Keep reading to find out the pro's and con's of using strawberries as a dental treatment.
Many fruits contain acid, these fruits include oranges, lemons and strawberries.
The acid contained in these fruits have natural bleaching agents, and can effectively bleach or lighten the color of your teeth.
Note, lemons will also lighten the color of your hair.
Will strawberries damage our teeth.
Strawberries bleach our teeth because this fruit contains an acid, this acid will continue to erode and attack the surface of the tooth if not properly cleaned away after using as a teeth cleaning treatment.
The acid in strawberries is a strong cleaning agent for removing stains from teeth, if you brush your teeth immediately with your regular tooth paste, then you will refrain for causing damage to the enamel of the teeth.
Often the strawberry pips will get stuck between the teeth there for brushing and using a mouth wash will leave the teeth feeling clean and sparkling white.
To use the strawberries for whitening your teeth, simply mash the fruit, apply to the tooth brush and brush your teeth as if using your normal tooth paste.
The lighten effects will be noticed immediately, although more noticeable results will appear over time.
This method is safe if you remember to remove all the strawberry residue with mouth wash and brush with regular tooth paste..
There are many home remedies for whitening teeth which are very effective on removing light stains, as we age our teeth will stain more easily.
Not all remedies will work effectively, depends on how difficult and the cause of the stain.