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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1987
Hans-Juergen Klueppel, Duesseldorf, DE;
Walter Ploeger, Hilden, DE;
Horst Rutzen, Langenfeld, DE;
Rudolf Lehmann, Leichlingen, DE;
Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
Oral and dental hygiene preparations containing quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an n-alkyl group, preferably containing from 8 to 12 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, a CH.sub.3 -group or a CH.sub.2 OH-group and R.sup.3 is a CH.sub.3 -group or a group of the formula --CH.sub.2 --CH(OH)--R.sup.2, A is an inorganic or organic acid anion and n is the basicity of the anion. The quaternary ammonium compounds of formula I can have a plaque inhibiting effect and show only slight antimicrobial activity. R.sup.1 is preferably an n-decyl group, R.sup.2 is hydrogen and R.sup.3 is a CH.sub.3 -group or a 2-hydroxyethyl group. The oral and dent al hygiene preparations also preferably contain fluorides and/or organophosphonates as the anion A.