Flavored dental articles
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson
InventorsPhilip B. Klepak, David I. Richardson, Robert G. Fourman
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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 non-wax polymeric coating containing spray-dried flavor particles.
Claims12
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 a polymeric coating containing spray-dried flavor particles, wherein the polymeric coating is selected from the group consisting of
- (a) alkyl monoesters of poly(methyl vinyl ether/maleic acid) of the formula:
- ##STR3## wherein R is an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or hydrogen and wherein n is from about 3000 to 3400;
- (b) polyvinyl pyrrolidones of the formula:
- ##STR4## wherein n is from about 100 to 360;
- (c) acrylamide/acrylate/butylaminoethyl methacrylate polymers;
- (d) vinyl acetate/crotonic acid/vinyl neodecanoate terpolymers;
- (e) vinyl acetate/crotonic acid copolymers;
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- (f) terpolyamides comprised of the copolymerization products of dicarboxylic acid-diamine reaction product, a second but dissimilar dicarboxylic acid-diamine reaction product and a lactam wherein said terpolyamides have a molecular weight of from about 12000 to about 24000.
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 a polymeric coating containing spray-dried flavor particles consisting essentially of a flavor oil dispersed in a matrix of a water-soluble medium 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 wherein the polymeric coating is selected from the group consisting of
- (a) alkyl monoesters of poly(methyl vinyl ether/maleic acid) of the formula:
- ##STR7## wherein R is an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or hydrogen and wherein n is from about 3000 to 3400;
- (b) polyvinyl pyrrolidones of the formula:
- ##STR8## wherein n is from about 100 to 360;
- (c) acrylamide/acrylate/butylaminoethyl methacrylate polymers;
- (d) vinyl acetate/crotonic acid/vinyl neodecanoate terpolymers;
- (e) vinyl acetate/crotonic acid copolymers;
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- (f) terpolyamides comprised of the copolymerization products of dicarboxylic acid-diamine reaction product, a second but dissimilar dicarboxylic acid-diamine reaction product and a lactam wherein said terpolyamides have a molecular weight of from about 12000 to about 24000.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.