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AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Products, Inc.
InventorTibor Sipos
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Abstract
Improved protection against dental enamel caries is provided by applying to the teeth and gingivae an oral hygiene composition containing, in addition to a pharmaceutically acceptable fluoride compound, a sufficient quantity of a pharmaceutically acceptable zinc compound so that the ratio of zinc ion to fluoride ion is at least about 7:1 by weight.
Claims13
A composition for preventing dental enamel caries consisting essentially of a pharmaceutically acceptable oral hygiene vehicle containing an effective concentration to prevent caries of a pharmaceutically acceptable fluoride salt and a pharmaceutically acceptable zinc salt that is soluble in said vehicle, wherein the weight ratio of zinc ion to fluoride ion is at least about 10:1 and wherein the zinc salt is selected from the group consisting of zinc chloride, zinc sulfate, zinc lactate, zinc salicylate and zinc thiocyanate.
In the treatment of teeth to protect them against dental caries by applying thereto an effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable fluoride compound, the improvement which comprises applying to the teeth, concurrently with said fluoride compound, a sufficient quantity of a pharmaceutically acceptable zinc compound to provide a weight ratio of zinc ion to fluoride ion of at least about 10:1 and wherein the zinc salt is selected from the group consisting of zinc chloride, zinc sulfate, zinc lactate, zinc salicylate and zinc thiocyanate.
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