Patent ID: 8475847

Claim:
A dental desensitising and remineralizing composition for dental material for use as a toothpaste, tooth powder, mouthwash, chewing gum, or varnishes, the composition including spherical dental particles having a particle size between 0.1 μm and 2 μm, the dental particles consisting essentially of SiO 2 and at least one water insoluble combination agent capable of releasing ions under physiological conditions for remineralisation of the dental material, the combination agent chosen from at least one phosphate, oxide, hydroxide, hydrogen carbonate, or carbonate of the metals of group II or III of the periodic table, zinc, or tin; wherein the SiO 2 from the dental particles is present in the composition in an amount ranging between 0.1% and 0.9% by weight of the composition.