CAVITY PROTECTION TOOTHPASTE vs Pro-Health Advanced Deep Clean Mint Toothpaste: which is safer?

COLGATE CAVITY PROTECTION TOOTHPASTE is our pick: better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

COLGATE CAVITY PROTECTION TOOTHPASTE

Colgate

CAVITY PROTECTION TOOTHPASTE

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 71/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 1

Material

aqueous gel with fluoride, silica, sorbitol, cellulose

Confidence

78%

PossibleFluoride ingestion (systemic dose risk)

Crest Pro-Health Advanced Deep Clean Mint Toothpaste

Crest

Pro-Health Advanced Deep Clean Mint Toothpaste

PFAS grade

Excellent 75/100

Overall grade

Good 67/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Aqueous gel toothpaste base with typical cosmetic excipients

Confidence

78%

PossibleFluoride ingestion (children under 3)

PossibleFragrance allergens (mint flavoring)

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Fluoride ingestion (systemic dose risk) on the Colgate and not on the Crest.
  • We flag Fluoride ingestion (children under 3) and Fragrance allergens (mint flavoring) on the Crest and not on the Colgate.
  • The Colgate is aqueous gel with fluoride, silica, sorbitol, cellulose where the Crest is Aqueous gel toothpaste base with typical cosmetic excipients, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
  • These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.

Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →

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