Acid in saliva will cause minerals in teeth to dissolve out into your saliva. Adding alkali will cause minerals to deposit into and onto teeth. You can neutralize acids formed in plaque using baking soda, but timing is essential. Fitmouth recommends that you neutralize or dilute plaque acids within 10 minutes of eating and for at least 20 minutes afterwards, matching the amount of time you ate with the time you swish a backing soda solution in your mouth. I never did anything that drastic, but it makes some sense. Try it and let me know, but be sure to spit! Don't drink the baking soda solution. Eating or drinking too much sodium is not healthy.
"As a buffer, Baking Soda tends to cause acid solutions to become more basic and to cause basic solutions to become more acid, bringing both solutions to a stable pH around 8.1 (slightly basic) on the pH scale.
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Mix 1 tsp of baking soda in a half glass of water and swoosh and rinse with it. This will alkalize your mouth. Avoid baking soda toothpastes that contain peroxides which can irritate and damage gum tissue and can be dangerous.
"As a buffer, Baking Soda tends to cause acid solutions to become more basic and to cause basic solutions to become more acid, bringing both solutions to a stable pH around 8.1 (slightly basic) on the pH scale.
Quote was from armandhammer, page now removed. Closest match here
Mix 1 tsp of baking soda in a half glass of water and swoosh and rinse with it. This will alkalize your mouth. Avoid baking soda toothpastes that contain peroxides which can irritate and damage gum tissue and can be dangerous.
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