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No Stupid Questions

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Rhubarb contains oxalic acid, which is used in some tooth whitening products.

This is not medical advice to eat tons of it, though. It genuinely attacks your enamel, and swallowing lots of oxalic acid isn't recommended either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhubarb#Oxalic_acid

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

White teeth and a kidney stone.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You might as well brush your teeth with this stuff:

(Don’t do this!)