Method to inhibit tartar and stain using denture adhesive compositions

US6475498B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Jayanth Rajaiah · Loveland, US
• Kimberly Ann Gilday-Weber · Cincinnati, US
• Lisa Catron Ernst · Cincinnati, US
• Larry G. Martin · Cincinnati, US
• Marjorie Samuel Becus · Loveland, US
• Timothy Owens · Loveland, US
• Ann Maria Case · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 2000
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2002
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K6/65
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of reducing, controlling, inhibiting, preventing, protecting against, or minimizing calculus, tartar, plaque, or stain, in the oral cavity, by applying a denture adhesive composition to the oral cavity, the denture adhesive composition comprising:(a) a safe and effective adhesive amount of a denture adhesive component; and(b) a safe and effective amount of a non-aqueous denture adhesive carrier.