Toothpaste

Claim 1

A dental cream containing an abrasive content comprising at least about 20% sodium bicarbonate in a vehicle containing sufficient liquids, said vehicle consisting essentially of about 5 to 35% water admixed with about 45 to 15% viscous water miscible polyol humectant or mixtures thereof, and a sufficient amount of gelling or thickening agent to impart to the dental cream the pasty consistency, body and the non-tacky nature which is characteristic of conventional dental creams or toothpastes, and over 1% of a water-insoluble dental abrasive material compatible with said bicarbonate in the dental cream and about 0.01 to 1.% fluorine selected from the group of water soluble fluorine salts consisting of sodium, potassium, ammonium, lithium and amine fluorides; complex water soluble fluorine salts selected from the group consisting of fluorosilicate, fluorozirconate, fluorostannite, fluoroborate, fluorotitanate and fluorogermanate and organic fluorides selected from the group consisting of mono-, di-, and triethanolamine hydrofluoride, said sodium bicarbonate being primarily in the undissolved solid state, said dental cream having a granular textured appearance comprising a substantially dispersed non-crystalline appearing granulate of macroscopic crystalline bicarbonate granules in an otherwise smooth continuous matrix.