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The American Dental Association’s (ADA) Council on Scientific Affairs (CSA) has recently updated its guidelines on fluoride toothpaste use for younger children. The ADA has overturned its decades-old recommendation and now suggests that parents and caregivers use a tiny smear of fluoride toothpaste as soon as their children’s first tooth comes in.
CSA previously recommended using water to brush the teeth of children younger than 2 years old and to brush the teeth of children 2 to 6 years old with a pea-size amount of fluoride toothpaste. In order to ward off cavities, the ADA updates its guidelines and recommends using fluoride toothpaste in an amount no more than a smear or the size of a grain of rice for children younger than 3 years old and a pea-size amount for children 3 to 6 years old.
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