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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edwin B Michaels, Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
E. B. Michaels Research Associates, Inc., Milford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 54 ; 424 49 ; 424 52 ; 424 57 ; 514900 ; 514901 ; 514902 ;
Abstract
A process for enhancing oral hygiene by reducing oral microflora and for inhibiting the formation of dental plaque by applying, to the oral cavity a composition containing (a)0.1 to 40 parts, by weight, of a higher acyl-N-betaine having the structure ##STR1## where R is a higher alkyl group of from 10 to 18 carbon atoms, or mixtures thereof, and (b) 0.1 to 40 parts, by weight of a higher alkyl-N,-N-dimethylamine oxide, a higher alkyl-N-N-dihydroxyethylamine oxide, or an acyl-amino t-amine, of the respective structures: ##STR2##