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How to Decode a Toothpaste Label

Cavity ProtectionThis is the most basic function of toothpaste, and it’s the main reason you’ll see fluoride in your toothpaste. It comes in a few different forms, such as stannous fluoride and sodium fluoride. Other ingredients like hydroxyapatite and various kinds of calcium and phosphates may help enhance the action of fluoride, but Martha McComas, a clinical associate professor of…