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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Prencipe, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Gary A Durga, Edison, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Colgate Palmolive Company, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 49 ; 424 52 ;
Abstract
A toothpaste or dental gel composition containing an amount of a synthetic linearly viscoelastic cross-linked polymeric thickening agent, especially a cross-linked methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride copolymer, effective to render the composition linearly viscoelastic, and a method of promoting oral hygiene by applying an effective amount of the composition to dental surface.