The colorful and bright boxes of toothpastes do allure us to buy them and use them. Buying a toothpaste is as easy as going to the drugstore or supermarket and just picking your regular brand. Some alert and aware ones might look for its most appealing feature and its ingredients.
Basically, all toothpastes have more or less the same ingredients. But these ingredients are chemicals which are harmful to the body in the long run. Some ingredients are also carcinogenic. Although, their adverse effects might be seen only after the chemicals reach to a certain threshold levels in the blood.
Now a days certain toothpaste variants claim to cause tooth whitening, relieve sensitivity, decrease tartar formation, remineralize enamel. Some also have certain strong ingredients like charcoal, lemon or salt. Herbal toothpaste also have their own place in the market.
An ideal toothpaste contains abrasive, coloring agents, sweeteners,humectants, detergent, preservatives, fluoride and other actives like remineralizing agents.
How much toothpaste is to be dispensed on a toothbrush?
The commercials show thick S shaped paste on a toothbrush which is wrong.
Kids below 3 years of age should only be allowed to use toothpaste only of the size of a grain of rice.
