Would you please check into the Listerine (because I can’t use baking soda) which kind works best and clarify about the “blue cap” bleach?
I’m 50 with Alzheimers in my family.
Blue cap bleach is CLOROX™ brand bleach with out additives... make it fresh every day you use it. That alone will do the trick... if you won't use the baking soda... but make sure you get it down into the gums. Don't use the Clorox every day. It will dissolve your skin.
I don't know why your dentist told you that baking soda was so abrasive (MOHS hardness scale 2.5) but it is very low compared to toothpaste... which has PUMICE (MOHS hardness scale 6), lava suspended in it... mostly ground volcanic glass. That is about 20% harder than your own enamel (MOHS hardness scale 5) of your teeth... and will scratch porcelain (MOHS hardness scale 3.5 to 6). Even if your veneers were plastic (MOHS hardness scale 3.5) baking soda would not scratch it! NetMilMom, this is science and engineering... and this is not open to opinion. You can look these things up on the net.
You are free to believe your dentist... but he is an engineering idiot who apparently slept through class.
Again, my doctor was also a full professor of Dentistry at University of California San Francisco... he has 30 years of experience in Dental Materials science. I think I'd believe him.
>> “I’m 50 with Alzheimers in my family.” <<
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But what swordmaker is presenting here doesn’t run “in the family” except possibly if a weak immune response runs in your family.