What do the microbiome, the immune system and the development of taste preferences have to do with children’s toothpaste?

What was previously regarded primarily as daily protection against tooth decay is now taking on a whole new significance thanks to new scientific findings. This is because children’s toothpaste accompanies a child precisely during that sensitive phase of life in which the oral microbiome, the immune system and taste preferences are developing.

This gives rise to a new set of requirements for modern children’s dental care: it should not only reliably protect milk teeth, but also take the natural oral flora into account, care for sensitive mucous membranes and support balanced taste development through deliberately mild flavour stimuli.