Colgate Palmolive Company

Stuart Shapiro

John C Brahms

Abdul Gaffar

Orum D Stringer

Dale S Scherl

Susan M Herles

Malathy Subramanian

Shirley A Lucchesi

Ernest Kelly

Frederick G Saunders

An oral antiplaque composition for treatment of teeth wherein the essential antiplaque agent is a substantially water insoluble noncationic antibacterial phenol containing, relative to the hydroxyl group, an alkyl or cycloalkyl group, preferably tert.-butyl (t-butyl), in the 2-position, and substituents in one or both of the 4- and 5-positions, one or both of which may be alkyl or cycloalkyl, one being preferably t-butyl.

Antiplaque oral composition and method

An antibacterial, anti-inflammatory compound for use in oral products, of the formulae: ##STR1## Wherein: R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are straight chain or branched alkyl substituents or cycloalkyls with one or more alkyl substituents.

Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial benzyl phenol agents and their use

An oral composition comprising an orally acceptable vehicle and an effective antiplaque amount of at least one substantially water insoluble noncationic antibacterial agent of the formulae: ##STR1##

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Kilchberg, Switzerland

Stuart Shapiro