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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1990
Filed:
May. 09, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Zahid Amjad, Avon Lake, OH (US);
Assignee:
The B. F. Goodrich Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 49 ; 424 52 ;
Abstract
Oral compositions and a method for inhibiting tartar on teeth are disclosed herein, said compositions are characterized by the presence of a fluoride source, a dental abrasive, and an anticalculus agent which is an admixture of at least one phosphorus-containing compound and at least one polymer selected from homopolymers of a carboxylic monomer and copolymers containing at least 30% of said carboxylic monomer and at least 5% by weight of a comonomer. The phosphor-containing compound is preferably selected from phosphonic acids and phosphonoalkane carboxylic acids.