Colgate Palmolive Company

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Coltec Industrial Products, Inc.

John P Curtis

James Herbert Kemp

Kedar N Rustogi

John C Crawford

Thomas E Mintel

Bert D Heinzelman

Donald R Lamond

Laura H Edelman

Susan E Greenfeder

Richard Scott Robinson

Richard J Crawford

Michael Prencipe

Adam Sherman

Karen J DePierro

Karen J De Pierro

Bernie L Blackwell

Robert Moskovich

James A Petronio

Alexander J Simone

Kathleen M Yuhasz

Susan E Wieckowski

Donna M Vroom

Lisa Christina-Beck

Ravi Subramanyam

Nuran Nabi

Steven W Fisher

Philip A Gorlin

Ammanuel Mehreteab

David B Viscio

Clarence R Robbins

Michael A Collins

Jon R Zogg

Marilou Theresa Joziak

Edward A Tavss

James Richard Brown

Salim A Nathoo

Shannon K Campbell

Hollandra P Niles

Pierre J Jousson

Jiashi Tarng

Nora Lin

Richard F Theiler

Lisa Christina Beck

Shamsul K Bakar

John J Donohue

Kenneth Waguespack

Rolando M Catiis

R Peter Santarpia, Iii

Nebojsa Milanovich

David Delgado

Lisa M Christina-Beck

Goufeng Xu

Bernie P Blackwell

Mel Reci

Kathleen M Yuhasz-Kotarsky

John M Coviello, Jr

Poul N&phgr;rgaard Poulsen

Michael Joseph McGreal

Lars Gyldenvang

Zehra Siddiqui

Jan-Joost Pabst

Barry G Reinhard

Stephen A Fazan

Salim Nahoo

Michael L Lees

Bill Seiden

Timothy E Bruce

A post foaming oral care mousse is provided by the invention. The mousse includes at least a dentifrice composition and a compressed liquid propellant having a boiling point less than &#x2212;10&#xb0; C. The liquid propellant is blended into the mousse as an emulsion, and the emulsion is adapted to be dispensed from a container as a gel that foams after a time delay. The mousse has a viscosity of less than 30,000 centipoise when measured prior to the addition of the propellant. Preferably, the mousse expands at least 100 vol % in less than 5 seconds upon exposure to atmospheric pressure.

Post-foaming dental mousse and methods utilizing the same

A method for whitening a dental surface comprises nonsimultaneously applying a whitening composition to the surface, the whitening composition comprising at least one orally acceptable peroxy compound, and directing a volume of up to about 2.5 ml of an atomized activating composition on to the surface, wherein the activating composition comprises, in the volume so directed, a peroxy compound activating effective amount of at least one orally acceptable basifying agent, and wherein applying the whitening composition and directing the activating composition are separated by an interval not greater than a peroxy compound activating effective interval. The atomized composition can be directed on to the dental surface before or after application of the whitening composition.

Dental whitening method

An aqueous tooth whitening liquid composition comprising an orally acceptable vehicle comprising water and monohydric alcohol having dispersed therein a film forming combination of a poly(ethylene oxide) and a Carbomer, the pH of the composition being adjusted to and maintained at, an acid value.

Liquid tooth whitening composition

It has been found that a mouthrinse comprising CPC and zinc ions is a very effective mouthrinse. It has an antibacterial effect that removes odor creating bacteria from the oral cavity. The CPC and zinc ions preferably are used in combination with an ionone terpene such as alpha ionone or a beta ionone.

Anti-microbial breath freshening mouthrinse

A chewing gum composition for controlling malodorous breath when chewed comprising a gum base having present therein a breath freshening amount of a water soluble zinc ion releasing salt and a phosphate salt mixture of alkali metal pyrophosphate and polyphosphate salts at a weight ratio of about 2:1 to 1:3 whereby the presence of the phosphate salt mixture enhances and extends the release of the zinc ion during the period of chewing.

