Oral compositions and methods
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsClaude Blanvalet, Pierre Lambert, Viviane Tack
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Abstract
An oral composition comprising an active component and an adhesive film forming component comprising bleached shellac and shellac wax for the treatment of teeth.
Claims20
An oral composition comprising an active component, and adhesive film forming component comprising a bleached shellac and shellac wax.
The composition of any one of the preceding claims wherein the shellac wax comprises from about 0.1% to about 20% weight of the composition.
The composition of any one of the preceding claims wherein the active component comprises form about 3% to about 50% by weight of the composition.
The composition of any one of the preceding claims wherein the adhesive film forming component further comprises beeswax, colophonium, mastic, a water-insoluble alkyl cellulose, and combinations thereof.
The composition of any one of the preceding claims wherein the adhesive film forming component comprises from about 5% to about 97% weight of the composition.
The composition of any one of the preceding claims wherein the composition comprises from about 5% to about 50% weight of the solvent.
The composition of any one of the preceding claims wherein the active component comprises colophonium and a solvent selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, ethyl acetate, acetone, isopropyl alcohol, or combinations thereof.
The composition of any one of the preceding claims wherein the active component comprises a fluoride ion source, an antibacterial agent, an antisensitivity agent, a tooth whitening agent, or combinations thereof.
The composition of any one of the preceding claims which is substantial free of water.
The composition of any one of the preceding claims which is a tooth varnish.
The method of aim 18 or 19 wherein the composition is applied to a plurality of teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.