Does Oral-B Use Microplastics?
The short answer
Most Oral-B products we could analyse listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer. Of the 29 Oral-B products on Open Beauty Facts with a readable ingredient list, 19 listed at least one flagged synthetic polymer — 66%. The one that came up most was PEG (Polyethylene Glycol), in 9 of them.
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What this is. Ingredient-label data from Open Beauty Facts (snapshot 2026-07-31), not laboratory testing. Coverage is crowdsourced, partial and Europe-weighted, so this is 29 of the 100 Oral-B entries in that database, and US formulations often differ. A flagged ingredient is not automatically harmful — a gel thickener and a solid microbead are both synthetic polymers and are not the same risk.
What comes up most in Oral-B ingredient lists
| Ingredient | Products | Why it's flagged |
|---|---|---|
| PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) | 9 of 29 | PEG / glycol |
| PVP (Polyvinylpyrrolidone) | 7 of 29 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Carbomer | 5 of 29 | Acrylate / vinyl polymer |
| Parabens | 1 of 29 | Plasticiser / chemical of concern |
Example products
Real entries from Open Beauty Facts, showing what the label lists.
3D White Professional Zahnpasta
2 flagged ingredients
pro repair original
2 flagged ingredients
Oral-B Pro-3D White Advanced Diş macunu
2 flagged ingredients
Product images from Open Beauty Facts contributors, licensed CC BY-SA. Ingredient data under ODbL.
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