I heard that snake oil works better for this instead of coconut oil.

Oil pulling itself doesn’t benefit your oral health. What does is you taking a sudden interest in your oral hygiene, and rinsing very fucking thoroughly (often also brushing far more thoroughly too).

Cut sugars (even natural), cut acids (anything sour, tart, fizzy - yes even sugar free pop!), brush with as high a fluoride concentration toothpaste as you can (e.g., clinpro 5000 or neutrafluor/duraphat 5000), floss and use interdental brushes, don’t graze, manage your gastric reflux and dry mouth… Taking on board at least some of these will improve your oral health.

And for whitening, the whitening strips from crest/oral b work well if your teeth and gums are healthy and clean.

Just talk to your dentist

Although I understand the downvotes for “alternative medicine”, I wouldn’t mind an update in a few weeks, just out of curiosity.

Is there anything to this? Did you get results? Keep track of it “for science” and let us know what you think.

If you do something that isn’t recommended do a google search for how to do it safely

I have a friend who did it and i think she felt like it was really effective for her. I’ll ask for details and report back