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US 2012/0258053 A1Published application
Oral care compositions for use with an oral light device
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsMadhusudan Patel, Rosa Paredes, Mahmoud Hassan, Thomas Boyd
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Abstract
Generally regarded as safe (GRAS) dyes can be used as photosensitizing dyes in oral compositions to provide anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory efficacy. Embodiments include oral care compositions including photosensitizing dyes, methods of making the compositions, methods of using the compositions, and kits containing the compositions and light emitting devices.
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An optically clear oral care composition comprising at least one photosensitizing dye, an oxygen generator or oxygen carrier, and an orally acceptable and optically clear carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.