I swish coconut oil for at least 10 minutes for cleaning teeth and healing gums. It even cleans my tongue. You should swish twenty minuets but I’m always rushed for time.
It’s really called oil pulling in case anyone wants to research it.
I’ve done oil pulling in the past and should start again. It’s a good routine to add to oral care. I tried various oils and the only one that I could stand was sesame, refined. The unrefined has particles and tastes like a chop suey house. I could not get past the gag reflex with coconut. But there is not a hard and fast rule with oil pulling.
Actually what I did (and have some in the fridge waiting for me) was mix some drops of peppermint essential oil (may some others, can’t remember) in with a small bottle of sesame oil to quell the ick factor. Some people have a higher ick factor that others; I have a hard time with the “oil in the mouth” thing, whereas I can swallow really hellacious tasting herbs without much problem.