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Re: Is Collecting and Storing Jars of Urine Wrong?
There is a history of using urine to whiten teeth (see below).
I would only become concerned if someone were to get a little "artistic" with their urine collection and perhaps got the idea to start putting crucifixes in them – especially if they were to use government money to do so.
There is a history of using urine to whiten teeth (see below).
I would only become concerned if someone were to get a little "artistic" with their urine collection and perhaps got the idea to start putting crucifixes in them – especially if they were to use government money to do so.
The actual practice of teeth whitening began around 4000 years ago with the ancient Egyptians. These people would create a whitening paste using ground up pumice stone mixed in wine vinegar. White teeth were a mark of beauty and a sign of the wealthy. This concoction sounds terrible enough, but it isn't the most disgusting thing ever used for teeth whitening. Ancient Romans would actually whiten their teeth using urine! The ammonia in the urine served the purpose, and there are still products today that contain ammonia. Early dentists recognized that what whitened the teeth was the ammonia, and that's what they started using. A lot of active ingredients in things that we purchase today for cleaning the teeth is ammonia. Thank goodness that we are more developed today, and don't have to rely on those primitive methods of teeth whitening.
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