Keeping Teeth Healthy Naturally

After stopping the use of fluoridated toothpaste, I used a non-fluoride toothpaste to replace it. The main cleaning ingredient in toothpaste is not fluoride, so it was just as effective at maintaining clean teeth. But after a while I stopped using toothpaste completely. And no, I didn't replace it with something like baking soda.

For a while I became interested in the origins of humans particularly how our diet has evolved. I realised toothpaste was a more recent invention than humans, so there was a time when humans did not use toothpaste. Did their teeth rot? Did a caveman have rotted teeth by the time he was 30, and no teeth when he was 40? Some would argue that humans did not live very long back then, so there was no reason to have teeth last past 40 years. But that does not prove that they must have become diseased and unusable. You can dig up a skull of a 300000 year old human but you can't tell if the teeth were rotten 299960 years ago.

It is also difficult to say now that not using toothpaste will cause your teeth to become unhealthy. Sure, some people do not brush their teeth and when they get older they have bad teeth. That is more likely because common modern diets are not as healthy as what a human in the wild would eat. In the wild there are no chocolate bar trees.

So, how can I keep my teeth clean?
Saliva is good for your teeth. It is better for your teeth if you are a healthy person, and if you don't eat much animal protein because animal protein causes your body to become more acidic which leeches calcium to neutralise it, which is then urinated. Eating more plant foods with calcium will mean you always have a healthy supply of calcium in your saliva. Saliva fights tooth decay and remineralises teeth and can heal small holes in your teeth. Your mouth produces saliva all the time, so it's much better than the 2 minutes you brush your teeth for.

I still brush my teeth. I just don't use toothpaste. I do this after every time I eat. This removes any build up of food and is particularly necessary if you have braces like I do. Some also suggest brushing your teeth before you eat acidic food, such as oranges, to remove bacteria before the acid from the food reaches your teeth.

A human in the wild would not have had a toothbrush to clean his or her teeth. So you are a step ahead of a human in the wild if it worries you that their teeth did decay by the time they are 40. Also remember what a human in the wild would have ate. Plenty of plant food, no dairy, and meat only when an abundance of plant food was unavaiable. Don't expect to have healthy teeth while simply just brushing without toothpaste if your diet is not healthy and free from things such as soft drink.

Do not expect perfect white teeth if you follow this method. White teeth are usually caused by bleaching from toothpaste and coffee. Teeth without bleach that are healthy should be dull white and possibly with slight yellowness to them. Bright white teeth do not mean they are healthy or any healthier than dull white teeth.