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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Xiaoyan Liu, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Malcolm Williams, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Ravi Subramanyam, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Colgate Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/16 ;
Abstract
An oral composition comprising in an orally acceptable vehicle, an effective antiplaque amount of an halogenated diphenyl ether or phenolic antibacterial compound, and an amount of an mixed anionic/zwitterionic surfactant system which is effective to increase the uptake of the antibacterial compound to dental tissue so as to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of the administered antibacterial compound.