Zinc and enzyme toothpowder dentifrice
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1. A fluoride-free tooth powder capable of reducing dental plaque and calculus consisting essentially of:
- (a) about 0.1% to about 30% of a non-enzyme bound, pharmaceutically acceptable zinc acetate, benzoate, borate, carbonate, citrate, dl-lactate trihydrate, phenolsulfonate, silicate, an alkanoate having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, salicylate, stannate, sulfate, tannate or titanate;
(b) from about 0.1% to about 30% of an enzyme preparation selected from the group consisting of a protease, a carbohydrase, a lipase and mixtures thereof; and
(c) about 50% to about 99% dental polishing agent.
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Abstract
There is disclosed in this specification an improved composition for reducing dental plaque and calculus formation, comprising zinc ions and an organoleptically acceptable enzyme, which may be a protease, carbohydrase, or lipase, or mixtures of these enzymes.
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1. A fluoride-free tooth powder capable of reducing dental plaque and calculus consisting essentially of:
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(a) about 0.1% to about 30% of a non-enzyme bound, pharmaceutically acceptable zinc acetate, benzoate, borate, carbonate, citrate, dl-lactate trihydrate, phenolsulfonate, silicate, an alkanoate having 8 to 18 carbon atoms, salicylate, stannate, sulfate, tannate or titanate; (b) from about 0.1% to about 30% of an enzyme preparation selected from the group consisting of a protease, a carbohydrase, a lipase and mixtures thereof; and (c) about 50% to about 99% dental polishing agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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