is that don’t forget to visit a dentist once in a while, which will help you to keep your teeth healthy.