Patent ID: 6619300
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
A flavour enhanced protective dental floss comprising a dental floss and a formulation, and wherein said flavour enhanced protective dental floss is made using a Staged Preparation Technique, and wherein said formulation is selected from the group consisting of:Formulation Number One, wherein Formulation Number One comprises: (a) one or more binders to a maximum of about 75 percent (W/W), with 41.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (b) one or more polishing agents to a maximum of about 30.0 percent (W/W), with 27.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (c) one or more flavouring agents to a maximum of about 25.0 percent (W/W), with 14.6 percent (W/W) being optimal; (d) one or more dental desensitizing agents to a maximum of about 10.0 percent (W/W), with 9.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (e) one or more fir t emulsifying agents to a maximum of about 10.0 percent (W/W), with 5.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (f) one or more second emulsifying agents to a maximum of about 10.0 percent (W/W), with 3.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; and (g) one or more sweetening agents to a maximum of about 1.0 percent (W/W), with 0.4 percent (W/W) being optimal; Formulation Number Two, wherein Formulation Number Two comprises: (a) one or more binders to a maximum of about 75 percent (W/W), with 40.78 percent (W/W) being optimal; (b) one or more polishing agents to a maximum of about 30.0 percent (W/W), with 27.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (c) one or more flavouring agents to a maximum of about 25.0 percent (W/W), with 14.6 percent (W/W) being optimal; (d) one or more dental desensitizing agents to a maximum of about 10.0 percent (W/W) with 9.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (e) one or more first emulsifying agents to a maximum of about 10.0 percent (W/W), with 5.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (f) one or more second emulsifying agents to a maximum of about 10.0 percent (W/W), with 3.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (g) one or more sweetening agents to a maximum of about 1.0 percent (W/W), with 0.4 percent (W/W) being optimal; and (h) one or more flu ride compounds to a maximum of about 0.30 percent (W/W), with about 0.22 percent (W/W) being optimal; Formulation Number Three, wherein Formulation Number Three comprises: (a) one or more binders to a maximum of about 75 percent (W/W), with 55.6 percent (/W) being optimal; (b) one or more polishing agents to a maximum of about 30.0 percent (W/W), with 27.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (c) one or more flavouring agents to a maximum of about 25.0 percent (W/W), with 3.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (d) one or more dental desensitizing agents to a maximum of about 10.0 percent (W/W), with 9.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (e) one or more fist emulsifying agents to a maximum of about 10.0 percent (W/W), with 5.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; and (f) one or more sweetening agents to a maximum of about 1.0 percent (W/W), with 0.4 percent (W/W) being optimal Formulation Number Four, wherein Formulation Number Four comprises: (a) one or more binders to a maximum of about 75 percent (W/W), with 55.38 percent (W/W) being optimal; (b) one or more polishing agents to a maximum of about 30.0 percent (W/W), with 27.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (c) one or more flavouring agents to a maximum of about 25.0 percent (W/W), with 3.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (d) one or more dental desensitizing agents to a maximum of about 10.0 percent (W/W), with 9.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (e) one or more first emulsifying agents to a maximum of about 10.0 percent (W/W), with 5.0 percent (W/W) being optimal; (f) one or more sweetening agents to a maximum of about 1.0 percent (W/W), with 0.4 percent (W/W) being optimal; and (g) one or more fluoride compounds to a maximum of about 0.30 percent (W/W), with about 0.22 percent (W/W) being optimal.