Toothpaste for milk teeth must provide reliable protection against tooth decay - this requires fluoride. However, children's toothpastes should not contain titanium dioxide. The colourant is controversial and unnecessary. Not all toothpastes tested fulfil these requirements - the quality ratings in our database of 26 children's toothpastes range from very good to poor.

The result: almost every second toothpaste tested fails: We rate a whole 199 products as "poor" or "unsatisfactory". "Satisfactory" or "sufficient" are 58 toothpastes. They have minor defects. We can at least recommend a good third of all toothpastes: 116 products were rated as "very good" and 27 as "good"...