Liquid Tooth Cleanse
Alternative to toothpaste in plastic toothpaste tubes.
Anise & Clove
The Anise & Clove Tooth Cleanse is a refreshing alternative to conventional toothpaste. With just a couple drops, this formula delivers a familiar lather and keeps your mouth feeling as clean as the other stuff!
There are other great things about it too, like the fact you’ll be healing your receding gums which come from brushing with far too abrasive pastes. Receding gums aren’t just uncomfortable, they also lead to more cavities as they expose the much softer dentin layer of the tooth which is usually covered by gums or the much harder enamel. Also, because it doesn’t contain any glycerin, it won’t block your teeth from remineralizing. What is remineralizing you say?
Well in short, when we have something flavorful in our mouths -- food, drink or toothpaste, acids are released in our mouths to begin the process of breaking down our food for digestion. The acids in our mouths actually make our teeth slightly more soft and porous. After you’ve finished eating or drinking, our saliva changes from acidic back to alkaline, and if everything is working well, your teeth should go back to their harder and stronger state. If you brush with sticky things like glycerin, they adhere to the tooth and block the minerals in your saliva from penetrating the tooth. So imagine the state of your poor teeth when your toothbrush enters your mouth with minty explosion flavored toothpaste, digestive acids get released and they get all soft and open, then you start vigorously brushing them with intense abrasives. Like using sandpaper in the shower instead of a loofah. No wonder your gums are running from you!
The Anise & Clove Tooth Cleanse provides an alternative that gently cleanses the teeth with mild soaps and checks overzealous bacteria with Fat and the Moon made myrrh tincture.
Essential oil of clove supports gum health, and anise essential oil sweetens the flavor and promotes good digestion.
Spearmint
All the same gum-honoring properties as the Anise & Clove version, but with a refreshing boost that reminds us of crushing fresh mint leaves between our teeth.
Pair with Fat and the Moon's Tooth Polish, which should be used once every 1-2 weeks to help keep teeth free of stains from coffee or tea.
1 fl oz
Similar Option:
Goes Great With:
- Tooth Polish
- Bamboo Toothbrush - Soft Bristles
- Bamboo Toothbrush - Medium Bristles
- Kids Bamboo Toothbrush
Ingredients
Anise & Clove
Organic castile soap (water, organic saponified coconut, organic sunflower and castor oils, citric acid, and organic rosemary extract), distilled water, organic myrrh tincture (myrrh and biodynamic grape spirits), and essential oils of organic anise and organic clove.
Spearmint
Organic castile soap (water, organic coconut oil, organic sunflower oil, organic castor oil, citric acid, rosemary extract), organic myrrh tincture (organic myrrh & biodynamic organic high proof spirits), and essential oil of organic spearmint.
Packaging
Glass jar with rubber, plastic, and glass dropper.
How to Use
Wet your brush, add three drops of your Tooth Cleanse, brush, and rinse.
End of Life Recommendations
Reuse, or recycle bottle in curbside recycling. Refill lid can be recycled curbside, however, small metal items should be placed in a larger metal can for recycling. Dropper can be recycled as follows:
1. Drop off at your nearest personal care packaging recycling location. Learn more here.
2. If you're local to Portland, OR, drop off at our shop during open hours. View hours here.
3. Mail to us to recycle via Terracycle. Note that we don't offer shipping labels at this time. Learn more here.
Where It Comes From
Continuing a family legacy of herbalists and natural healers, Fat and the Moon founder Rachel Budde has built her company around providing handcrafted, herbal body care products to those seeking natural and effective alternatives to chemical-filled products. Like a witch over a cauldron, Budde experiments with age-old ingredients and recipes passed down from various healing traditions to craft innovatively simple products that are good for the body and the earth. Fat and the Moon is based in Grass Valley, California on Nisenan land.