The oral hygiene of our children begins even before the appearance of the first tooth, but it will be around two years when we start using a toothpaste to brush your teeth. The most suitable toothpaste for young children should be without fluoride. This way we avoid the risks of the children swallowing the pasta.
In children under six years of age, excess fluoride may cause mild fluorosis, an abnormality of the oral cavity, especially of the dental pieces, where spots may appear, even with long-term effects. Fluoride intake in young children could result in definitive teeth coming out with specks or discoloration.
Therefore it is best to use Special toothpastes for children, made with natural ingredients and without fluoride. You should always read the composition and the advice of use to verify that they specifically indicate that they are adapted for timely intake by the baby.
As we say, between 12 and 18 months you can start using a special toothbrush for children, and after 2 years we can introduce a small amount of toothpaste.
Remember that the most likely end up swallowing toothpaste, out of curiosity and because they can not spit even, so the amount of paste has to be minimal, even if it does not contain fluoride.
Gradually we can increase the amount of toothpaste, although the important thing is not the amount (rather it is to make brushing teeth more attractive to children), but the quality and frequency of brushing.
Finally, after six years of age, when they already begin to have definitive teeth, they do not swallow the toothpaste and have improved the technique of brushing with our help and supervision, they can use without problems the toothpastes with fluoride that incorporate the anticaries action.
In any case, we remember that to clean the baby's teeth in an appropriate way, it must be done after each meal. Y for the little ones in the house, the most suitable toothpaste should not contain fluoride in its composition.
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According to the latest recommendations of the European Association of Pediatric Dentistry and the AEP, toothpastes for young children do have to carry fluoride in the appropriate amount and be used under the supervision of parents to avoid intake and risk of fluorosis, as we explain here: Toothpaste for children, do you have to carry fluoride?
