Dehydrated Toothpaste

[rockrat]

I don't remember where I read about it, I think it was Backpacker. Apparently if you squirt toothpaste on a cookie sheet and then run it through a dehydrator or bake it at really low heat you can get all the liquid out and have toothpaste pills which you then rehydrate in your mouth and brush with. Does anybody know more about?

[Amigi'sLastStand]

Why not just buy powdered toothpaste?
http://www.bearep.com/index.cfm?fuse...roduct_ID=1996

[ed bell]

Why not just buy powdered toothpaste?
http://www.bearep.com/index.cfm?fuse...roduct_ID=1996

Seven dollars for toothpaste? What, are you some kind of rip-off artist? Yeah, like I'm gonna pay $7 for toothpaste.

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

Two words - baking soda. Gets the job done and is multi-use.

[Amigi'sLastStand]

$7??? Do you think I would sell toothpaste for $7!?!?! Are you crazy? I'd break it up into 1 oz incriments and sell those for $7 ea. What kind of business man do you think I am?

Sam Walton was once confronted by at a press conference by a socialist reporter ( The Worker, I think ) and she asked him how he could sleep at night by buying plastic trinkets for .50c and selling them for $5 in his stores. He looked her dead in the eye and said, "What do you think I am, stupid? Are you crazy lady, I wouldn't pay more that .05c for those." She was referring to key chains, I think.

[FLHiker]

Two words - baking soda. Gets the job done and is multi-use.

Amen. And in bear country - the only choice.

[StarLyte]

I don't remember where I read about it, I think it was Backpacker. Apparently if you squirt toothpaste on a cookie sheet and then run it through a dehydrator or bake it at really low heat you can get all the liquid out and have toothpaste pills which you then rehydrate in your mouth and brush with. Does anybody know more about?

Nah don't go thru that.....you can always consider baking soda. That's what I'm going to use next time so I can stop putting my toothpaste in my bear bag.

hint> boars like toothpaste.

[nano]

just use one drop of Dr. Bronner's Soap. Works like a charm.

[River Runner]

I don't remember where I read about it, I think it was Backpacker. Apparently if you squirt toothpaste on a cookie sheet and then run it through a dehydrator or bake it at really low heat you can get all the liquid out and have toothpaste pills which you then rehydrate in your mouth and brush with. Does anybody know more about?

I did that for my last trip. Worked great.

I put small dollops of toothpaste on top of a plastic sandwich bag & stuck them in the dehydrator for a few hours. Mine turned out a little tacky, but they could probably be dried longer for a drier "dot".
I put four dots in a tiny zipper seal bag for a weekend trip. They weigh nearly nothing. They did get a little squashed in my pack, but peeled off the zipper lock bag easily. I just inserted them in my mouth and started brushing, and the dot rehydrated into a foam just like brushing my teeth at home.

Lighter and cheaper than those tiny toothpaste tubes.

[River Runner]

just use one drop of Dr. Bronner's Soap. Works like a charm.

I tried that once - never again! It's a great soap, but a nasty tasting tooth cleaner.

[Nightwalker]

I tried that once - never again! It's a great soap, but a nasty tasting tooth cleaner.

At one drop it's okay. At two it starts getting nasty.

[Lanthar Mandragoran]

Why not just buy powdered toothpaste?
http://www.bearep.com/index.cfm?fuse...roduct_ID=1996

Ditto:
Eco-DenT DailyCare & SpecialCare Toothpowders

[David S.]

Sorry to dig this up...just doing a search regarding toothpaste. I have found lately that in a pinch, just H20 and a toothbrush is really all I need. I can get my teeth feeling nice and clean with nothing more than just a toothbrush and water. Its a surprisingly effective way to clean your teeth when you otherwise really don't want to go about finding a place to spit. Say for instance, your in your sleeping bag and realize your mouth feels really disgusting. Just brush up with plain water and drink as you go. Works like a charm. Toothpaste only helps keep the one you love...loving you back.

[Rockhound]

I don't remember where I read about it, I think it was Backpacker. Apparently if you squirt toothpaste on a cookie sheet and then run it through a dehydrator or bake it at really low heat you can get all the liquid out and have toothpaste pills which you then rehydrate in your mouth and brush with. Does anybody know more about?

A lot of naysayers here, but let me just say if you heard about it from Backpacker magazine then it must be true.

[Rockhound]

Maybe if you buy it by the case you can get a discount.

[bobbyw]

Your teeth seriously, definitely need fluoride in toothpaste. Anything preference after that I don't really care.. Just please ask your dentist people, fluoride in toothpaste (especially since you're not drinking fluoridated tap water out of a stream) is extremely important.

[shelterbuilder]

Two words - baking soda. Gets the job done and is multi-use.

FD - most of these young kids wouldn't have a clue if I said "tooth powder", but when I was a kid, that's all my aunt and uncle used. I'm not sure how it was made, but I suspect that the major component was.....baking soda!

Personally, I've used Dr. Bronner's for years. (I'm carrying it anyway for dishes and clothes and bathing.) Just don't use too much - more than 1 or 2 drops is a bit much!!!

[Celeritas]

Your teeth seriously, definitely need fluoride in toothpaste. Anything preference after that I don't really care.. Just please ask your dentist people, fluoride in toothpaste (especially since you're not drinking fluoridated tap water out of a stream) is extremely important.

I'm sorry, but you're misinformed. That's just what they WANT you to think. Flouride is a poison. http://www.naturalnews.com/005900.html

Also, I remember reading about a common chemical (can't remember the name right now, starts with a T..) found in most commercial toothpastes that when mixed with flouride produces formaldahyde. Scary, huh?

I think I might actually go the Dr. Bronner's route. I didn't think of it before, but I already use it for everything else so why not?!

[Doctari]

Baking soda.

And, take Backpacker's advice with a grain of salt (& a high index of suspicion that it may be, , , , inaccurate or of questionable value).

[superman]

In 1965, Colgate sold a small can of powdered toothpaste. It tasted great. It looked super in the footlocker display... with the tube of shaving cream.