Patent ID: 6102050
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A61C,A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A remedial dental floss, used to whiten the enamel layer of the teeth, comprising a dental floss and particles of titanium dioxide, wherein some or all of said particles of titanium dioxide are of a size, sufficiently small, to be absorbed by said enamel layer of said teeth, and wherein the size of some or all of said particles of titanium dioxide are selected from the group consisting of:a. about 6.0 microns or less;b. about 1.5 microns or less;c. about 1.5 microns to about 0.1 microns;d. about 0.2 microns or less; ande. about 0.2 microns to about 0.1 microns.