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Blueberry Chocolate and Natural Root Beer Float Are Winning Recipes in the Oak Park Dentistry for Children’s Ultimate Toothpaste Flavor Recipe Contest

Brushing your teeth would be a delicious experience if toothpaste manufacturers took the advice of Oak Park Dentistry for Children’s winning recipes for new toothpaste flavors. The winning recipes were submitted by five-year-old Anna who created Blueberry Chocolate and Katherine, age 11, who mixed up Natural Root Beer Float.

Winning recipes:

Anna’s Blueberry Chocolate – Ingredients: Blueberries, grapes and chocolate. Along with baking soda, fake sugar and fluoride. Grind the blueberries, grapes and chocolate, then add all ingredients and mix well.
Katherine’s Natural Root Beer Float – Ingredients: Baking soda, natural root beer-flavored extract, natural vanilla extract, water, and natural food coloring. Mix all ingredients together.

Runners-up:

Nathaniel’s Wild N Wreckless

20 mg orange flavoring
20 mg strawberry flavoring
20 mg lime flavoring
20 mg kelp flavoring
20 mg fluoride

Patrick’s Milky Milk Chocolate

1 cup melted chocolate chips
1/8 cup milk
Pinch of salt
Pinch of baking soda

James’ Root Beer Float

Root beer flavoring
Vanilla ice cream flavor
Sodium fluoride

Claire’s Key Lime Pie

1 cup of sugar free gelatin
2 oz. sugar free limeade
2 Tbs. baking soda
1 cup vanilla yogurt
7 oz. fluoride
1 cup cream

Kailee’s Red Hot Cherry

A dash of red bits of spice
1 cup strawberry paste “sugar free”
1 cherry flavoring

Anthony & Matthew’s Strawberry Lemonade

5 strawberries
3 lemons
3 pinches magic dust

Allison’s Cookie Dough

1 cup chocolate chips
2-3 scoops cookie dough ice cream
1/2 cup water
2 Tbs. fluoride

Amanda’s Lemon Lime Chocó-nova

5 squeezes of lemon
10 squeezes of lime
Little sour clusters
Baking soda
Brown food coloring

Logan’s Superhero Strong Toothpaste

1/4 Superman strawberries
1/4 Ironman mangos
1/2 Batman blueberry
1/4 Spiderman sparkles

Mary Jane’s Chocolate Fudge Marshmallows

2 drops of chocolate fudge
3 marshmallows
A little bit of bubble gum

Personalized Coloring Book

Your child will love having their own personalized coloring book from the dentist, and they can use it for years to come or you can preserve it in their scrapbook or baby book. It is fun and easy to use, try it yourself by clicking on one of the coloring books below.

Boy Coloring Book | Girl Coloring Book

Motivational Charts

Your child will enjoy healthy dental habits when they use these Motivational Charts.

Color Brushing Chart

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Breaking the Habit

Breaking the Habit B&W

Activity Sheets

Want something fun to do? Print one or all of the below Activity Sheets to see if you can conquer the Dental Crossword Puzzle, find all of the Hidden Toothbrushes, Unscramble the Dental Words, or find the Hidden Dental Words. We know you can do it!

For a printer friendly version of any Activity Sheet, click the title or picture below.

Hidden Toothbrushes