Walraven says one brand, Crest, appeared to use the plastic microbeads more than others. A Phoenix-area dentist says the microbeads shouldn't be in your toothpaste.

Crest Pro-Health is more liquidy than typical toothpaste, which makes it more prone to smearing and leaking, which makes the cap harder to close, which makes it leak even more, and so on.

Crest offers 3D White Vivid and 3D White Advanced Vivid. Both varieties contain hydrated silica as an abrasive. The advanced version, which comes out of the tube in two separate chambers, also has ...

Crest agrees to stop putting plastic microbeads in your toothpaste "For a long time I've noticed the little tiny speckles and I thought it was just some type of coloration they put in there," said ...

BOSTON — Crest is taking action to remove a dangerous ingredient from its toothpaste. Some of its products contain microbeads -- a plastic that can get stuck between teeth and gums.

Crest will complete removal process by March of 2016." The FDA, for its part, says it has never approved microbeads to be put in toothpaste, which it considers to be an over-the-counter drug.