{"id":7223,"date":"2025-09-22T09:52:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tsastre.com\/the-mistake-we-almost-all-make-with-toothpaste\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:52:58","slug":"the-mistake-we-almost-all-make-with-toothpaste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tsastre.com\/en\/the-mistake-we-almost-all-make-with-toothpaste\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mistake we (almost) all make with toothpaste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you put toothpaste on his toothbrush &#8220;by eye&#8221;? \ud83e\udd2b Careful! Quantity DOES matter.  <\/p>\n<p>Using too much fluoride toothpaste in very young children can cause <strong>fluorosis<\/strong>, tiny white spots on their permanent teeth (those that have not yet erupted).<\/p>\n<p>The golden rule is:<\/p>\n<p><strong>From 0 to 3 years:<\/strong> The size of a <strong>GRAIN OF RICE<\/strong>(Yes, that small). <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udfe2 F <strong>rom 3 to 6 years (or more):<\/strong> The size of a <strong>PEA<\/strong> (pea).<\/p>\n<p>Both amounts should be with a toothpaste with at least 1000 ppm (parts per million) of fluoride, which is what protects against cavities!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep this post as a reminder for the next brushing!  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#Children&#8217;sDentalPaste #Fluorosis #CorrectAmount<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you put toothpaste on his toothbrush &#8220;by eye&#8221;? \ud83e\udd2b Careful! Quantity DOES matter. Using too much fluoride toothpaste in very young children can cause fluorosis, tiny white spots on their permanent teeth (those that have not yet erupted). The golden rule is: From 0 to 3 years: The size of a GRAIN OF RICE(Yes, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7220,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[341,340,342],"class_list":["post-7223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oral-health","tag-fluorosis-en","tag-pastadentalinfantil-en","tag-quantitycorrect"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Mistake we (almost) all make with toothpaste - Tom\u00e1s Sastre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tsastre.com\/en\/the-mistake-we-almost-all-make-with-toothpaste\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Mistake we (almost) all make with toothpaste - Tom\u00e1s Sastre\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you put toothpaste on his toothbrush &#8220;by eye&#8221;? \ud83e\udd2b Careful! 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