Aqueous oral care solutions, methods, kits, and tooth surfaces having a coating derived from the oral care solution

US11318005B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Yizhong Wang · Woodbury, US
• Jie Liu · Houston, US
• Richard P. Rusin · Woodbury, US
• Melinda B. Gustafson · Lake Elmo, US
• Ingo R. Haeberlein · Weilheim, DE
• Carola A. Carrera Vidal · Plymouth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 27, 2019
• Grant date: May 3, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 27, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K2800/592
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An aqueous oral care solution, a kit that includes such solution, a method of making such solution, a method of using such solution (e.g., a method of providing fluoride to a patient's tooth surface), and a tooth surface having a coating derived from the aqueous oral care solution, wherein the oral care solution includes: silver cations; thiocyanatc anions provided by a thiocyanatc source comprising Ca(SCN)2; fluoride anions; and water; wherein the molar ratio of silver to thiocyanatc ions is up to 0.40:1, and water is up to 57 wt-%, based on the total weight of the solution.