Dental disclosing compositions and the method of making and using the same

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MAKING A DYE CONTAINING GEL COMPOSITION FOR USE IN VISIBLY DISCLOSING PLAQUE FORMATION IN AN ORAL CAVITY, SAID METHOD COMPRISING ADDING TO WATER A PHARMACOLOGICALLY INNOCUOUS TASTE MASKING AGENT IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICENT TO PROVIDE A DESIRABLY SWEET TASTE TO SAID COMPOSITION, A PHARMACOLOGICALLY INNOCUOUS PRESEVATIVE PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT SUBSTANTIAL DETERIORATION OF THE DYE, A PHARMACPLOGICALLY INNOCUOUS ORGANIC DYE COMPOUND SELECTIVELY ABSORBABLE BY PLAQUE FORMATION IN AN ORAL CAVITY UPON RELEASE FROM THE COMPOSITION AND BEIGN SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF (A) FD&C RED NO.3, (B) FD&C BLUE NO. 1,(C) FD&C VIOLET NO. 1, (D) FD&C GREEN NO. 1, (C) FD&C GREEN NO. 2, AND (F) FD&C GREEN NO. 3, TO THEREBY PRODUCE A LIQUID DYE SOLUTION, HEATING SAID LIQUID DYE SOLUTION, SAID DYE BEING ADDEDTO SAID DYE SOLUTION IN AMOUNTS SUFICIENT TO PERMIT SELECTIVE STAINING OF PLAQUE IN THE ORAL CAVITY SO THAT THE PLAQUE IS RELATIVELY VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE UNDER NORMAL LIGHT CONDITIONS, MIXING DAID LIQUID DYE SOLUTION WITH A PROPELLER MECHANISM ENTERING INTO SAID SOLUTION IN SUCH MANNER SO AS TO CREATE A VORTEX APPROXIMATELY IN THE CENTER OF A VESSEL CONTAININGSAID SOLUTION, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY SLOWLY ADDING A PHARMACOLOGICALLY INNOCUOUS GELLING AGENT TO SAID SOLUTION ALONG THE EDGE OF SAID VORTEX, SAID GELLING AGENT BEING ADDED IN NON-TOXIC AMOUNTS WITHIN A RANGE OF ABOUT 1.1 TO ABOUT 1.45 PERCENT BY WEIGHT BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE COMPOSITION BUT LEAST IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICENT TO PRODUCE A DESIRED APPARENT VISCOSITY IN SAID SOLUTION WITHIN THE RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY 25,000 CENTIPOSES TO APPROXIMATELY 150,000 CENTIPOISES AS DETERRMINED BY THE ALLING BALL METHOD, CONTINUING THE MIXING WITH SAID PROPELLER MECHANISM AFTER ALL OF THE SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF THE GELLING AGENT HAS BEEN ADDED, ADJUSTING THE PH OF SAID COMPOSITION TO WITHIN THE RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY 6.0 TO APPROXIMATELY 8.0 AND PERIODICALLY CHANGING THE ANGLE OF ENTRY OF SAID PROPELLER MECHANISM IN SAID SOLUTION TO KEEP THE VORTEX AT AN OPTIMUM UNTIL THE DESIRED VISCOSITY OF SAID GEL COMPOSITION HAS BEEN ACHIEVED.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF MAKING A DYE CONTAINING GEL COMPOSITION FOR USE IN VISIBLY DISCLOSING PLAQUE FORMATION IN AN ORAL CAVITY, SAID METHOD COMPRISING ADDING TO WATER A PHARMACOLOGICALLY INNOCUOUS TASTE MASKING AGENT IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICENT TO PROVIDE A DESIRABLY SWEET TASTE TO SAID COMPOSITION, A PHARMACOLOGICALLY INNOCUOUS PRESEVATIVE PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT SUBSTANTIAL DETERIORATION OF THE DYE, A PHARMACPLOGICALLY INNOCUOUS ORGANIC DYE COMPOUND SELECTIVELY ABSORBABLE BY PLAQUE FORMATION IN AN ORAL CAVITY UPON RELEASE FROM THE COMPOSITION AND BEIGN SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF (A) FD&C RED NO.3, (B) FD&C BLUE NO. 1,(C) FD&C VIOLET NO. 1, (D) FD&C GREEN NO. 1, (C) FD&C GREEN NO. 2, AND (F) FD&C GREEN NO. 3, TO THEREBY PRODUCE A LIQUID DYE SOLUTION, HEATING SAID LIQUID DYE SOLUTION, SAID DYE BEING ADDEDTO SAID DYE SOLUTION IN AMOUNTS SUFICIENT TO PERMIT SELECTIVE STAINING OF PLAQUE IN THE ORAL CAVITY SO THAT THE PLAQUE IS RELATIVELY VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE UNDER NORMAL LIGHT CONDITIONS, MIXING DAID LIQUID DYE SOLUTION WITH A PROPELLER MECHANISM ENTERING INTO SAID SOLUTION IN SUCH MANNER SO AS TO CREATE A VORTEX APPROXIMATELY IN THE CENTER OF A VESSEL CONTAININGSAID SOLUTION, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY SLOWLY ADDING A PHARMACOLOGICALLY INNOCUOUS GELLING AGENT TO SAID SOLUTION ALONG THE EDGE OF SAID VORTEX, SAID GELLING AGENT BEING ADDED IN NON-TOXIC AMOUNTS WITHIN A RANGE OF ABOUT 1.1 TO ABOUT 1.45 PERCENT BY WEIGHT BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE COMPOSITION BUT LEAST IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICENT TO PRODUCE A DESIRED APPARENT VISCOSITY IN SAID SOLUTION WITHIN THE RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY 25,000 CENTIPOSES TO APPROXIMATELY 150,000 CENTIPOISES AS DETERRMINED BY THE ALLING BALL METHOD, CONTINUING THE MIXING WITH SAID PROPELLER MECHANISM AFTER ALL OF THE SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF THE GELLING AGENT HAS BEEN ADDED, ADJUSTING THE PH OF SAID COMPOSITION TO WITHIN THE RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY 6.0 TO APPROXIMATELY 8.0 AND PERIODICALLY CHANGING THE ANGLE OF ENTRY OF SAID PROPELLER MECHANISM IN SAID SOLUTION TO KEEP THE VORTEX AT AN OPTIMUM UNTIL THE DESIRED VISCOSITY OF SAID GEL COMPOSITION HAS BEEN ACHIEVED.