You are diligent about reading food labels to make sure you are avoiding questionable or blatantly unhealthy ingredients, but have you turned over your toothpaste tube lately? Dentist and oral care ...

If your child has a food allergy, you're probably used to reading labels and checking ingredients. But as one family in California heartbreakingly discovered, an allergen can pop up unexpectedly in a ...

According to Consumer Reports, the one ingredient you don't want in your toothpaste is triclosan. If you have an older tube of Colgate Total, it may contain it. If so, toss it. While the antibacterial ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo – Could an ingredient in ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires a warning on all fluoride products that says: “Keep out of reach of children under 6 years of age. [highlighted in bold type] If more than used for ...

Health Canada is urging consumers to scrutinize product labels after as many as 5,000 tubes of suspected counterfeit toothpaste were distributed to a chain of discount stores across the country.

Toothpastes provide a little mechanical help with scrubbing; that’s the main reason they exist. Particles of grit help to scrape bacterial plaque from your teeth. Some common abrasives include calcium ...