Oral care composition coated gum
AssigneeWhiteHill Oral Technologies, Inc.
InventorIra D. Hill
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Abstract
Disclosed are several oral hygiene preparations including plaque disrupting and gingivitis control preparations in the form of chewing gums, wherein a chewing gum is coated with a plaque disrupting emulsion containing an ingestible surfactant and a polydimethyl siloxane emulsified therein, and wherein the emulsion coating can further contain a therapeutic substance such as the gingivitis control substance stannous fluoride.
Claims17
A therapeutic preparation effective in treating localized conditions of the mouth, teeth and gums, said conditions being selected from the group consisting of plaque, gingivitis, hypersensitivity, stomatitis and microbes in the mouth, said preparation being in the form of a chewing gum wherein:
- A. the chewing gum is coated with an emulsion comprising an ingestible surfactant-emulsifier and a polydimethyl siloxane insoluble in said surfactant-emulsifier,
- B. the emulsion is applied to the chewing gum by means of a coating process selected from the group of coating processes consisting of printing, film coating, adhesive applications and textile dyeing, and
- C. the emulsion coating on said gum is releasable during chewing, at a therapeutic effective rate and in a therapeutic effective amount.
A method of manufacturing a therapeutic chewing gum comprising, preparing a sheet of chewing gum, coating said sheet of gum with an emulsion maintained at a temperature between about 100.degree. C. and about 200.degree. C., wherein:
- a. the emulsion comprises an ingestible surfactant or emulsifier and a polydimethyl siloxane insoluble in said surfactant or emulsifier, and
- b. the coating process is selected from the group of coating processes consisting of printing, film making, adhesive applications and textile dyeing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.