Parents Use Too Much Fluoride for Young Children: Study

One toothpaste was overdosed by a factor of 5.9 while the second was overdosed by a factor of 7.2.

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Many parents are using too much fluoride for young children without fully understanding the potential risks, a new study reports.

The study, published in BDJ Open, looked at how big a dollop of fluoride toothpaste parents put on their infants’ or toddlers’ toothbrushes and noticed it was up to 7.2 times more than the suggested “grain of rice-size amount.”