Activated charcoal dental floss, should you use it?
Have you heard of activated charcoal?
There’s been a recent trend to using activated charcoal in a whole variety of dental products. My colleague Kelly reviewed Warpaint Natural Teeth whitener which was very popular on social media.
There’s now a myriad of dental products containing activated charcoal, including toothbrushes (you can read Dr Lydia’s review of them here), and dental floss.
To see what all the hype is about, I tested out Noosa Basics Dental Floss with Activated Charcoal twice a day for 5 days.
DETAILS:
Noosa Basics Dental Floss with Activated Charcoal
Activated charcoal bamboo fibre Dental Floss infused in a blend of Organic Virgin Coconut Oil and 100% Pure Essential oils of Myrrh, Clove, Manuka, Cinnamon and Spearmint.
Ingredients: Activated charcoal, Natural Vegan Candelilla wax, Virgin Coconut Oil, Essential oils of Myrrh, Manuka, Clove, Peppermint and Cinnamon leaf.
COST:
$12.95 from Nourished Life
About 3 times the price of a ‘usual’ box of dental floss (length dependent of course). Noosa Basics floss has 35m of floss in one box.
EASE OF USE:
I honestly found the floss much harder to use than my usual floss! I found it harder to get in between my teeth. The floss itself also felt a little rougher on my gums. The product is also coated with essential oils, and I found that this made my fingers greasy every time I used the floss. It made my fingers smell nice, but it actually made it even harder to floss because the floss kept slipping!
TASTE: Quite a herbal type of taste, which I was indifferent to. It didn’t taste like charcoal, in case you were wondering!
DQ STAFF RATING:
As you can probably gather, I really didn’t like this floss much. I found it hard to use, and then there’s the cost!
I also don’t know that the activated charcoal element really was that beneficial. I did like that the floss was black though, because I could see all the plaque and food debris I was removing by flossing!
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