Breath freshener composition and method
AssigneeLife Savers, Inc.
InventorsFrank Witzel, Mario A. Di Nolfo, Burton Rodney, Donald A. M. Mackay
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Abstract
A breath freshener composition is provided which may be in the form of a comestible, such as a pill, powder, tablet, pressed candy or mint, boiled candy, mouthwash, dental cream, chewing gum and the like, and which includes as its active ingredient a vegetable oil employed in combination with magnesium hydroxide or basic hydrated magnesium carbonate. The above breath freshener composition is especially effective in eliminating onion odor in the mouth and saliva. In addition, a method is provided for inhibiting bad breath wherein any of the above combinations are employed.
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A breath freshener composition consisting essentially of a combination of vegetable oil and a substrate comprising magnesium hydroxide or the basic hydrated form of magnesium carbonate, dispersed in a non-toxic carrier, said vegetable oil being present in a weight ratio to the substrate of within the range of from about 0.1:1 to about 0.35:1.
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