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		<title>By: Nicole</title>
		<link>http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/08/going-fluoride-free.html/comment-page-3#comment-76907</link>
		<dc:creator>Nicole</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have tried several of your other recipes and have loved them all! Thank you! I recently had a problem with my order on toothpowder and decided enough is enough; it&#039;s too expensive anyway.  I want to try recipe # 2 as it contains baking soda, but I&#039;m wondering if I could use coconut oil instead of the glycerin, as I already have it on hand. Oh, and I am also curious about about the soap dispenser question from SoulEating.  Thank you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have tried several of your other recipes and have loved them all! Thank you! I recently had a problem with my order on toothpowder and decided enough is enough; it&#8217;s too expensive anyway.  I want to try recipe # 2 as it contains baking soda, but I&#8217;m wondering if I could use coconut oil instead of the glycerin, as I already have it on hand. Oh, and I am also curious about about the soap dispenser question from SoulEating.  Thank you!</p>
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		<title>By: Trish</title>
		<link>http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/08/going-fluoride-free.html/comment-page-3#comment-76899</link>
		<dc:creator>Trish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just something to check in to... Glycerin is not good in a toothpaste, as it leaves a sticky coating on your teeth which is difficult to remove, and it prevents your teeth from re-enamelization.

http://www.inspiredliving.com/mouth-care/
http://www.life-enthusiast.com/news/o_dental_health.htm

And this is an interesting article. I&#039;ve heard over &amp; over again that Weston Price claims you can heal a cavity, but no one even said how he achieved his results. Here ya go:
http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/how-i-healed-my-childs-cavity/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just something to check in to&#8230; Glycerin is not good in a toothpaste, as it leaves a sticky coating on your teeth which is difficult to remove, and it prevents your teeth from re-enamelization.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.inspiredliving.com/mouth-care/" rel="nofollow">http://www.inspiredliving.com/mouth-care/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.life-enthusiast.com/news/o_dental_health.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.life-enthusiast.com/news/o_dental_health.htm</a></p>
<p>And this is an interesting article. I&#8217;ve heard over &amp; over again that Weston Price claims you can heal a cavity, but no one even said how he achieved his results. Here ya go:<br />
<a href="http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/how-i-healed-my-childs-cavity/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/how-i-healed-my-childs-cavity/</a></p>
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		<title>By: SoulEating</title>
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		<dc:creator>SoulEating</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is so awesome!  Do you know if recipe 2 can be put into a soap dispenser like the first one?

I&#039;m totally going to be doing this ^^</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is so awesome!  Do you know if recipe 2 can be put into a soap dispenser like the first one?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m totally going to be doing this ^^</p>
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		<title>By: sue</title>
		<link>http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/08/going-fluoride-free.html/comment-page-2#comment-76636</link>
		<dc:creator>sue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been using filtered water, tree tea oil and baking soda that I&#039;ve mixed in a bottle to rinse my mouth out before I floss &amp; brush in the morning.  I haven&#039;t gone to the dentist yet to see if it&#039;s made a difference in my receding gums, but I figure it can&#039;t hurt.   A couple of times when I&#039;ve a sore in my mouth I&#039;ve noticed that it goes away before the end of the day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been using filtered water, tree tea oil and baking soda that I&#8217;ve mixed in a bottle to rinse my mouth out before I floss &amp; brush in the morning.  I haven&#8217;t gone to the dentist yet to see if it&#8217;s made a difference in my receding gums, but I figure it can&#8217;t hurt.   A couple of times when I&#8217;ve a sore in my mouth I&#8217;ve noticed that it goes away before the end of the day.</p>
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		<title>By: Sharon</title>
		<link>http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/08/going-fluoride-free.html/comment-page-2#comment-76599</link>
		<dc:creator>Sharon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am addicted to Weleda&#039;s &quot;Salt Toothpaste.&quot;  It contains tea tree oil as the other active ingredient.

