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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Meinrad Regner, Mainz, DE;
Maurice Joseph Prendergast, Bracknell, GB;
Owen Thurlby, Byfleet, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to an oral composition comprising, in an orally acceptable carrier, from about 0.1% to about 5% zinc oxide; and from about 0.1% to about 5% of a source of carbonate ions selected from alkali metal and ammonium carbonates and bicarbonates. The molar ratio of carbonate ion to zinc ion is from about 0.05:1 to about 1:1. The composition has good antiplaque efficacy and taste. Preferred compositions are toothpastes.