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Toothpaste Abrasiveness & Low Abrasive Toothpastes

— Transferred from its original home on mouthmop.com (where this all started)
Watch and learn how to tell if your toothpaste is overly abrasive or not. Apologies, I didn’t notice the vibrations until I was converting the video.

Radioactive Dentin Abrasiveness Index of Toothpastes 
•  Anything below 70-80 RDA is considered low abrasive

04      Toothbrush with plain water 91      Aquafresh Sensitive
07      Plain baking soda 93      Tom’s of Maine
15      Weleda Salt Toothpaste 94      Rembrandt Plus
30      Elmex Sensitive Plus 95      Oxyfresh with Fluoride
30      Weleda Plant Tooth Gel 95      Crest Regular
35      Arm & Hammer Dental Care 97      Oxyfresh Powder
40      Weleda Children’s Tooth Gel 101     Natural White
42      Arm & Hammer Mentadent Advance Whitening 103     Mentadent
44      Squiggle Enamel Saver 103     Arm & Hammer Sensation
45      Weleda Calendula Toothpaste 104     Sensodyne Extra Whitening
45      Weleda Pink Toothpaste with Ratanhia 106     Colgate Platinum
45      Oxyfresh 106     Arm & Hammer Advance White Extreme Whitening
48      Arm & Hammer Dental Care Sensitive 107     Crest Sensitivity Protection
49      Tom’s of Maine Sensitive 110     Colgate Herbal
52      Arm & Hammer Peroxicare Regular ~80     Amway Glister
53      Rembrandt Original 113     Aquafresh Whitening
53      Closys 117     Arm & Hammer Advance White Gel
54      Arm & Hammer Dental Care PM Bold Mint 117     Arm & Hammer Sensation Tartar Control
57      Tom’s of Maine Children 120     Close Up with Baking Soda
62      Supersmile 124     Colgate Whitening
63      Rembrandt Mint 130     Crest Extra Whitening
68      Colgate Regular 133     Ultra Brite
70      Colgate Total 144     Crest Multicare Whitening
70      Arm & Hammer Advance White Sensitive 145     Ultra Brite Advanced Whitening Formula
70      Colgate 2-in-1 Fresh Mint 150     Pepsodent
78      Biotene 165     Colgate Tartar Control
79      Sensodyne 168     Arm & Hammer Dental Care PM Fresh Mint
80      AIM 176     Nature’s Gate Paste
80      Close Up 200     Colgate 2-in-1TartarControl/Whitening
82      Under the Gum
83      Colgate Sensitive Max Strength 200     FDA recommended upper limit
87      Nature’s Gate 250     ADA recommended upper limit

This list is always being updated, but the table is sometimes hard to edit here are additional toothpaste:
Healthy Teeth & Gums Toothpaste – 52 RDA

Naturally, the formulations of the toothpaste listed are subject to change, but what you see here is the most current information I could find.

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