Baking Soda in lieu of toothpaste?
Aug 22, 2006 | 10:15 am
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Baking Soda in lieu of toothpaste?
Any bans yet on generic white powdery substances in carryons yet? I'm flying out tomorrow, and I'll probably just get a small tube of toothpaste when I land, but I'm also considering just packing a small baggie of baking soda. Sure it's bitter as all get out, but I've used it in a pinch before. Is this still permitted - and any tips on how not have confused with other white powdery substances?
Aug 22, 2006 | 10:34 am
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Baking soda works fine; I have brought it on flights without a problem. I make sure that the hotel gives me a mouthwash with fluoride!
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Aug 23, 2006 | 2:17 pm
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Or you can try tooth powder from your local health food store. I believe some have floride in them, but most don't. I just bought a bottle of eco-dent tooth powder. It actually seems to work pretty good, but I think it is a taste that will take some getting used to. (tasted like salt) In the meantime, I am seriously considering smuggling on board the SQ sized tubes of toothpaste. They are so small that I don't think any screener is going to be able to see it on the screen.
Sep 4, 2006 | 9:05 am
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I checked out the tooth powders at Whole Foods yesterday. All of them have baking soda as primary ingredient. And they are hugely more expensive than baking soda. I suppose they have the advantage of coming in a little bottle with the tooth powder label.
Sep 4, 2006 | 10:20 am
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I spoke to a dentist on this topic last week. I was cautioned that baking soda can excoriate (her term) the surface enamel, so it should be used sparingly. Funny, soot is better!
Sep 4, 2006 | 10:29 am
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in box?
You could possibly bring the smallest box of baking soda you can buy, so it
will be in its original package and thus obviously what it is. On the other hand,
I hope none of the TSA types has taken HS chemistry, because with a bit of
acidic soda, you could make a not-very-dangerous explosion.
--LG
will be in its original package and thus obviously what it is. On the other hand,
I hope none of the TSA types has taken HS chemistry, because with a bit of
acidic soda, you could make a not-very-dangerous explosion.
--LG
Sep 4, 2006 | 12:59 pm
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Sticking a small (esp close to empty) tube in your pocket has served me well. Tooth powder is junk. I bought some in a hippie co-op. It is 98% baking soda, which is like taking a table spoon of salt in your mouth and no fluoride......
Eco-dent has SLS, which is bad.
Eco-dent has SLS, which is bad.
Sep 4, 2006 | 9:15 pm
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Straight off the shelf baking soda is not good for your teeth. The particle size is much smaller than what you find in tooth poweder and has a real sand paper effect. (family member once worked on developing a tooth power product)
Sep 4, 2006 | 10:56 pm
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You aren't allowed do that take toothpaste beyond checkpoint due to security measures. You should need placed into checked baggage before when you are flying out do discard from toothpaste and etc.
Sep 4, 2006 | 10:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Palal
Get a small tube of toothpaste in a non-metallic container and put it in your pocket. Move it to your carry-on after clearing security.
Sep 5, 2006 | 5:50 am
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Originally Posted by gnaget
Eco-dent has SLS, which is bad.
I bought some of the tooth powder from Caswell and Masey which is mostly calcium carbonate. Still, I'm wondering before some alert goes out when they start finding all this 'white powder' in the lavatories and start anthrax or drug panics and ban powders for the heck of it too.
