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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
Oral Health Technologies, Llc, Danville, CA (US);
Robert Eugene Tricca, Danville, CA (US);
Malia Mueller Smith, Mountain View, CA (US);
Oral Health Technologies, LLC, Danville, CA (US);
Abstract
A wet wiper for cleaning accumulated oral debris from removable dental appliances. The wet wiper comprises a water insoluble substrate and a physiologically acceptable cleansing composition, wherein the cleansing composition comprises: (i) a liquid carrier consisting of a solution of water and ethyl alcohol, wherein the ethyl alcohol is about 3% to about 90% by weight of the cleansing composition, and wherein the water is q.s. to 100%; and (ii) about 0.001% to about 5% by weight of the cleansing composition of a flavor. Methods for cleaning removable dental appliances are also provided, such methods comprising the step of contacting, for a time sufficient to reduce oral debris, the removable dental appliances, with a wet wiper of the present invention.