A-list star Julia Roberts is well known for her dazzling smile and she has finally revealed what keeps her teeth in such great condition; baking soda. The actress told InStyle magazine this month that she has been brushing her teeth with the household product since she was a child, thanks to the advice of her grandfather, who used baking soda regularly to keep his teeth looking white.
Baking soda is a natural abrasive that will scrub away surface stains and keep the teeth sparkly and white – however, using it in high amounts every day could do more harm than good, scrubbing away some of the enamel and leaving the teeth open to sensitivity.
The mother-of-three told the magazine that her grandfather ‘would put a big heaping mound of it on his toothbrush. He had only one cavity in his entire life. Sometimes that’s all I do as far as regime goes.’ Some tooth cleaning products contain baking soda in very tiny amounts, which is thought to be better for the teeth rather than piling it onto the toothbrush straight out of the packet.
Whilst critics are divided on such high usage of the product, Julia’s advice will no doubt see sales of baking soda, and toothpastes that contain it, skyrocket as women all over the country attempt to replicate the star’s megawatt smile.