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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yelloji-Rao K Mirajkar, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Nuran Nabi, Cranbury, NJ (US);
John Afflitto, Brookside, NJ (US);
Abdul Gaffar, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 49 ; 424 52 ;
Abstract
A high foaming oral composition comprising in an orally acceptable vehicle, an effective antiplaque, antibacterial compound, and at least about 2% by weight of a mixed anionic/nonionic surfactant system in a weight ratio of about 7:1 to 2:1, respectively, which ratios are effective to increase the uptake of the antibacterial compound to dental tissue so as to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of the administered antibacterial compound.