Oral and dental hygiene and cleaning products with an arginine derivative for improved plaque removal
AssigneeHenkel AG & Co. KGaA
InventorsThomas Welss, Nicole Duschek, Kristin Miehlich
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Abstract
Oral and dental care and cleaning agents and methods that employ the agents are provided herein. In an embodiment, an oral and dental care and cleaning agent includes a polyol derivative of arginine. In another embodiment, a method includes the steps of supplying a toothbrush having a brush head and applying an agent to the brush head, wherein the agent includes a polyol derivative of arginine. Teeth are cleaned using the agent on the brush head.
Claims20
An oral and dental care and cleaning agent comprising a polyol derivative of arginine and fluoride.
A method comprising the steps of:
- i. supplying a toothbrush having a brush head;
- ii. applying an agent to the brush head, wherein the agent comprises a polyol derivative of arginine;
- iii. cleaning teeth using the agent on the brush head.
An oral and dental care and cleaning agent comprising:
- a polyol derivative of arginine having a structure of formula (I):
- in which P denotes a polyol radical and wherein the polyol is selected from the group of glycerol, sorbitol, hexanediol, xylitol, erythritol, and mixtures thereof;
- wherein the polyol derivative of arginine is present in an amount of from about 0.01 to about 5 wt %, based on the weight of the polyol derivative of arginine;
- fluoride;
- and
- calcium carbonate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.