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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1997
Yelloji Rao Mirajkar, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abdul Gaffar, Princeton, NJ (US);
Stefan Stein, Saulheim, DE;
Ekkehard Jahns, Weinheim, DE;
Reinhold Dieing, Bad Durheim, DE;
Karin Sperling, Neustadt, DE;
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An oral composition and method for use thereof, comprising in an orally acceptable vehicle, an effective antiplaque amount of a noncationic antibacterial agent, and an anionic copolymer formed from monomers of which about 40 to about 90% by weight are hydrophilic type capable of attachment to oral surfaces and about 10 to about 60% by weight are of a hydrophobic type; such oral composition being effective in increasing the uptake of the antibacterial compound to dental tissue so as to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of the administered antibacterial compound.