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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2015
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Ingo R. Haeberlein, Weilheim, DE;
Evan Koon Lun Yuuji Hajime, Woodbury, MN (US);
Petra L. Kohler Riedi, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Chuntao Cao, Woodbury, MN (US);
Joel D. Oxman, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Steven P. Swanson, Blaine, MN (US);
Rainer A. Guggenberger, Herrsching, DE;
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods and kits for removing calculus from a tooth. The method includes applying a component A comprising hydrogen peroxide or a precursor thereto to the tooth; applying a component B comprising a catalase to the tooth, thereby generating oxygen; and removing at least a part of the calculus from the tooth; wherein the component A is applied before or after the component B is applied.