Toothpaste contains fluoride to support tooth enamel (the surface part of the teeth) and prevent decay. Parents use different flavored toothpastes to encourage children to use them, and toothpastes often have delicious flavors that encourage children to swallow them. This is causing concern for some parents, due to the fluoride in toothpaste.
The German magazine Focus reported that the concern about ingesting fluoride was caused primarily by the difference between it and fluorine. Fluorine is a poisonous gas. And by coupling fluorine with other elements such as sodium or calcium, fluoride is formed, and it is also called fluorine salts.
Fluoride is not harmful to the body’s organs if its quantities are small and supports some important body activities
Fluoride is not harmful to the body’s organs if its quantities are small and supports some important body activities. Fluoride is ingested through daily food, such as black tea, mineral water and fish. It does not pose a threat to the health of the body.
Also, toothpaste does not pose a threat to the health of the body, as the amounts of fluoride in toothpaste are very small and do not pose a danger to humans. The concentration of fluoride in toothpaste for adults is 1450 parts per million of the toothpaste, and in the toothpaste for children, the ratio is only 500 parts per million. While 0.25 grams of peas contain 0.125 milligrams of fluoride. This amount is much less than what is claimed by the European Food Safety Authority, according to Focus magazine.
On the other hand, German dentist Jacqueline Eich stated on the website of her clinic in Munich, that the amount of fluoride recommended for children after the emergence of milk teeth and until the emergence of permanent teeth should not exceed 500 parts per million. After the permanent teeth appear (after the age of six), toothpaste containing 1,000 to 1,500 ppm amounts of fluoride can be used.
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