Children's toothpaste not save teeth

What children need toothpaste? Protect your child's teeth from breaking the usual children's toothpaste can not, as scientists have found. Parents need to buy toothpaste with high fluoride content, or have children early enough to get acquainted with a drill.
British researchers from the Cochrane Oral Health Group at the University of Manchester found that the current Children's toothpaste , in which fluorine content   less than 1000 ppm (less than 0, 1% of fluoride ions) so effectively "protect" children's teeth from decay, like toothpaste without fluoride.

Previously, these same researchers in the study found that fluoride toothpaste   reduce the risk of tooth decay by 24%. However, they can not apply to all children. In the course of 79 clinical trials, affecting 73,000 children around the world, scientists have found that brushing your teeth toothpaste with fluoride   harmful to children younger than a year - they have increased the risk of a moderate form fluorosis (a disease which is caused by a high content of fluorine, characterized by the appearance of spots on the teeth). In today sold Children's toothpaste fluoride content   from 100 to 1400 ppm.

Well, what is fraught with swallowing toothpaste, which is sometimes so kids like to do? In large doses, swallowing toothpaste can also cause fluorosis   children under six years old, who have not yet lost all the baby teeth.

"Parents quite difficult to choose the right baby toothpaste - Says one of the authors of the study, Dr. Anne-Marie Glenny. - This is due to the fact that different manufacturers have different fluorine concentrations. And then there's need to deal with the dilemma: either to keep kids teeth from destruction and give them high doses of fluoride, or protect them from fluorosis. From the standpoint of a physician, tooth decay   and the pain caused by this process is much more dangerous than some not very high risk fluorosis ".

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