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1. A delivery device for delivering an oral healthcare substance to the oral surfaces of the teeth, gingival and/or mucosal tissues, comprising;
- a strip of an orally acceptable flexible material, having a strip surface capable of being applied to a tooth surface and/or adjoining soft tissue, the strip having an oral healthcare substance deposited upon a strip surface thereof, and/or impregnated into its bulk, the substance being capable of transference from the strip surface to the tooth surface and/or adjoining soft tissue, the strip being capable of adhesion to a tooth surface and/or adjoining soft tissue to which the strip is applied, the adhesion function being provided independent of the oral healthcare substance.
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A device for delivering an oral healthcare substance to the teeth, gingival and/or mucosal tissues comprising a strip of an orally acceptable flexible material with an oral healthcare substance deposited onto it or impregnated into its bulk, capable of adhesion to a tooth surface but with the adhesion function being provided independent of the oral healthcare substance. A preferred device comprises a strip of a plastically deformable material, to which is attached a layer of an absorbent material, with a peroxide-containing tooth whitening gel on the layer of absorbent material.
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1. A delivery device for delivering an oral healthcare substance to the oral surfaces of the teeth, gingival and/or mucosal tissues, comprising;
- a strip of an orally acceptable flexible material, having a strip surface capable of being applied to a tooth surface and/or adjoining soft tissue, the strip having an oral healthcare substance deposited upon a strip surface thereof, and/or impregnated into its bulk, the substance being capable of transference from the strip surface to the tooth surface and/or adjoining soft tissue, the strip being capable of adhesion to a tooth surface and/or adjoining soft tissue to which the strip is applied, the adhesion function being provided independent of the oral healthcare substance.
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