From a cleaning the teeth perspective, they are designed to be equivalent to regular tubes of toothpaste. Some people suffer from tartar build up, and despite good cleaning at home and regular professional cleans, they still get a build up. Some ingredients can help protect against this. Firstly, your child needs to be old enough and capable to chew and tablet and use it as a paste rather than chewing and swallowing, like they might a sweet. They need to understand how it works. Children aged 6 years or above will likely understand this, but it will be parental discretion.

Those that do contain fluoride tend to contain enough for an adult, the equivalent to 1350-1500ppm.The following video is put together by Women’s Health magazine and is dedicated to Bite, a brand of tablet toothpastes. It gives a good overview of the situation and why they have come about. To use, just chew one tablet and add a dab of water to feel it magically turn into toothpaste. Then clean your teeth as normal. (For a whole two minutes mind, otherwise the tooth fairy will be after you.)

With some toothpaste ingredients, their level of safety or harmfulness is disputed among the public, scientists, and medical professionals. Often there is no definitive right or wrong answer. In the table below, I have included some brief notes and a comparison of other SLS-free toothpastes. Toothpaste can have ingredients added that can help protect your teeth against more than just cavities. Antibacterial: Bamboo is perfect for oral care due to its antibacterial and odor-resistant properties.Amisoft (Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate) is a surfactant (soap) that combines dissolved proteins and fats with water to flush them out while rinsing. In AMISOFT glutamic acid is esterified with coconut fatty acids. In this chemical process, two naturally occurring substances (coconut fatty acids and glutamic acid) are combined, losing their original properties. "Glutamate" should not be confused with the flavour enhancers used in the food industry - DENTTABS are glutamate- and gluten-free.