Patent ID: 8871183

Claim:
A gel composition to improve oral health, the gel composition consisting of: about 0.001 weight percent to about 1 weight percent cetylpyridinium chloride; about 1 weight percent to about 7 weight percent glycerin; about 0.001 weight percent to about 2 weight percent zinc gluconate; about 80 weight percent to about 99 weight percent purified water; optionally one or more sweeteners; one or more flavorants consisting of one or more essential oils; optionally one or more colorants; and about 0.01 weight percent to about 10 weight percent thickener selected from the group consisting of hydroxyethylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, carrageenan, guar gum, methylcellulose, and methylethylcellulose, wherein the viscosity of the gel composition ranges from about 20,000 centipoise to about 250,000 centipoise as measured at 25° C.