This is very interesting, thanks so much for sharing it. Question -- I have some MSM powder at home, could I use that instead of the DMSO?
Alan On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Brooks Bradley <[email protected]>wrote: > Several times during recent years we have conducted examinations of > commercial products > designed to whiten teeth. We experienced very limited success. However, > recently, we completed a somewhat more detailed investigation and were able > to find a single product which, did, indeed, > display an excellent ability to whiten teeth, quickly---and to do so > without attendant pain or discomfort...at least such was our results. I feel > somewhat professionally uncomfortable, even juvenile, in stating the name of > the product----Celebrity Sexy Teeth. In spite of its rather sophomoric > identifier, this substance did, indeed, produce whitening improvements up to > 8 shades > among the volunteer population----sometimes within 10 to 12 days. Some of > the other products had cost prices which would equal over $600.00 for a full > treatment regime. None of these highly-hyped > products equaled...or even approached....the effectiveness of the Celebrity > product. All of the products which exhibited any useful effect, contained > varying percentages of hydrogen peroxide. > However, and this is the reason for my submitting this email.....we were > able for a cost of mere pennies, to produce a simple mixture that was > SUBSTANTIALLY more powerful than the Celebrity product (which, by the way, > was not overly expensive). Our homemade solution was produced in light of > the fact that we had determined the PRINCIPAL advantage of the Celebrity > product seemed to lie in its superior ability to rapidly affect the deeper > regions of the enamel.....than did any of its competitors. After simple > variations in strength ratios between common commercial, drugstore hydrogen > peroxide, and DMSO....we arrived at an acceptable compromise between user > comfort---and rapid results. Our most acceptable mixture (all parameters > considered) turned out to be one of approximately 80% (by volume) of 3.5% > Hydrogen Peroxide (the standard drugstore variety) and 20% DMSO (full > strength parent solution). One easy way for the novice to mix is to pour > about 2 tablespoons o! f H202 in a very small glass and about 1 teaspoon of > DMSO. Caution: As DMSO is highly hygroscopic, one should always pour the > DMSO into the parent diluent. The actual method-of-use of this solution is > at the discretion of the experimenter. Some persons simply hold about a > teaspoon of the solution in their mouth and brush their teeth with a > toothbrush for about 20 seconds. However, many persons are intolerant of the > bitterness of this percentage of DMSO and/or cannot tolerate the gag-reflex > sometimes presenting. Therefore, the most acceptable method among a majority > of our volunteers was to simply use a common Q-Tip swab which had been > enlarged by adding enough additional cotton to about double the size....dip > it into the solution and "generously paint" the front surface of the front > teeth. Effectiveness was enhanced by keeping the top lip above the treated > surface for about 2 minutes. It was, also, worthwhile to paint the teeth a > second time about 60 seconds into ea! ch protocol. A second 2 minute > application became standard procedure for the voluteers during the course of > this research investigation. > Some of the volunteers utilized stronger H202 solutions (up to 6%) and some > employed much stronger DMSO fractions (+20%). However, the one outlined > above proved to be most effective.....and was DEFINITELY SUPERIOR to the > commercial Celebrity product-----which was the only one of the commercial > variety to yield acceptable results during our investigations. > None of the volunteers experienced any untoward side-effects, whatsoever, > while using the "paint on" method just outlined. A majority of our > participants enjoyed quite rapid whitening and in shorter time-spans than > with the Celebrity product. Incidently....at about 1/50th the cost. > I hope some of the list membership will find this information of value. > Sincerely, Brooks Bradley. -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for > discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: > http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: > [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: > [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List > archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour -- Alan Jones
