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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1993
Abdul Gaffar, Princeton, NJ (US);
Thomas C. Polefka, Somerset, NJ (US);
Robert J. Ferlauto, Jr., Edison, NJ (US);
Rosemarie M. Crisafulli, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Abdul Gaffar, Princeton, NJ (US);
Thomas C. Polefka, Somerset, NJ (US);
Robert J. Ferlauto, Jr., Edison, NJ (US);
Rosemarie M. Crisafulli, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An oral dentifrice composition such as a toothpaste, dental gel, toothpowder, dental tablet or lozenge containing as anticalculus agent about 4.3% to about 7% of alkali metal pyrophosphates comprising at least 4.3% of tetrapotassium pyrophosphate alone or admixed with up to 2.7% of tetrasodium pyrophosphate, and as inhibitors against enzymatic hydrolysis of such agent in saliva, a fluoride and preferably up to about 3% of a synthetic anionic polymeric polycarboxylate, and use of such composition in a program of oral hygiene and/or for inhibiting dental calculus.