Eco-Friendly Teeth Routine: 7 Best Sustainable Products

Looking after your teeth is so important at any age, in my below eco-friendly teeth cleaning routine I show the steps I take to look after my teeth. I use sustainable eco-friendly teeth products which are also vegan and cruelty free.

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Hygiene

I’m a big believer in good dental hygiene, regardless of if you’re using eco friendly teeth products. If you don’t look after your teeth it leads to cavities, possibly an abscess and worst case a rotten tooth that needs to be removed! 

In my 20’s there were times when I’d be too busy partying that I wouldn’t brush my teeth before bed or have any sort of skincare routine, now that those days are completely behind me (mum life now), I’m way more disciplined and always make sure I brush my teeth twice a day. 

Hygiene is important, from teeth to wearing deodorant; which most of us do need to wear even if we use more natural products generally.

If anyone struggles with having to brush your teeth I recommend just brushing them a bit earlier, sometimes if you’re very tired and just about to go to bed it can be an annoyance knowing you still have to brush your teeth. 

I’ve been searching for the best eco friendly toothpaste for a while now. I wanted plastic free, natural, baking soda and fluoride free until recently anyway. In my below video I review eco friendly toothpaste tabs with fluoride.

Oil Swilling 

My first step is to oil swill. I use Geoorganics Peppermint oil ( And Keep affiliate link in aluminium bottle) for swilling. You can just use regular coconut oil for this but I like that it’s got a mint flavour so it feels like you’re using mouthwash; this one is in a glass bottle and cardboard packaging which I love for my eco-friendly teeth routine as it’s more sustainable than regular mouthwash. 

Ingredients: Cocos Nucifera Oil^, Caprylic & Capric Triglyceride^, Mentha Arvensis Herb Oil^, Melaleuca Alternifolia Leaf Oil^, Citrus Aurantifolia Peel Oil Expressed^, Tocopherol^, Ocimum Basilicum Oil*^.

*Organic Soil Association, ^Food Grade Quality.

Oil swilling is the practice of swishing oil around your mouth for a long period of time. It’s an ancient ayurvedic tradition from 3000-5000 years ago called Kavala Graha or Gandusha which was said to remove toxins and bacteria from the body for health. 

Although these claims can’t be proven it is said that oil swilling can strengthen gums, whiten teeth and remove plaque. The most popular oils used are coconut, sunflower, sesame, olive and palm. 

I take about a tablespoons worth in my mouth and swill it around for at least 15 minutes; the longer the better apparently. After this you just spit the oil out in the sink. I like to do it before I clean my teeth because I read somewhere that the oil clings to the plaque and doesn’t wash off with just water so when you brush with toothpaste that should then emulsify and remove everything. I probably only use this about once a week or whenever I remember.

Electric Toothbrush

I use an electric toothbrush to brush my teeth as well, it might not be the most sustainable option for a eco-friendly teeth routine.

I have bought a bamboo toothbrush as a spare but I don’t feel like a manual toothbrush cleans as well as an electric and if you’re only disposing of the toothbrush heads every few months it’s also less waste overall.

Some companies do fully recyclable toothbrush heads such as Brushd, they fit Oral B toothbrushes and mine Phillips Sonicare which is brilliant! Once you’re done with them you can send them back for proper recycling. I’m currently making use of this service, although it’s still plastic I like that you can return it for proper recycling, instead of the toothbrush heads just going to landfill.

I did read somewhere that some companies are starting to do bamboo replacement heads which I do need to look into because if I can get Phillips Sonicare replacement heads in bamboo then I will. From what I’ve seen so far the bristles are still plastic so I’m not sure if partly bamboo brush heads or recyclable plastic brush heads are the more sustainable option. I will be researching this further to see.

Eco Friendly Toothpaste

Himalaya

Next I used to clean my teeth with the Himalaya Stain-Away toothpaste, it was the best natural toothpaste I’d found for a good price. 

Himalaya toothpaste is of course vegan and cruelty free but they are also fluoride free. Much to my dentist’s disgust I have used fluoride free toothpaste for about 10 years. I waited for him to say that my teeth were really good and that I had good dental hygiene before I dropped that bombshell on him! 

Of course the issue with this toothpaste was that it’s still a plastic tube so I hated the waste with this one.

