You’re in Boots, or on a product page, and Biorepair is not one tube. One carton says Total Protection. Another says Night. They are different packs. The words on the front are the whole point.
Picture the shelf. A white carton with a green end panel, and the word Plus. Next to it, a white carton with a navy band, and the word Night. If those two words are not on the front, you are holding something else.
A whitening tube or a sensitive-teeth tube is a third pack again. This page is only the everyday tube and the night tube.
What does the NHS still say about brushing at night?
The ordinary UK routine has not changed. Brush twice a day, including last thing at night, with a fluoride toothpaste. Spit, and don’t rinse straight away.
NHS teeth-cleaning advice says adults should use a paste with at least 1,350 ppm fluoride. On a family tube that is usually printed as 1,350–1,500 ppm.
Last thing at night is the brush that advice treats as the one that matters. A night label on a hydroxyapatite tube does not rewrite that. Both of the Biorepair pastes below are sold without fluoride. That is a product choice beside the fluoride paste, not a swap for one a dentist has already set. How the mineral sits beside fluoride is on hydroxyapatite vs fluoride toothpaste.
Which Biorepair tube is the daytime one?
On UK listings the everyday name is often Plus Total Protection. The Amazon UK listing uses that title, at 75 ml. The brand’s Italian carton says Protezione Totale. The top of that same carton also prints Total Protection in English. It says Plus. It says medical device toothpaste.
That medical-device line is a label on the box. It is not a result we have checked, and it is not a reason to skip a dentist.
The carton prints 200 mg/g of microRepair. Coswell’s support article describes Plus Total Protection the same way: 200 mg/g, which is 20%. We have not measured the powder. A printed figure is not a score. What a percentage on a hydroxyapatite carton does and does not tell you is in the label guide.
The carton uses strong repair and cavity language. We do not repeat that as our claim. After brushing, teeth can look a little smoother. That is a cosmetic change you might notice in the mirror. It does not rebuild a tooth.
There is a second everyday name, and it is easy to mix up. On the brand’s English site, Total Protective Repair is its own page and its own green carton. It says Total Protective Repair, not Plus. The ingredient list there is zinc hydroxyapatite, which the brand calls microRepair, plus the usual paste base. It does not list xylitol or zinc PCA. The page says that toothpaste does not contain fluoride. If the basket says Plus Total Protection, you are not holding Total Protective Repair. Read the front before you treat them as one tube.
Which tube is the night one?
UK catalogues often shorten the night tube to Advanced Night Protection. The brand’s English carton does not use that exact line. It says Advanced, and it says Intensive Night. The Italian site calls the same idea Intensivo Notte, or Intensive Night Anti-Erosion. If the front says Night, you are in this group. If it only says Total Protection, you are not.
The Intensive Night page lists zinc hydroxyapatite, then xylitol and zinc PCA. Those two names are not on the Total Protective Repair list above. The brand says this paste does not contain fluoride either. That is still a product choice. It does not move the NHS night brush off fluoride.
The night pages talk about repair, and about the paste working while you sleep. We do not adopt that. A different word on the carton is not a treatment, and it is not a timer. How long any hydroxyapatite toothpaste takes to change how teeth look is a separate page: how long it takes.
The brand also mentions children, because these pastes have no fluoride. This page does not adopt that. NHS advice for children still centres a fluoride toothpaste, with an adult helping until at least 7. For a child, or in pregnancy, use the kids and pregnancy guide.
How do you choose between them?
Plus Total Protection is the everyday tube. You can brush with it in the morning or at night. The carton with Night on the front is the other pack.
Turn the carton before it goes in the basket. First the variant: Plus Total Protection, Total Protective Repair, or Night. Then the size, often 75 ml. Then fluoride. If the box does not mention fluoride, do not guess a ppm number that is not printed. The NHS figure above belongs to a fluoride paste.
If you want the tube UK shops title as the everyday Biorepair, look for Plus Total Protection. Check it does not say Night, and check it is not the green Total Protective Repair carton if that was the one you meant.
If you want the night pack, look for Night on the front. Do not assume a Total Protection tube will do a different job because the brand name matches.
Both the Total Protective Repair page and the Intensive Night page say those pastes leave out sodium lauryl sulfate, the foaming agent on many supermarket tubes. Expect a quieter brush. Another Biorepair variant can read differently, so check the carton in your hand. Why a hydroxyapatite paste can feel almost dry is on why it doesn’t foam.
You do not need both for a first fortnight. Buying the pair to see which one “works overnight” is not a test this page can support. If you already use a fluoride toothpaste at night, the night-labelled tube does not take that place unless the dentist who set the plan changes it.
Both are often listed at 75 ml. Check the millilitres on the variant in your hand. A larger tube is a different sum. Use the price per tube guide and check the retailer on the day.
Use a pea. Brush twice a day, including last thing at night. Spit, and don’t rinse straight away. That is the NHS habit, written up on spit, don’t rinse. Some shop listings tell you to rinse. That line is not the UK guidance.
microRepair is the maker’s name for its zinc hydroxyapatite powder, which it describes as micro, not nano. The nickname is not a percent. Those two words are in the nano vs micro guide.
When should you see a dentist?
See a dentist for pain, a hole you can see, swelling, gums that keep bleeding, or sensitivity that does not settle. A day tube or a night tube will not answer that.
This is general information, not personal dental advice.
Where to buy in the UK
Start with a Boots search for Biorepair and read which variant is actually listed. Shelves change. The night tube is not guaranteed just because the brand is in the search.
The Amazon tube we have already checked is the daytime one: Biorepair Plus Total Protection on Amazon UK. Confirm the title says Total Protection, and check the seller, before you buy. It is not the night tube. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Boots, Amazon UK, Healf, and Truthpaste sit together on where to buy hydroxyapatite toothpaste in the UK.
What to read next
The UK jar beside this Italian range is in Truthpaste vs Biorepair. The wider row of names is on Biorepair vs Boka vs Apagard. More explainers are on the guides index. How the shopping links work is on our disclosure.