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Chewing gum

  • US 4,400,372 A
  • Filed: 01/15/1982
  • Issued: 08/23/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A chewing gum capable of cleaning and imparting a high degree of polish to the teeth consisting essentially of:

  • a chewing gum base;

    a non-toxic source of acid present in an amount sufficient to produce an aqueous pH of from about 2.6 to about 3.3 when measured in a solution with a concentration of 0.1 gram by total gum weight of said chewing gum to 1 milliliter of demineralized water; and

    about 1-50% by total gum weight of calcined kaolin particles, the median diameter of the particles being about 2 micrometers or less, substantially all of the particles being less than about 20 micrometers in diameter.

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