Flavored dental articles
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson
InventorsWilliam Howard Ashton, Robert Schenke Russell
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Abstract
A stabilized, flavored dental article for cleaning the interproximal surfaces of the teeth such as dental floss or dental tape comprising filaments with a wax coating containing spray-dried flavor particles.
Claims7
A stabilized flavored article for cleaning the teeth comprising a plurality of filaments of a substrate material formed into a larger thread of a sufficiently small diameter to permit insertion between the teeth, said thread impregnated with water-insoluble wax with spray-dried flavor particles adhered to said water-insoluble wax.
A stabilized flavor article for cleaning the teeth comprising a plurality of filaments of a substrate material formed into a larger thread of a sufficiently small diameter to permit insertion between the teeth;
- said thread impregnated with a water-insoluble wax with spray-dried flavor particles adhered to said water-insoluble wax consisting essentially of a flavor oil dispersed in a matrix of a water-soluble medium selected from the group consisting of gums, starches and dextrins, with the water-soluble medium being capable of being dissolved by the saliva in the oral cavity when the article is applied to the teeth thereby releasing the flavor to the teeth and oral cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.