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DIY Coconut Oil Tooth Scrub

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This DIY coconut oil toothpaste is made with bentonite clay, baking soda, peppermint essential oil, and stevia!

Homemade Coconut Oil Tooth Scrub from The Coconut Mama

I’ve been using bentonite clay and baking soda to brush my teeth with for years! I love the way my teeth feel after scrubbing them with my tooth powder.

The thing is, my kids don’t really like to brush with my tooth powder. I’ve been working on making a coconut oil toothpaste that they would like. The winning recipe was a paste made with baking soda, bentonite clay, essential oils, green stevia and coconut oil (of course)!

DIY Coconut Oil Tooth Scrub from The Coconut Mama

Why Make Your Own Tooth Paste?

Most commercial tooth pastes contain fluoride, sulfates and chemicals, things I don’t personally want to put in my mouth — or my kids mouths for that matter!

Bentonite clay is naturally cleansing and will bind to toxins and acidic materials in the mouth. It is often used in tooth powder recipes and is known to potentially help remineralize teeth. Baking soda aids in cleaning and coconut oil adds antibacterial and anti-fungal properties to this tooth scrub. Add a few drops of naturally antimicrobial peppermint essential oil and you have a super germ fighting tooth scrub that doesn’t taste so bad…. once you get used to it!

Ingredients

  • 4 Tablespoons Coconut Oil
  • 2 Tablespoons Bentonite Clay
  • 2 Tablespoons Baking Soda
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Natural Green Stevia
  • 10-15 Drops of Peppermint Essential Oil

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients until smooth and blended (I used my food processor to mix them up).
  2. You may add more coconut oil or dry ingredients to create a paste with a texture you prefer. Store in an airtight container.
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This DIY coconut oil toothpaste is made with bentonite clay, baking soda, peppermint essential oil, and stevia!

  • Author: The Coconut Mama

Ingredients

  • 4 Tablespoons Coconut Oil
  • 2 Tablespoons Bentonite Clay
  • 2 Tablespoons Baking Soda
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Natural Green Stevia
  • 10–15 Drops of Peppermint Essential Oil

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients until smooth and blended (I used my food processor to mix them up).
  2. You may add more coconut oil or dry ingredients to create a paste with a texture you prefer. Store in an airtight container.
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About Tiffany Pelkey

Tiffany is the founder of the wellness website Coconut Mama where she spent over a decade creating coconut-inspired recipes and tutorials. Tiffany lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family and works as a freelance writer, recipe creator, and photographer. She studies aromatherapy and herbalism and loves to cook plant-based meals. You can follow Tiffany on Instagram.

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