Smiling bright
Is it possible to whiten your teeth naturally? Avoiding coffee and red wine is, dare I say it, a boring and bleak way to keep your choppers pearly white. But getting teeth professionally whitened can be an expensive and often daunting process. We test out a few natural teeth whitening practices and see how they stack up against their clinical counterparts.
Activated charcoal
Activated charcoal is a fine-grain powder made from wood, coconut shells and other natural substances that have been oxidised under extreme heat. When added to toothpaste, the activated charcoal claims to bind to stains, tartar and bacteria and absorb surface stains. I used an activated charcoal toothpaste twice a day for one month. Thankfully, the
