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AssigneeSafeWhite, Inc.
InventorsSatish Kumar Garre Venkata Raghavendra, Gary Fred Musso, Caitlin Marie Kiracofe, Ada Alicia Sierraalta, Michelle Anne Hurtubise, Carlos Eduardo Martinez, Deepti Gupta
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This document relates to methods and materials involved in providing a tooth, tooth component, or inorganic dental material (e.g., a human tooth, a human tooth component, or an inorganic dental material within a human's mouth) with a white appearance. For example, a whitening adhesive containing a conjugate of at least a polyamine, a polyphosphate, and one or more whitening agents (e.g., titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, and/or hydroxyapatite) can be used to provide a tooth, tooth component, or inorganic dental material with a whiter appearance.
A whitening adhesive for coating teeth comprising polyamine, a polyphosphate, and a whitening agent and having the ability to interact with or bind to a tooth, a tooth component, or an inorganic dental material, wherein whitening agent of said whitening adhesive is non-covalently attached to said polyamine, wherein whitening agent of said whitening adhesive is non-covalently attached to said polyphosphate, and wherein whitening agent of said whitening adhesive provides teeth with a white appearance when said whitening adhesive is adhered as a coating to said tooth, said tooth component, or said inorganic dental material.
A method for altering an appearance of teeth, said method comprising applying to teeth a polyamine, a polyphosphate, and a whitening agent, to form a whitening adhesive in the form of a coating on a surface of said teeth, wherein whitening agent of said whitening adhesive is non-covalently attached to said polyamine, wherein whitening agent of said whitening adhesive is non-covalently attached to said polyphosphate, and wherein whitening agent of said whitening adhesive alters said appearance of said teeth.
A whitening adhesive for coating teeth comprising polyamine, a polyphosphate, and a whitening agent and having the ability to interact with or bind to a tooth, a tooth component, or an inorganic dental material, wherein whitening agent of said whitening adhesive is non-covalently attached to said polyamine, wherein whitening agent of said whitening adhesive is non-covalently attached to said polyphosphate, and wherein whitening agent of said whitening adhesive provides teeth with a white appearance when said whitening adhesive is adhered as a coating to said tooth, said tooth component, or said inorganic dental material, wherein said polyamine comprises from about 5 wt % to about 15 wt % of said whitening adhesive, wherein said polyphosphate comprises from about 25 wt % to about 35 wt % of said whitening adhesive, and wherein said whitening agent comprises from about 10 wt % to about 20 wt % of said whitening adhesive.
A method for altering an appearance of teeth, wherein said method comprises applying to teeth a whitening adhesive in the form of a coating, wherein said whitening adhesive comprises a polyamine, a polyphosphate, and a whitening agent and has the ability to interact with or bind to a tooth, a tooth component, or an inorganic dental material, wherein whitening agent of said whitening adhesive is non-covalently attached to said polyamine, wherein whitening agent of said whitening adhesive is non-covalently attached to said polyphosphate, and wherein whitening agent of said whitening adhesive provides teeth with a white appearance when said whitening adhesive is adhered to said tooth, said tooth component, or said inorganic dental material, wherein said polyamine comprises from about 5 wt % to about 15 wt % of said whitening adhesive, wherein said polyphosphate comprises from about 25 wt % to about 35 wt % of said whitening adhesive, and wherein said whitening agent comprises from about 10 wt % to about 20 wt % of said whitening adhesive.
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