How much toothpaste should you use?

Way less than the commercials show: a pea-sized dab for everyone 3 and up.

The Just Right card

Too littleA dry brush with no fluoride
Too muchA full swirl, and kids swallow it
Just rightA pea for 3 and up, a grain of rice under 3

Huh, didn't know that: Brush 2 minutes, twice a day. Then spit, don't rinse, so the fluoride keeps working.

The dad joke
My kid asked if I was serious about the pea-sized thing. I said, "Would I lie? I'm telling you the tooth."
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Sources

  1. CDC MMWR 68(4), 2019
  2. NHS brushing advice

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