Patent ID: 6413500
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A method for maintaining oral hygiene comprising:(a) administering an oral bactericide by disposing said oral bactericide on a user's teeth in a liquid, paste or gel carrier that forms a layer on said teeth, (b) leaving said oral bactericide on said teeth for a length of time of at least three minutes, thereby killing bacteria on and between said user's teeth by means of said oral bactericide, wherein said bactericide is disposed in said carrier, said carrier by itself is insoluble in saliva for at least six hours when not disturbed by mechanical action, wherein said carrier and bactericide further suffocate bacteria by cutting off access to oxygen, and (c) removing said carrier and bactericide by brushing said teeth by which the carrier is removed by peeling large sections of the carrier or by crumbling and sweeping the carrier from said teeth.