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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.In a book my health visitor gave me it says for babies just use a smear of toothpaste and for children just a pea size amount. All it says after that is an excessive amount of flouride intake is undesirable so as long as you only use the "smear" of toothpaste that they state im sure that youre son will be fine. My daughter is nearly 3 and although she tries to copy me (and very rarely lets me clean them properly) she has a love of sucking the toothbrush and swallowing the toothpaste and water and her teeth are absolutely fine. If you are unduly worried i would speak to your dentist
Swallowing toothpaste may result in 'over white' patches, especially on the front teeth, which can look rather odd, so I would buy a non-flouride toothpaste from your health shop. There is already flouride in our water, so it is not needed in toothpaste. It is the flouride that can cause this whiteness on teeth.
Another point of toothy concern - if your child needs fillings, don't let them end up with a mouthful of poisonous mercury amalgam - opt for the white fillings. I have them in my mouth now and they are perfectly adequate for all chewing needs!