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Antibacterial oral composition

Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Co
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Filing: 1976-08-16
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Granted: 1978-10-03
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Expires: 1996-08-16
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Abstract

Abstract An antibacterial oral composition effective to promote oral hygiene containing an antibacterial antiplaque agent and an additive which reduces staining of dental surfaces without substantially diminishing the antibacterial and antiplaque activity of the agent. Bis-biguanido hexanes, such as chlorhexidine and alexidine, and quaternary ammonium salts, such as benzethonium chloride and cetyl pyridinium chloride, are typical examples of antibacterial agents. The antistain additive is phosphonoacetic acid or salts thereof.

Inventors

  • 👤 Abdul Gaffar
  • 👤 Hollandra P. Niles

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 10:15
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/55; A61K8/40; A61K8/41; A61K8/416; A61K8/43; A61K8/49; A61K8/4906; A61K8/4926; A61Q; A61Q11/00; A61K2800/00; A61K2800/40; A61K2800/52

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim 38 words
An oral composition comprising an oral vehicle, at least one nitrogen containing antibacterial antiplaque agent selected from the group consisting of cationic bis-guanido and quaternary ammonium antibacterial antiplaque agents and phosphonoacetic acid or an orally acceptable salt thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 38 words
An oral composition comprising an oral vehicle, at least one nitrogen containing antibacterial antiplaque agent selected from the group consisting of cationic bis-guanido and quaternary ammonium antibacterial antiplaque agents and phosphonoacetic acid or an orally acceptable salt thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 49 words
The oral composition of claim 1 wherein said antibacterial antiplaque agent is present in amount to provide about 0.001 to about 15% by weight based on the free base form of said agent and said phosphono compound is present in amount of about 0.01 to about 10% by weight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 46 words
The oral composition of claim 2 wherein said antibacterial antiplaque agent is present in amount of about 0.01 to about 5% by weight based on the free base form of said agent and said phosphono compound is present in a molar excess relative to said agent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 16 words
The oral composition of claim 2 wherein said antibacterial antiplaque agent is a bis-quanido antiplaque agent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 30 words
The oral composition of claim 4 wherein said antibacterial antiplaque agent is a pharmaceutically acceptable water soluble salt of an agent selected from the group consisting of chlorhexidine and alexidine.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 20 words
The oral composition of claim 5 wherein said antibacterial antiplaque agent is a pharmaceutically acceptable water soluble salt of chlorhexidine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 14 words
The oral composition of claim 2 wherein said antibacterial antiplaque agent is benzethonium chloride.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 28 words
The oral composition of claim 2 wherein said antibacterial antiplaque agent is a quaternary ammonium compound containing 1 to 2 alkyl groups of 8 to 20 carbon atoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 15 words
The oral composition of claim 8 wherein said antibacterial antiplaque agent is cetyl pyridinium chloride.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 39 words
The oral composition of claim 1 wherein said vehicle comprises a liquid vehicle and a gelling agent and a dentally acceptable polishing material is present and said composition is a toothpaste of pH of about 4.5 to about 9.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 26 words
The oral composition of claim 1 wherein said vehicle is an aqueous-alcohol and said composition is a mouthwash of pH of about 4.5 to about 9.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 47 words
The mouthwash composition of claim 11 comprising about 0.01 to about 5.0% based on its free base weight of benzethonium chloride and relative thereto, a molar excess within the range of about 0.1 to about 5% by weight of phosphonoacetic acid or an orally acceptable salt thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 52 words
The mouthwash composition of claim 11 comprising about 0.01 to about 5% based on its free base weight of a water-soluble pharmaceutically acceptable salt of chlorhexidine, and relative thereto, a molar excess within the range of about 0.1 to about 5% by weight of phosphonoacetic acid or an orally acceptable salt thereof.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 34 words
A method of preparing an oral composition as defined in claim 1 wherein said phosphono compound is added to the remaining components of said composition after said components have been contacted with each other.

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