Chewing gum to control malodorous breath

A rapidly dissolvable orally consumable film composition for delivering breath freshening agents to the oral cavity wherein the composition is formed from a homogeneous mixture of a water soluble, low viscosity hydroxyalkylmethyl cellulose and a water dispersible starch and a flavoring agent.

Breath freshening film

A tooth whitening chewing gum composition effective to remove stains from teeth is prepared from a mixture of a chewing gum base, plasticizing, sweetening, flavoring agents, and about 0.5 to about 5.0% by weight of a silica particles, the particles containing about 5 to about 35% by weight water and having a mean particle size from 5 to 12 microns; an Einlehner hardness of from 1 to 20; an oil absorption value of from 40 to less than 100 cc/i 00g; and, a BET surface area from 100 to 700 m /g of silica.

Tooth whitening chewing gum

The floss is made of a plurality of polytetrafluoroethylene filaments and non-polytetrafluoroethylene filaments. The polytetrafluoroethylene filaments provide for a lubricity for the floss to enter more spaces and the non-polytetrafluoroethylene filaments provide for a case in gripping. In the way a range of polytetrafluoroethylene filaments can be used in the construction of a dental floss.

Dental floss

A method is disclosed for effecting heightened whitening of teeth wherein there is first applied to the teeth an aqueous rinse composition having an alkaline pH and thereafter brushing the teeth with a peroxide dentifrice.

Method to enhance peroxide tooth whitening

A dual component chlorhexidine dentifrice composition in which the first component contains a bis-biguanide antibacterial agent and the second component contains an abrasive incompatible with the bis-biguanide, wherein maximum antibacterial effect on dental tissue with reduced staining is achieved when the components and are physically separated prior to use and are mixed upon application to dental tissue.

Bis-biguanide antiplaque dentifrice exhibiting reduced staining

A tongue cleaner or scraper, of an absorbent, flexible, loop pile which conforms to the surface of the tongue and which improves cleaning effectiveness, while providing a soft, consumer acceptable tongue feel.

Tongue cleaning device

The floss is comprised of one or more strands of a tensilized polytetrafluoroethylene. The polytetrafluoroethylene is tensilized by stretching with heating to increase the tensile strength and to decrease elongation. The floss is readily grippable since it has an irregular surface. The polytetrafluoroethylene is made to have an irregular surface by having a solid incorporated into the fiber structure. The solid has a diameter of from about submicron size up to about 125% of the thickness diameter of the fiber. The floss will have a coefficient of friction of more than about 0.08. There is an acceptable grippability without the need for a coating. In addition, the solid that is incorporated into the fiber can be a bioactive material for delivery of the bioactive material to the teeth and gums during flossing.

Ingredient filled polytetrafluoroethylene dental floss devoid to grip

The invention provides a substantially nonirritating oral composition containing a surfactant system comprised of a combination of an anionic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant and a nonesterified alkyl polyglucoside surfactant.

Oral composition containing an anionic, a nonionic and an amphoteric

A dual component whitening dentifrice composition is disclosed which comprises a first dentifrice component containing a peroxide compound such as urea peroxide and a second dentifrice component containing an abrasive such as alumina or silica which is incompatible with the peroxide, the first and second dentifrice components being maintained separate from the other until dispensed and combined for application to teeth requiring whitening.

Dual component tooth whitening dentifrice

A mouth moistener for alleviating dry mouth condition comprised of an aqueous vehicle containing less than about 2% by weight an edible organic acid such as citric or malic acid and a mixture of a water soluble calcium ion releasing salt and a water soluble phosphate ion releasing salt, wherein the solution is unsaturated with respect to calcium phosphate and the solubility product (S.P.) of the calcium and phosphate ion concentration present in the solution, as expressed by the equation

Mouth moistener for the relief of dry mouth condition

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Bloomsbury, NJ, United States of America

John P Curtis