Sentences with phrase «grain size smear»

Toothbrushes — moistened with water and no more than a rice - grain size smear of fluoride toothpaste — can also be used, but they should be very soft and with no more than three rows of bristles (a pediatric dentist or your pharmacist can help you find the finger brushes and a proper baby toothbrush).

Not exact matches

Use a rice - grain - sized smear of toothpaste for your baby or toddler, graduating to a pea - sized dollop by age 3.

Until your child learns to spit — at about age 3 — use a smear of fluoride toothpaste no bigger than the size of a grain of rice.

Until he turns 2, use just a dot of toothpaste the size of a grain of rice (or a thin smear).

In the updated guidelines, the ADA calculates kids» probable exposure to fluoride from toothpaste: Assuming that an average - sized 2 - year - old brushes her teeth twice a day and swallows the toothpaste, a smear of toothpaste (about the size of a single grain of rice) would result in 0.013 milligrams of fluoride per kilogram of weight per day.