Lush Toothy Tabs

I did used to like Lush toothy tabs eco friendly toothpaste as well, which I tried a few years ago, I loved that you could recycle the packaging with Lush and generally I love how transparent Lush is and their commitment to their social responsibilities. However, considering how long the eco friendly toothpaste tabs lasted me it just doesn’t work out very cheap. Although it is a more sustainable option if you can afford it.

List of ingredients

Dicalcium Phosphate Anhydrous Sodium Bicarbonate Charcoal Cream of Tartar Lauroyl Sarcosine Sorbitol Kaolin Fine Sea Salt Flavour Persian Lime Oil Aniseed Oil Black Pepper Oil Benzoin Resinoid Powdered Gunpowder Tea Organic Ground Chilli Sodium Saccharin *Citral *Limonene
Natural Ingredients
Safe Synthetics
*occurs naturally in essential oils.

That being said I do like to treat myself occasionally and I buy these because I feel like they’re such a great company and doing such amazing things that they should be supported. 

Georganics Tooth Soap

I did also discover the Georganics Natural Tooth Soap (And Keep affiliate link) in biodegradable packaging. It’s not very effective at cleaning my teeth to be honest and the taste of soap is a bit strange. It ticks all of the boxes for me so far as it’s bicarbonate of soda free and sustainable packaging. However, I could not get on with this eco friendly toothpaste.

Ingredients: Olea Europaea Fruit Oil*^, Cocos Nucifera Oil*^, Butyrospermum Parkii*^, Aqua^, Mentha Arvensis Oil*^, Theobroma Cacao Seed Butter*^, Menthol*^.

*Organic, ^Natural.

I will admit that they actually do a charcoal version of eco friendly toothpaste in cardboard, which is said to be much more effective at removing stains. However, I’m a bit scared to try this alternative because I don’t want to waste my money.

In my video below I go into more detail about this eco friendly toothpaste, if you would like to know more.

Truth Tabs Eco Friendly Toothpaste

The Truth Tabs eco friendly toothpaste is one of my current favourite toothpaste tabs. You can buy this eco friendly toothpaste in 1 months supply or 3 months supply on And Keep.

Ingredients: Sorbitol, Calcium Carbonate, Kaolin, Sodium Bicarbonate, Hydrated Silica, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Yeast, Sodium Monofluorophosphate, Acacia Senegal Gum Extract, Magnesium Stearate, Mentha Arvensis Leaf Oil, Menthol, Stevioside, Mentha Piperita Oil

It’s got a mild mint flavour and cleans my teeth really well for a natural, eco friendly toothpaste. If you want to learn more, do check out my video below.

Eco Friendly Dental Floss

I’ve only since 2020 been using eco friendly dental floss because I actually didn’t realise how beneficial it was for your teeth and gums. I also was worried about waste but I found a seller online which sells bamboo dental floss in a little jar which is just so cute and perfect for my eco-friendly teeth routine. I don’t floss daily but I do make sure I do it every other day and it’s surprising the difference it makes and how much plaque gets stuck between your teeth. 

Eco Friendly Extras

Extras that I also use but infrequently are as follows:

Eco Friendly Interdental Brushes

These are usually the little plastic brushes that you get in packs of different sizes, I couldn’t find any reusable ones when I bought these except some that would be coming from China or United States. I felt like this would defeat the object of trying to reduce waste if it comes with travel miles. 

However these Bamboo Pikster biodegradable brushes (link Amazon but on Ebay too) are a brilliant eco-friendly teeth product and I usually get a few uses out of them before I throw them away anyway. They’re brilliant for getting to the back of teeth and the corners that you can’t get to with a toothbrush. 

Activated Charcoal

I bought a pack of this from EBay a while ago and because I don’t use it very often it will last me ages. Activated charcoal is made from charcoaled coconut shells and it’s known to remove stains and impurities which is why it’s used in water filters because it absorbs the impurities from the water as it filters through. It can be a bit abrasive on the teeth though so I don’t use it very often. Once every 4 months if that. I just use an old Lush container to store this.

Teeth Whitening

Previously I have used an Organic Smile natural whitening kit with the Led light and gel, however I ran out of the gel and I wasn’t quite sure if there was a difference if I’m honest. However they are cruelty free and vegan and only use natural ingredients; so no peroxide which is brilliant. I need to get some refills and give it a fair try because it was quite a long time ago that I tried it out. 

Do you use any of these products I’ve included in my eco-friendly teeth routine? I have to admit my hunt for the best eco friendly toothpaste, hasn’t been easy but I’m glad I’ve finally found some plastic free toothpaste that I really like.

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