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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2017
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Petra L. Kohler Riedi, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Evan Koon Lun Yuuji Hajime, Woodbury, MN (US);
Steven P. Swanson, Blaine, MN (US);
Chuntao Cao, Woodbury, MN (US);
Ingo R. Haeberlein, Weilheim, DE;
Tao Gong, Woodbury, MN (US);
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods and kits for removing calculus from a tooth, wherein the method can include applying a component A to the tooth, wherein component A comprises: a metal ion selected from the group of lithium ion, magnesium ion, calcium ion, a precursor thereto, and a combination thereof; and an aprotic base having a pKb in water of greater than 15.4, or a precursor thereto; applying a component B to the tooth, wherein component B comprises a bicarbonate ion or a precursor thereto; wherein components A and B are applied simultaneously or sequentially to the tooth, thereby generating a gas to soften and/or loosen at least part of the calculus on the tooth; and removing at least a part of the calculus from the tooth.