Wanna get sparkling white teeth the natural way? Get your facts right first

You can use strawberries, banana peel or even coconut oil to get sparkling white teeth, but try these options only after proper research, suggests an expert. (Source: Thinkstock Images)

Mash up a ripe strawberry, dip your toothbrush in it and brush carefully over teeth. Within two weeks, your teeth will be whiter. So choose a really ripe strawberry, rub it on your teeth and just like exfoliating the skin, it does remove superficial debris (Source: Thinkstock Images)

It is said that turmeric whitens your skin. But it's a myth. The rule in dentistry is that anything that will stain a white shirt will stain your teeth. All spices stain teeth but yellow spices are the worst. Far from whitening your teeth, using turmeric will make them even more discoloured. (Source: Thinkstock Images)

Simply peel a ripe banana, and rub your teeth with the insides of the peel for about two minutes. If you rub the skin it can act as a gentle exfoliator and will remove some surface stains, but the banana will not reach inside the pores on the surface of your enamel - so no true ‘deep’ clean will take place. (Source: Thinkstock Images)

Unlike the usual claim that Cider vinegar cleans the teeth and protects it from bacteria, it hits your teeth, it is an acid, albeit a weak one. This makes the enamel on your teeth less resistant to damage - like wetting a chalk and then scraping off the surface. (Source: Thinkstock Images)

There is no scientific evidence at all that ‘oil pulling’, as it’s called, will whiten teeth, or even remove bacteria. No science shows that oil pulling will make your teeth any whiter (Source: Thinkstock Images)