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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald P D'Ameila, Hicksville, NY (US);
Jack Homcy, Paterson, NJ (US);
Richard W Deptula, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Daniel Worthy, Succasunna, NJ (US);
Dorothy A Panhorst, Morristown, NJ (US);
Joseph W Bell, Bethleham, PA (US);
Walter Hopkins, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Nabisco, Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 48 ; 424440 ; 424441 ; 424464 ; 424641 ; 424642 ; 424643 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards the use of chewing gums, tablets and lozenges containing a breath freshening composition which comprises a physiologically acceptable zinc compound, an oil, and a non-ionic surfactant, to reduce or eliminate H.sub.2 S and CH.sub.3 SH in the oral cavity.