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US 8,911,712 B2Granted
Multi-purposed dentifrice
AssigneeChurch & Dwight Co., Inc.
InventorsAdonis Buelo, Anthony Cirigliano, Elizabeth Major, Yun Xu
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Abstract
The present invention is directed towards anhydrous, single-part multi-purposed dentifrice and methods for removing plague, whitening and remineralizing teeth.
Claims8
A substantially anhydrous single-part dentifrice consisting essentially of:
- a) re-mineralization component comprising a soluble or partially soluble calcium salt, and at least one water-soluble phosphate salt selected from the group consisting of potassium, sodium or ammonium orthophosphate, monopotassium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, tripotassium phosphate, monosodium phosphate, disodium phosphate, trisodium phosphate, monobasic-calcium orthophosphate, and mixtures thereof;
- b) a teeth whitening component comprising an oxygen generating compound;
- c) at least one alkaline metal bicarbonate;
- and
- d) a substantially anhydrous and orally acceptable carrier, that is an ethylene oxide/propylene oxide block copolymer of the formula:
- HO(C2H4O/C3H6O)a(C2H4O/C3H6O)bC2H4O/C3H6O)c(C2H4O/C3H6O)b(C2H4O/C3H6O)aH
- wherein per mole of such copolymer there are a total of about 25 to about 50 moles of ethylene oxide units and about 5 to about 11 moles of propylene oxide units, and said copolymer has a molecular weight of from about 1250 to about 3000 in an amount of about 33 wt. % to 40 wt. % of said dentifrice;
- e) a nonionic surfactant that is a PEG/PPG-116/66 copolymer in an amount of 0.05-5 wt. % of said dentifrice;
- f) a fluoride compound;
- g) a sulfonated or sulfated anionic surfactant;
- and
- h) a thickener.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.