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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan Halecky, West Orange, NJ (US);
Michelle S Kelly, Mantua, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Block Drug Company, Inc., Jersey City, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 49 ; 424 52 ;
Abstract
A superabsorbent acrylic polymer is used to impart desensitizing properties to an oral composition for the treatment of hypersensitive teeth. The mouth feel of the composition is improved by incorporating therein a low molecular weight polyacrylic acid and a divalent salt such as zinc sulfate.