Can you use vegetable oil for oil pulling?

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asked Oct 22, 2018 in Dental by HeinekenGratisa (260 points)
Can you use vegetable oil for oil pulling?

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answered Oct 23, 2018 by CoralCutenessC0C (230 points)
Vegetable oil will work okay for oil pulling and any vegetable based oil will work for oil pulling.

But the reason most people use coconut oil for oil pulling is because coconut oil has antibacterial properties which can kill the bacteria while the vegetable oil doesn't contain antibacterial properties.

So while vegetable oil will clean your teeth while oil pulling it won't kill the bacteria.

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