My dental cleanings and check-ups have been quicker, with my hygenist and dentist often commenting on how free of plaque and clean my teeth are.  And the toothpaste makes me feel my teeth feel newly polished at home.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am addicted to Weleda&#8217;s &#8220;Salt Toothpaste.&#8221;  It contains tea tree oil as the other active ingredient.</p>
<p>My dental cleanings and check-ups have been quicker, with my hygenist and dentist often commenting on how free of plaque and clean my teeth are.  And the toothpaste makes me feel my teeth feel newly polished at home.</p>
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		<title>By: faith</title>
		<link>http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/08/going-fluoride-free.html/comment-page-2#comment-76438</link>
		<dc:creator>faith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another idea is to go to etsy (or ebay) and buy a bar of castile soap that is made with water, sodium hydroxide and olive oil.  NO OTHER OILS, just those three ingredients !!!!   Coconut oil when mixed with sodium hydroxide is what gives it that soapy flavor, but if it&#039;s just made with olive oil you don&#039;t get that soapy taste.   Rub your tooth brush on the bar of soap to &quot;load&quot; it and brush your teeth.   It lasts a really LONG time !!!   If you want it flavored find someone who makes it with an essential oil and NOT a flavor oil.  Ask to double check to be safe.  Some sellers don&#039;t know the difference and they are selling what they make.  If your buying it also make sure you get the ingredient list and it only contains those three ingredients instead of a melt and pour soap base made with olive oil or other oils such as coconut oil.    

Dr. Bronners castile liquid soap really ISN&#039;T a true castile soap it&#039;s just a name it&#039;s given which is deceptive to people who don&#039;t know the difference.   Ingredients : Water, Organic Coconut Oil*, Potassium Hydroxide**, Organic Olive Oil*, Organic Hemp Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Citric Acid, Tocopherol 

Castile soap by rights should only have one oil listed and that should be olive oil.   A bastile soap may contain other oils but should have a high percent of olive oil.   The amount of olive oil used in a bastile is up in the air and depends on the maker on what they want to call it.  Although both terms are used very loosely and many people use the names misleading their buyers.   Some soap makers use very little olive oil and still call their soap castile or bastile.   

But getting back to the point, a bar made with 100% olive oil, water and sodium hydroxide makes wonderful tooth s0ap.   Of course if you google &quot;tooth s0ap&quot; (using the 0 instead of an o because the owner of that site is a mental nut case and you don&#039;t want to deal with her and she does search out people who might infringe on her trademark) you can read more.  

Soap is made with lye either sodium hydroxide for bar soap or potassium hydroxide for liquid soap.   Recipes are run through a lye calculator to make sure all the lye goes through a chemical reaction with the oils to make soap.   So no lye remains in the finished product.  I&#039;m also a soapmaker and i also teach soapmaking to others. 

Dr. Bronners castile liquid soap is safe to use for this but because it contains a high amount of coconut oil your going to get that awful soapy taste and it&#039;s going to be foamy/bubbly.

I&#039;ve used tooth s0ap before but I can&#039;t imagine using a recipe with very little actual soap, a lot of baking soda or even one that contained unsaponified oil.  So I think I&#039;ll stick with pure soap, but I just wanted to share another alternative with your readers.  

You can also buy one bar of 100% olive oil castile soap and small containers, and cut up the bar of soap purchased so each family member has their own tooth s0ap in a labeled container.   Just for the ewwww factor of sharing a bar of soap to brush your teeth. 

