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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2007
Niranjan Ramji, Mason, OH (US);
Marc Hester, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Steve Hoke, West Chester, OH (US);
Robert Leslie Swaine, Jr., Glendale, OH (US);
Gerhard Norbert Zehentbauer, Okeana, OH (US);
Niranjan Ramji, Mason, OH (US);
Marc Hester, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Steve Hoke, West Chester, OH (US);
Robert Leslie Swaine, Jr., Glendale, OH (US);
Gerhard Norbert Zehentbauer, Okeana, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to oral care compositions comprising stannous ions, a mint-type flavor oil, a protectant component that prevents generation of off odor and off taste in the composition, and orally acceptable carriers. The mint-type oils include peppermint, spearmint and corn mint. Suitable protectant components include copper salts and carbonyl compounds such as ascorbic acid; cis-jasmone; 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone; 5-ethyl-3-hydroxy-4-methyl-2(5H)-furanone; vanillin; ethyl vanillin; anisaldehyde; 3,4-methylenedioxybenzaldehyde; 3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde; 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde; 2-methyoxybenzaldehyde; 4-methoxybenzaldehyde; benzaldehyde; cinnamaldehyde (3-phenyl-2-propenal); hexyl cinnamaldehyde; α-methyl cinnamaldehyde; ortho-methoxy cinnamaldehyde; α-amyl cinnamaldehyde; and combinations thereof. The oral care composition may be a dentifrice.