Dental Benefit, Kids and Toothpaste.
For many parents getting your child to brush their teeth regularly can be a major accomplishment. Yet one bad habit that children may pick up is using too much toothpaste and swallowing a lot of it. Some children will even eat toothpaste if they think it taste good enough. The result of this bad habit, is too much fluoride is ingested into the child’s body. This can cause a condition known as Fluorosis, where white or brown spots can form on the teeth in severe cases.
Yet the good news is this is one habit that is fairly easy to break. Make sure to spend time with your child explaining that a pea size drop of toothpaste is all that it takes and teach them how to correctly brush, rinse and spit properly. After a few time they will normally get the hang of it.