Anywho good luck and have fun !!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another idea is to go to etsy (or ebay) and buy a bar of castile soap that is made with water, sodium hydroxide and olive oil.  NO OTHER OILS, just those three ingredients !!!!   Coconut oil when mixed with sodium hydroxide is what gives it that soapy flavor, but if it&#8217;s just made with olive oil you don&#8217;t get that soapy taste.   Rub your tooth brush on the bar of soap to &#8220;load&#8221; it and brush your teeth.   It lasts a really LONG time !!!   If you want it flavored find someone who makes it with an essential oil and NOT a flavor oil.  Ask to double check to be safe.  Some sellers don&#8217;t know the difference and they are selling what they make.  If your buying it also make sure you get the ingredient list and it only contains those three ingredients instead of a melt and pour soap base made with olive oil or other oils such as coconut oil.    </p>
<p>Dr. Bronners castile liquid soap really ISN&#8217;T a true castile soap it&#8217;s just a name it&#8217;s given which is deceptive to people who don&#8217;t know the difference.   Ingredients : Water, Organic Coconut Oil*, Potassium Hydroxide**, Organic Olive Oil*, Organic Hemp Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Citric Acid, Tocopherol </p>
<p>Castile soap by rights should only have one oil listed and that should be olive oil.   A bastile soap may contain other oils but should have a high percent of olive oil.   The amount of olive oil used in a bastile is up in the air and depends on the maker on what they want to call it.  Although both terms are used very loosely and many people use the names misleading their buyers.   Some soap makers use very little olive oil and still call their soap castile or bastile.   </p>
<p>But getting back to the point, a bar made with 100% olive oil, water and sodium hydroxide makes wonderful tooth s0ap.   Of course if you google &#8220;tooth s0ap&#8221; (using the 0 instead of an o because the owner of that site is a mental nut case and you don&#8217;t want to deal with her and she does search out people who might infringe on her trademark) you can read more.  </p>
<p>Soap is made with lye either sodium hydroxide for bar soap or potassium hydroxide for liquid soap.   Recipes are run through a lye calculator to make sure all the lye goes through a chemical reaction with the oils to make soap.   So no lye remains in the finished product.  I&#8217;m also a soapmaker and i also teach soapmaking to others. </p>
<p>Dr. Bronners castile liquid soap is safe to use for this but because it contains a high amount of coconut oil your going to get that awful soapy taste and it&#8217;s going to be foamy/bubbly.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve used tooth s0ap before but I can&#8217;t imagine using a recipe with very little actual soap, a lot of baking soda or even one that contained unsaponified oil.  So I think I&#8217;ll stick with pure soap, but I just wanted to share another alternative with your readers.  </p>
<p>You can also buy one bar of 100% olive oil castile soap and small containers, and cut up the bar of soap purchased so each family member has their own tooth s0ap in a labeled container.   Just for the ewwww factor of sharing a bar of soap to brush your teeth. </p>
<p>Anywho good luck and have fun !!!</p>
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		<title>By: Me Me</title>
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		<dc:creator>Me Me</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All the Jason&#039;s brands that I&#039;ve seen have glycerin.  I used it on my daughter&#039;s teeth to negative effects. This caused me to check the label. GLYCERIN in every single tube.  Please check label to ensure that it doesn&#039;t have glycerin.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All the Jason&#8217;s brands that I&#8217;ve seen have glycerin.  I used it on my daughter&#8217;s teeth to negative effects. This caused me to check the label. GLYCERIN in every single tube.  Please check label to ensure that it doesn&#8217;t have glycerin.</p>
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		<title>By: Crystal</title>
		<link>http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/08/going-fluoride-free.html/comment-page-2#comment-74918</link>
		<dc:creator>Crystal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>from what I understand the only filter that get&#039;s rid of fluoride is the Berkey</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>from what I understand the only filter that get&#8217;s rid of fluoride is the Berkey</p>
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		<title>By: Julie</title>
		<link>http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/2008/08/going-fluoride-free.html/comment-page-2#comment-74315</link>
		<dc:creator>Julie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you&#039;ve got the time to brush for 5min I read (from a dentist I believe) that brushing with a dry brush &amp; no toothpaste for 5min is just as effective (or more) than 2min w/toothpaste.
Haven&#039;t tried it yet, but thinking about it after reading these posts.  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;ve got the time to brush for 5min I read (from a dentist I believe) that brushing with a dry brush &amp; no toothpaste for 5min is just as effective (or more) than 2min w/toothpaste.<br />
Haven&#8217;t tried it yet, but thinking about it after reading these posts.  <img src='http://www.passionatehomemaking.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Steffie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steffie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Absolutely!!!!!! It actually has many many health benefits. Don&#039;t believe everything they tell you....don&#039;t believe any of it actually.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely!!!!!! It actually has many many health benefits. Don&#8217;t believe everything they tell you&#8230;.don&#8217;t believe any of it actually.</p>
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