Medicine guide

Therabreath

Kit

  • Available without prescription
Active substance
Cetylpyridinium Chloride
Made by
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

Quoted from the official source. Not yet reviewed by Mediclarum — the leaflet in your pack is authoritative.

At a glance

Quoted from the official label · 2026-01-01

What it is

Antigingivitis/Antiplaque · Antigingivitis/Antiplaque

Used for
  • Helps prevent
  • Gingivitis, an early form of gum disease
  • Bleeding gums helps control plaque that leads to
  • Gingivitus
  • Bleeding gums
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Warning

Stop use and ask a dentist if gingivitis, bleeding, or redness persists for more than 2 weeks

All warnings ↓
Good to know
  • Sold without a prescription
  • Mediclarum could not reach the FDA to check for recalls just now. This is not a result.
  • Mediclarum could not reach the FDA to check for shortages just now.
93other products contain Cetylpyridinium Chloride — compare makers, forms and strengths

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What it is for

  • helps prevent
  • gingivitis, an early form of gum disease
  • bleeding gums helps control plaque that leads to
  • gingivitus
  • bleeding gums
  • helps prevent
  • gingivitis, an early form of gum disease
  • bleeding gums helps control plaque that leads to
  • gingivitus
  • bleeding gums

From the official label · 2026-01-01 · DailyMed

How to take it

These directions are for this exact strength and form. Another one is different.

  • adults and children 12 years and older vigorously swish 20 milliliters (4 teaspoonfuls) of rinse between your teeth twice a day for 30 seconds and then spit out.
  • Do not swallow rinse.
  • children 6 years to under 12 years supervise use
  • children under 6 years
  • do not use
  • adults and children 12 years and older vigorously swish 20 milliliters (4 teaspoonfuls) of rinse between your teeth twice a day for 30 seconds and then spit out.
  • Do not swallow the rinse.
  • children 6 years to under 12 years supervise use
  • children under 6 years
  • do not use

Quoted from the official label, section “Dosage & Administration”.

Ask a doctor first if

  • and ask a dentist if gingivitis, bleeding, or redness persists for more than 2 weeks
  • you have painful or swollen gums, pus from the gum line, loose teeth, or increasing spacing between teeth.
  • These may be signs or symptoms of periodontitis, a serious form of gum disease.

Quoted from the official label, section “OTC — Ask Doctor”.

Stop and get help if

  • and ask a dentist if gingivitis, bleeding, or redness persists for more than 2 weeks
  • you have painful or swollen gums, pus from the gum line, loose teeth, or increasing spacing between teeth.
  • These may be signs or symptoms of periodontitis, a serious form of gum disease.

Quoted from the official label, section “OTC — Stop Use”.

Other warnings

  • Stop use and ask a dentist if gingivitis, bleeding, or redness persists for more than 2 weeks
  • Keep out of reach of children under 6 years of age.
  • Stop use and ask a dentist if gingivitis, bleeding, or redness persists for more than 2 weeks
  • Keep out of reachof children under 6 years of age.

Quoted from the official label, section “Warnings”.

Keep away from children

  • under 6 years of age. If more than used for rinsing is accidentally swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.
  • Keep out of reachof
  • children under 6 years of age. If more than used for rinsing is accidentally swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away.

Quoted from the official label, section “OTC — Keep Out of Reach of Children”.

Other information

  • this rinse is not intended to replace brushing or flossing
  • do not use both oral rinses together.
  • this rinse is not intended to replace brushing or flossing
  • do not use both oral rinses together.

Quoted from the official label, section “OTC — Other Information”.

What kind of medicine it is

  • Antigingivitis/Antiplaque
  • Antigingivitis/Antiplaque

Quoted from the official label, section “OTC — Purpose”.

Other ingredients

Relevant if you react to a dye, a preservative, lactose or gluten.

  • water, glycerin, poloxamer 407, flavor, sucralose
  • water, glycerin, poloxamer 407, flavor, sucralose

Quoted from the official label, section “Inactive Ingredients”.

Questions about this product

  • Church & Dwight Co., Inc. PHONE: 1-800-973-7374 WEB: THERABREATH.COM
  • Church & Dwight Co., Inc. PHONE: 1-800-973-7374 WEB: THERABREATH.COM

Quoted from the official label, section “OTC — Questions”.

Ingredients people check for

Lactose, gluten, dyes, sugars and other ingredients that matter with an allergy, intolerance or diet — as this product’s FDA label lists them.

This label’s list of inactive ingredients names none of: lactose, wheat or gluten, colour dyes, sugars, sugar alcohols, alcohol (ethanol), aspartame (phenylalanine), gelatin, peanut oil, soy, parabens, sulfites, titanium dioxide.

Quoted from the FDA label. A label that does not name an ingredient is not a guarantee that the product is free of it, and formulations change. With an allergy, check the pack and ask a pharmacist.

Same active substance, strength and form in other countries

Matched on active substance, strength and kind of form only. This is not a statement that the products are equivalent or interchangeable: other ingredients, release and approved uses can differ — ask a pharmacist before swapping.

Medicine passport: one printable page to show a pharmacist abroad

CanadaNo exact match for this strength and form

Details

Made byChurch & Dwight Co., Inc.
Active substanceCetylpyridinium Chloride
FormKit
RouteOral
Packs1 KIT in 1 CARTON * 473 mL in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC * 473 mL in 1 BOTTLE, PLASTIC
NDC10237-269
NDC10237-274

Source: NDC Directory · 2026-09-13 · not reviewed by a clinician

Source: US Food and Drug Administration, NDC Directory. Reuse terms: US government work (FDA).

Other strengths and forms

2 products are sold under this name. Grouped by form; a number on a strength means several companies make it.

Same active substance

These contain the same substance. That does not mean one can replace another — ask a pharmacist.