Toothpaste

How to choose a toothpaste?

• Use a toothpaste with fluoride: study has found that the use of fluride0cintaining toothpaste can reduce the rate of tooth decay by 20%
• Additional fluoride in toothpaste has beneficial effects on tooth.  Apart from oral hygiene products, foods and natural water sources also contains fluoride
• Please see the introduction of fluoride in separate topic

Notes to tooth brushing

• Frequency: twice a day
• Use a pea-sized amount of toothpaste
• For children aged 0 to 2, use toothpaste to brush tooth when the first teeth begin to erupt
• Children should brush their teeth under the guidance of parents to avoid over intake of fluoride
• Over intake of fluoride may appears dental fluorosis that is characterized by small white areas scattered irregularly over the tooth