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Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Michael Prencipe, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Andre Morgan, Robbinsville, NJ (US);

Venda Porter Maloney, Piscataway, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/27 (2006.01); A61Q 11/00 (2006.01); A61K 8/02 (2006.01); A61K 8/44 (2006.01); A61K 8/73 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/27 (2013.01); A61K 8/0245 (2013.01); A61K 8/44 (2013.01); A61K 8/731 (2013.01); A61Q 11/00 (2013.01); A61K 2800/412 (2013.01); A61K 2800/594 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are oral care compositions, for example dentifrice compositions, comprising an oral care composition comprising an orally acceptable vehicle, metal oxide particles having an average particle size of no greater than a dentin tubule and at least one amino acid capable of chelating the metal oxide. The composition may comprise a polymeric adherent material for adhering the metal oxide particles in the dentin tubule. The metal oxide particles have a median particle size of 5 microns or less, and may comprise zinc oxide.


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