Actually, there are so many products available on the market and the claims made by the manufacturers are so variable that questioning the choice of a toothpaste became self-evident. In the present article one cannot find "which toothpaste" has to be used. The aim of this review is to describe some groups of toothpastes, notably the fluoride toothpastes, the pastes for hypersensitive teeth and the anti-calculus toothpastes. So, this article gives a lot of information on the development of new products with new active components. Although scientific knowledge has expanded, we have to realize that the consumer makes the choice...