- Type
- Anticaries agent
- How serious
- Low severity
- Evidence
- Emerging evidence
Why it is flagged
At normal toothpaste use fluoride is well established as safe and effective. A separate literature examines thyroid effects at much higher intakes than dental products deliver; the link at ordinary exposure is not established.
Health topics it bears on
Sources
- Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist Health Canada, 2025
- Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality: Guideline Technical Document – Fluoride Health Canada, 2010
- Updated consumer risk assessment of fluoride in food and drinking water including the contribution from other sources of oral exposure European Food Safety Authority, 2025
- Opinion on the safety of fluorine compounds in oral hygiene products for children under the age of 6 years (SCCP/0882/05) Scientific Committee on Consumer Products (European Commission), 2005
Also listed as
fluoride, sodium monofluorophosphate, stannous fluoride, fluorure de sodium