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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Prencipe, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Michael A Collins, Hazlet, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Colgate Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 52 ; 424 49 ; 424 53 ; 424 57 ;
Abstract
A storage stable aqueous oral composition which is effective against calculus which contains an orally acceptable vehicle having incorporated therein from about 10% to up to about 15% by weight water, an effective anticalculus combination of about 0.5 to about 2% by weight of a water soluble pyrophosphate salt and about 0.5 to about 3% by weight of a water soluble polyphosphate salt. The presence in the composition of relatively high amounts of water affect the stability of the composition.