Process and composition for oral hygiene
US5403579A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 13, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61Q11/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for enhancing oral hygiene by reducing oral microflora and for inhibiting the formation of dental plaque in a subject by applying to the oral cavity a composition containing 0.1 to 40 parts, by weight, of a higher alkyl-N-sulfobetaine having the structure ##STR1## where R is a higher alkyl group of from 10 to 18 carbon atoms and b) 0.1 to 40 parts, by weight, of a higher alkyl-N,N-dimethylamine oxide, a higher alkyl-N,N-dihydroxylethylamine oxide, or an acylamide t-amine oxide having the respective structures: ##STR2## wherein R is a higher alkyl of from 10 to 18 carbon atoms, or mixtures of said amine oxides.
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