ToothPaste usage depends on
1.Age of the child
2.Swallowing ability of the child
3.Caries risk
4.Fluoride usage
Age of the child:
Below 3 years
Below 3 years of age and in non caries risk, child is adviced to use non fluoridated toothpaste
Eg:Ethiaspire toddler
In case of caries, child is adviced to use fluoridated tooth paste
Eg:GC toothmosse plus
Recommended for daily twice usage until they master the habit of spitting
Recommended size: size of a single rice grain or smear shaped.
From 3 years to 6 years
Adviced fluoridated toothpaste daily twice
In case of higher caries risk,adviced fluoride of 1000 ppm
eg Pediflor 1000
In case of low caries risk,adviced fluoride of 500-700 ppm
eg: cheerio gel, Pediflor Day and night kit, Dentoshine kids, Kidodent gel
Recommended for daily twice usage
Recommended size:Half pea size
Above 6 years
Adviced fluoride tooth paste of 1500 ppm in case of higher caries risk
eg:Cuprax kids,Sensodyne pronamel kids(watermelon and mint flavours)
Adviced fluoride tooth paste of 1000 ppm in case of low caries risk
eg:Pediflor 1000
Recommended for daily twice usage
RecommendedSize: Accordingly
(b) Peas sized tooth paste
(b) Peas sized tooth paste
Non floridated tooth pastes:
If the child has dental fluorosis, content of fluoride supplementation in the form of paste should be reduced.
In such cases
High caries risk: eg:
GC tooth mosse(made of casein-milk peptide)- not indicated in cases of lactose intolerance
Enafix Pro gel -calcium phosphate derivative
Low caries risk:
1.Enafix gel- can be used in patients who are undergoing orthodontic treatment
(a) Smear shaped tooth paste