Alternate source for sodium chlorite / chlorine dioxide

[Cort]

Hi everyone,

I've had mild success with Therabreath and ProFresh over the years (for me, they have a strong influence for about 15-30 minutes and slightly reduce morning breath if taken before bed). However, those mouthwashes are expensive, so I decided to buy what I believe to be the similar ingredients (sodium chlorite and citric acid) in solid powder form. These are used as drinking water disinfectant:

http://sporting-goods.shop.ebay.com//15 ... 86.c0.m282

Although these are meant to be ingested, keep in mind that sodium chlorite may be dangerous in high, non-standard concentrations.

With $12 shipping, 14 oz of sodium chlorite and 16 oz of citric acid came to $50. Solutions of the two ingredients can be mixed to form chlorine dioxide, or the sodium chlorite can be used alone as a disinfectant. ProFresh's two-part formula and the Therabreath's one-part formula may work on similar principles.

I don't know how many doses this will make, but I'm hoping that it will be substantially cheaper than the mouthwashes. (The seller claims that this is enough sodium chlorite to disinfect around 12,000 gallons of drinking water.)

Will try low concentrations and work up incrementally. For reference, I can compare the bleaching ability of different concentrations with the commercial mouthwashes.

Haven't received this product in the mail yet, but I'll keep you all posted on how well this idea works. If you try this yourself, do so at your own risk and be sure to understand the possible hazards. I'm not a doctor, dentist, or scientist.

- Cort