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What is fluoride varnish made of?

Designed to Smile uses Colgate Duraphat fluoride varnish.

The ingredients include traces of beeswax and shellac.

Extract from Delivering Better Oral Health: an evidence based toolkit for prevention: Some fluoride varnishes contain alcohol but it has been agreed on the authority of the West Midlands Shari’ah Council that they are suitable for use by Muslims as they are being used as a medicament and are not an intoxicant, and are used in small amounts well below that which would intoxicate and they are not being used for reasons of vanity.