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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