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​ Lumineux®

Set out to prove that you really can clean, freshen and whiten using uncompromising ingredients like Dead Sea salt and essential oils.

Lumineux® is a body of clinically proven and rigorously tested products that go above and beyond™ existing oral care to neutralize the mouth’s harmful toxins while maintaining its natural ecosystem. It is the first Microbiome Safe® and certified non-toxic oral care company in the world and is available at Amazon, Whole Foods, Walmart and Target.

To give you a taste, they recently saw the results of a study showing their products actually reduce the viral load of the body over time. In times like these, scientifically backed products that can boost your overall immune health and help protect your good bacteria are of particular importance.

They were founded by a well-known dentist in Los Angeles. There have been over 60 studies, but here are some fascinating results from different studies:

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  • Lumineux Oral Essentials strips whiten as well as the leading brand without the sensitivity
  • "Applying the OE pen to the tooth surface prevents enamel staining for an additional 20 minutes of red wine exposure vs the uncoated teeth."
  • "Lumineux Oral Essentials mouthwash does not affect salivary and systemic nitrate and nitrite levels after dietary nitrate load."
  • "The test mouthwash did not significantly affect the oral microbiome after 30 and 90 days based on the endpoints evaluated in this study. However, in the oral microbiome the positive control mouthwash caused a significant mean reduction in overall microbial presence of 72% after 30 days and of 77% after 90 days."
  • "In subjects with moderate-to-severe gingival inflammation, a test mouthwash used twice daily for 30 days significantly reduced Crevicular Fluid IL-1β and TNF-α as well as G.I."
  • "All 9 of Oral Essentials Products (Whitening Strips, Mouthwash, and Toothpaste) are Certified Non- Toxic by LEMI Laboratories, which has the highest non-toxic standards in the world."

Independent studies can be found here.

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