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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory P. Dodd, Hackensack, NJ (US);
Kenneth J. Markowitz, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Block Drug Company, Inc., Jersey City, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/16 ; A61K 7/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/16 ; A61K 7/18 ;
Abstract
A desensitizing agent for the cleaning and treatment of sensitive teeth in which the essential desensitizing ingredient is a combination of a first desensitizing agent in an amount of about 0.1 to about 2 wt. % of SnF , and a second desensitizing agent in an amount of about 0.1 to about 20 wt. % of a water soluble or water swellable polyelectrolyte. Dentifrice compositions employing the desensitizing agent of the present invention surprisingly exhibit excellent organoleptic and flavor release properties.