Patent ID: 6187294
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A method of scaling and polishing a patient's teeth with an improved dental composition comprising the steps of:providing a teeth cleaning composition;wherein said teeth cleaning composition consists essentially of:5% Lidocaine in an amount of about 2% percent by weight;Polyethylene glycol 540 blend and Polyethylene glycol 400, the Polyethylene glycol 540 blend in an amount between about 18.1 and 19 percent by weight and the Polyethylene glycol 400 in an amount between about 17.3 and 18.5 percent by weight;about 59 percent by weight Pumice; andabout 0.8 percent by weight Saccharin Sodium;preparing the teeth cleaning composition;filling a rubber cup attached by a prophylaxis angle to a low speed handpiece with the teeth cleaning composition; andstroking the rubber cup on at least one tooth in the anterior portion of the patient's mouth first toward the gum tissue to pack the gingival sulcus with the teeth cleaning composition and then away from the gum tissue, moving from the anterior teeth to the posterior teeth.