Patent ID: 8900557

Claim:
A dental cleaning composition comprising: a substantially stoichiometric ratio of one or more oxidizing agents to one or more reducing agents in one or more one or more orally acceptable carriers, wherein the one or more reducing agents are antioxidant compounds and elements chosen from lemon peel powder, grapefruit peel powder, melon peel powder, honeydew peel powder, pomegranate peel powder, and papaya peel powder and combinations thereof; wherein the substantially stoichiometric ratio of one or more oxidizing agents to one or more reducing agents is sufficient to neutralize the oxidizing agent in a subject oral cavity; and wherein the one or more oxidizing agents and one or more reducing agents are either co-dispensed or sequentially dispensed in the subject oral cavity, and wherein the one or more one or more orally acceptable carriers are chosen from abrasives, anticalculus agents, chelating agents, fluoride sources, thickening agents, humectants, and combinations thereof.