Dentifrice formulations containing liquid polyoxyalkylene compounds miscible in a liquid, polyalkylene glycol carrier

A dentifrice composition comprising:

• 1-55% abrasive, selected from the group consisting of anhydrous dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate calcium pyrophosphate and sodium bicarbonate,
• 0-0.6% of a fluoridating agent, selected from the group consisting of stannous fluoride, sodium fluoride, and sodium monoofluorophosphate
• 2-10% binders selected from the group consisting of gum karaya, tragacanth USP, sodium alginate;
• Irish moss and methyl cellulose,
• 0-5% thickening agent selected from the group consisting of collodial silica;
• 0-10% of a peroxygen source selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide and sodium percarbonate
• 0-8% surfactants selected from the group consisting of sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium-N-lauryl sarcosinate;
• and dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate,
• 0.1-10% of the liquid polyoxyalkylene compound (b) represented by Formula II:
• I›(AO).sub.a -(XO)-M!.sub.x Formula II
• wherein in Formula II:
• I is an initiator or a mixture of initiators having at least two carbon atoms and two hydroxyl substituents;
• AO is a C.sub.3-4 alkylene oxide or mixtures of C.sub.3-4 alkylene oxide arranged in a block sequence;
• XO is (EO).sub.b (AO).sub.c wherein EO is ethylene oxide and EO and AO are distributed randomly;
• M is hydrogen or an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal;
• a is an integer from 15-35;
• b is an integer from 50-150;
• c is an integer from 7-90;
• x is 2;
• 5-70% carriers selected from the group consisting of glycerin;
• propylene glycol;
• sorbital;
• liquid polyethylene glycol, and the liquid polyalkylene glycols ( a) represented by Formula:
• I--›(EO).sub.a (AO).sub.b --M!.sub.x ;
• Formula I
• wherein in Formula I, I is an initiator or a mixture of initiators having at least two carbon atoms and at least two or more hydroxyl substituents;
• AO is a C.sub.3-4 alkylene oxide or a mixture of C.sub.3-4 alkylene oxides;
• EO is ethylene oxide;
• wherein, further EO and AO can be distributed randomly and/or arranged in a block sequence;
• M is Hydrogen or an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal;
• a is an integer from about 6-22;
• b is an integer from about 1-9;
• x is an integer from about 2-4.