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US 2007/0185233 A1Published application
Denture adhesive articles
OwnerJayanth Rajaiah, Elizabeth Anne Wilder +2inventors
InventorsJayanth Rajaiah, Elizabeth Anne Wilder, Douglas Craig Scott, Judy Guo
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a denture adhesive article comprising a safe and effective adhesive amount of a denture adhesive component and a safe and effective amount of a water insoluble component selected from the group consisting of a water insoluble liquid component, a water insoluble thermoplastic component, and mixtures thereof; wherein the article is bioerodible.
Claims31
A denture adhesive article comprising:
- a) a safe and effective adhesive amount of a denture adhesive component;
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- b) a safe and effective amount of a water insoluble component selected from the group consisting of a water insoluble thermoplastic component, a water insoluble liquid component, and mixtures thereof;
- wherein the article is bioerodible;
- and comprises at least one layer;
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- when the article comprises 3 layers and has a denture adhesive component selected from the group consisting of sodium carboxymethylcellulose, polyethylene oxide, polyvinyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof, then at least one outside layer contains a water insoluble thermoplastic component, or at least one layer further comprises an additional denture adhesive component selected from the group consisting of AVE/MA, salts of AVE/MA, mixed salts of AVE/MA, starch derivatives, carrageenan, cellulose derivatives, polymeric acids, polymeric salts, polyhydroxy compounds, and mixtures thereof;
- wherein the additional denture adhesive component excludes sodium carboxymethylcellulose, polyethylene oxide, polyvinyl alcohol, and mixtures thereof.
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