What toothpaste do you use for your lo's??

I use to use babymilk but i read when they get older its not good enough so just went with what we use and callum hates it im guessing its too strong but he gags and makes funny noises then refuses to open his mouth atall x

A dental nurse came to our baby group once to talk about this kind of thing. She said you shouldn't use kids toothpaste, it's just a marketing ploy - you should use ordinary family toothpaste (not adult stuff like sensodyne) like colgate or aquafresh

She also said you should spit but not rinse and don't wet your toothbrush first because these things reduce the effect of the fluoride. And your kids don't have the coordination to do their own teeth till they are 7, you should do it for them at least for the bedtime brush until this age.

There was a lot of stuff about bottles and fruit juice too but I bet you know all that already x

we use mild and minty colgate (I think) try and get a spearmint flavour rather than peppermint as it's not as strong.

Tyler looooves his toothpase lol

EmVar wrote:

A dental nurse came to our baby group once to talk about this kind of thing. She said you shouldn't use kids toothpaste, it's just a marketing ploy - you should use ordinary family toothpaste (not adult stuff like sensodyne) like colgate or aquafresh

She also said you should spit but not rinse and don't wet your toothbrush first because these things reduce the effect of the fluoride. And your kids don't have the coordination to do their own teeth till they are 7, you should do it for them at least for the bedtime brush until this age.

There was a lot of stuff about bottles and fruit juice too but I bet you know all that already x

yep, exactly what I was told.
Ellie uses whatever we use, usually colgate or aquafresh.
X

We are using up harrys first teeth toothpaste, wont take long as he would brush his teeth all day! He does occaisionally have our toothpaste so not worried about the transition

Not going to buy any more baby paste now though, thanks ffor the info x

I just use what we have usually colgate x

BabyMilly wrote:

EmVar wrote:

A dental nurse came to our baby group once to talk about this kind of thing. She said you shouldn't use kids toothpaste, it's just a marketing ploy - you should use ordinary family toothpaste (not adult stuff like sensodyne) like colgate or aquafresh

She also said you should spit but not rinse and don't wet your toothbrush first because these things reduce the effect of the fluoride. And your kids don't have the coordination to do their own teeth till they are 7, you should do it for them at least for the bedtime brush until this age.

There was a lot of stuff about bottles and fruit juice too but I bet you know all that already x

yep, exactly what I was told.
Ellie uses whatever we use, usually colgate or aquafresh.
X

We were told by our family dentist NEVER to use adult toothpaste on children under 5 he said the ammount of flouride is too damaging for babies and very young children if swallowed, and you can't garuntee a child under 5 won't swallow it! It can affect their thyroid function and also some neuro functions, as well as causing problems with their teeth and if you live in an area with fluoride in the water then basically they are getting a massive dose of it any way.

I think it may be a geographical thing, as not all areas have fluorided water. I'm not risking it, and doing as we were advised at the dentist using age specific toothpaste.

I would sugest you check with your dentist and find out if you have flurided water xx

Oooooooh Jolene you got me worried now cos I'm in Sheffield as well, but I thought we didn't have as much flouride in our water as they do further north east. It was a woman from Sheffield PCT who came to see us and the HV confirmed it more recently but I think I might have to ask my dentist as well now!

In other brushing news, Imogen has FINALLY realised I'm not trying to kill her with the toothbrush and will actually open her mouth for me now! (well ok it's only so she can bite the brush but it sure beats screaming the house down)

I was also told not to use adult toothpaste due to the fluoride - if you look at the tube adult stuff is something like 1400/1500ppm but kids is 1000.

I use a kids minty one and supervise c's brushing.Luckily shes obsessed with it and does it min twice a day (the other day was 5 times )-though that probably means she gets as much fluoride as doig it with adult stuff lol

I was told by HV to use colgate
We have a baby toothpaste and some colgate so we tend to use the colgate at night and baby one in the morning x