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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles L Fox, Jr, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Daltex Medical Sciences, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 48 ; 424 49 ; 514157 ;
Abstract
This invention discloses compositions useful as dentifrices or oral medicaments and capable of inhibiting microbial mouth infections. The compositions contain an effectiveamount of silver and/or zinc sulfadiazine and a suitable carrier. By inhibiting microbial mouth infections, these compositions reduce or eliminate dental caries, plaque formation, gingival destruction, bone and tooth loss. The compositions of this invention may be in the form of liquids such as mouthwashes, pastes such as toothpastes or solids such as chewing gums or coated dental tapes or flosses.