Patent ID: 6280707
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A dental prophylactic paste comprising a composition having a paste component and an antimicrobial component, wherein the prophylactic paste has a relative dental abrasion value of above 200, wherein said antimicrobial component comprises 2,2,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether, and wherein said composition comprises from about 99.8 percent by weight of said paste component and from about 0.2 to about 1.2 percent by weight of said antimicrobial component, and wherein said paste component comprises a weight ratio of (a) about 16 parts of a dental abrasive selected from the group consisting of pumice, clay and mixtures thereof, to (b) about 6 to about 16 parts of a moisture retention agent, to (c) about 4 to about 6 part of water.