# Kid Rinse Guide
> Children can swallow rinse by accident. Learn the usual age guidance and safer alternatives.

## Guides
- [The Common Age-Six Guideline](https://when-can-kids-use-mouthwash.pages.dev/age-six-mouthwash-rule/): The age six mouthwash rule is a commonly cited guideline, not a law: many labels and dental bodies suggest mouthwash is for children around six and over.
- [Choosing a Kid-Friendly Mouthwash](https://when-can-kids-use-mouthwash.pages.dev/kid-friendly-mouthwash/): A kid friendly mouthwash is one whose label clearly states a suitable age, is free of alcohol, and is something your child can rinse and spit without.
- [Supervising Your Child's Rinsing](https://when-can-kids-use-mouthwash.pages.dev/supervise-rinsing/): To supervise rinsing well, stay with your child, measure a small amount, and watch every rinse until they reliably spit it out.
- [The Risk of Kids Swallowing Mouthwash](https://when-can-kids-use-mouthwash.pages.dev/swallowing-risk/): The main swallowing risk with mouthwash comes from ingredients that are meant to be spat out, mainly fluoride and, in some products, alcohol.
- [Pediatric Dentist Advice](https://when-can-kids-use-mouthwash.pages.dev/pediatric-dentist-advice-rinse/): A paediatric dentist can say whether your child needs a rinse at all, which sort, and from what age, based on their teeth and habits.

## About
- [About Kid Rinse Guide](https://when-can-kids-use-mouthwash.pages.dev/about/): not medical advice, how the site is funded and how guides are made

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