Personal Care
R3 has independently scored 9 toothpaste products for safety on a 0 to 10 scale. The average safety score is 5.3/10, 0 score 9.0 or higher, and Essential Oxygen BR Certified Organic Toothpaste, Peppermint (fluoride-free, 4 oz) leads the category at 7.2/10.
Across the 9 toothpaste products R3 scored, the median safety score is 5/10. The distribution below shows how many land in each safety band.
Highest safety score
Essential Oxygen BR Certified Organic Toothpaste, Peppermint (fluoride-free, 4 oz)Safety 7.2/10, the top of 9 toothpaste products R3 scored.
Lowest safety score
Crest Cavity Protection Regular Paste (sodium fluoride 0.243%, 4.2 oz)Safety 3.0/10, the lowest in the set, scored the same way as every other product in the category.
Safety accounts for 25% of the overall score for toothpaste in R3's scoring system (version 1.0.0). Every product in this category is scored against the same published criteria, so these numbers are comparable across the whole set. See how we score products.
Source: R3 (2026). Safety scores on a 0 to 10 scale across 9 independently scored toothpaste products.
R3 has independently scored 9 toothpaste products for safety, with an average safety score of 5.3/10 and a median of 5/10.
Essential Oxygen BR Certified Organic Toothpaste, Peppermint (fluoride-free, 4 oz) has the highest safety score among the 9 toothpaste products R3 scored. 0 of 9 score 9.0 or higher on safety. Sign in to see each product's exact safety score.
Safety accounts for 25% of the overall score for toothpaste in R3's scoring system (version 1.0.0). Every product in the category is scored the same way, against the same published criteria.