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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1981
Filed:
May. 23, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald A Mackay, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Frank Witzel, Spring Valley, NY (US);
Harald A Linke, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Life Savers, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424270 ; 424 48 ; 424 49 ; 424 54 ; 426-3 ; 426648 ; 426660 ;
Abstract
A method for treating teeth to reduce caries is provided wherein the teeth are contacted with a saccharin material, optionally in the presence of a sugar, for example, as contained in a chewing gum composition, the saccharin material being present in an amount sufficient to inhibit growth of Streptococcus mutans in the oral cavity or on the teeth.