Brush teeth at least twice daily (with assistance from parent or carer if required):• last thing at night or before bedtime and on at least one other occasion• with toothpaste containing 1,350 to 1,500 ppm fluoride• spitting out after brushing rather than rinsing with water, to avoid diluting the fluoride concentration
Clinical Recommendation
🏴 England • Public Health England (PHE)
Recommendation Statement
Brush teeth at least twice daily (with assistance from parent or carer if required):• last thing at night or before bedtime and on at least one other occasion• with toothpaste containing 1,350 to 1,500 ppm fluoride• spitting out after brushing rather than rinsing with water, to avoid diluting the fluoride concentration
Brush teeth at least twice daily (with assistance from parent or carer if required):
- last thing at night or before bedtime and on at least one other occasion
- with toothpaste containing 1,350 to 1,500 ppm fluoride
- spitting out after brushing rather than rinsing with water, to avoid diluting the fluoride concentration
Clinical Topics
Keywords
Fluoride
References
Department of Health and Social Care (2021). Tooth Wear. Moynihan P, et al. Systematic review of evidence pertaining to factors that modify risk of early childhood caries. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2019;47(3):217-225.; Tinanoff N, et al. Early childhood caries epidemiology, aetiology, risk assessment, societal burden, management, education, and policy: Global perspective. Int J Paediatr Dent. 2019;29(3):238-248.
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