Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Everything You Need To Know About the ADA Seal of Approval & Fluoride Toothpaste!

 Pediatric Dentistry of Garden City
516-222-5100 
Brushing your teeth with fluoride toothpaste is essential to optimum oral health. Not only does brushing your teeth help prevent cavities and tooth decay, it also helps prevent gum disease.

When choosing a toothpaste, look for the ADA Seal of approval, your assurance that the product has been objectively evaluated for safety and effectiveness by an independent body of scientific experts.

So, your first question probably is: what exactly is toothpaste? According to the ADA, toothpastes are pastes, gels or powders that help remove plaque, a film of bacteria that forms on teeth and gums. 

Toothpaste improves the mechanical brushing and cleaning power of a toothbrush. Toothpaste is essential to your daily oral hygiene routine.

Next, you’re probably wondering why fluoride toothpaste is important to use? Fluoride toothpaste helps remove that film of bacteria that forms on teeth and gums every day, called plaque. Plaque can cause tooth decay and gum disease, so it’s important to remove it every day. Fluoride helps prevent tooth decay by strengthening tooth enamel.

Just because toothpaste says it contains fluoride, doesn’t mean it’s an effective choice! Choose fluoride toothpastes with the ADA Seal of approval.

How does fluoride toothpaste get the ADA Seal? It must meet the ADA requirements for safety and effectiveness in reducing tooth decay. The manufacturer must provide: clinical studies in humans and laboratory studies to determine the amount of available fluoride, the amount of fluoride released in one minute, and the amount of fluoride absorption in normal and weakened tooth enamel. These tests must be conducted in the ADA’s laboratory.

It’s important to choose ADA Seal approved toothpaste because products with the ADA Seal say what they do, and do what they sat. It assures you that the toothpaste has met the ADA criteria for safety and effectiveness. You can trust that claims made on packaging and labeling for ADA-Accepted products are true.

Schedule an appointment with Dr. Stacey Reynolds at Pediatric Dentistry of Garden City to ensure your children are practicing a good oral health regimen.

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