Anticariogenic remineralizing dentifrice

Claim 2

A dentifrice having anticariogenic and remineralizing properties, comprising: (a) a fluoride selected from the group consisting of alkali metal fluorides, alkaline earth metal fluorides, and ammonium fluoride; (b) an alkali metal fluorophosphate; (c) a soluble cyclic alkali metal phosphate; (d) a soluble linear phosphate; and (e) a calcium containing substance, selected from the group consisting of calcium citrate and calcium tartrate, and wherein the concentration of components (a)+(b), calculated as F, is 250-500 ppm in a mouth wash, 1000-1500 ppm in a toothpaste, 5000-7500 ppm in a prophylactic paste, and 10,000-15,000 ppm in an application liquid or gel; the concentration of component (c) is 0.1-5% by weight; the concentration of component (e) is 0.05-5% by weight; and the concentration of component (d) is such to provide a Ca:P atomic ratio of about 1.66:1.

Claim 3

A dentifrice according to claim 1, wherein said fluoride (a) is sodium fluoride; said fluorophosphate (b) is sodium monofluorophosphate; said cyclic phosphate (c) is sodium trimetaphosphate; said linear phosphate (d) is at least one of phosphoric acid, sodium orthophosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, sodium tetrapolyphosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, and sodium hexametaphosphate; and said calcium containing substance (e) is at least one of calcium citrate, calcium tartrate, calcium adipate, calcium zeolite, and calcium apofyllite.

Claim 4

A dentifrice according to claim 2, wherein said linear phosphate (d) is phosphoric acid, sodium orthophosphte or phosphoric acid plus sodium orthophosphate, and said calcium containing substance (e) is calcium citrate or calcium tartrate.

Claim 5

A dentifrice according to claim 1 wherein the ratio of component (a) to component (b), calculated as F, is about 3:1.

Claim 6

A dentifrice according to claim 2 wherein the ratio of component (a) to component (b), calculated as F, is about 3:1.

Claim 7

A dentifrice according to claim 3 wherein the ratio of component (a) to component (b), calculated as F, is about 3:1.

Claim 8

A dentifrice according to claim 1 wherein the ratio of component (a) to component (b), calculated as F, is about 3:1.

Claim 9

A dentifrice according to claim 7 which is a mouth wash.

Claim 10

A dentifrice according to claim 7 which is a toothpaste.

Claim 11

A dentifrice according to claim 7 which is a prophylactic paste.

Claim 12

A dentifrice according to claim 7 which is an application liquid or gel.

Claim 13

A toothpaste according to claim 1 comprising 0.22% by weight of sodium fluoride, 0.36% by weight of sodium monofluorophosphte, 0.40% by weight of sodium orthophosphate, 0.30% by weight of phosphoric acid, 0.25% by weight of sodium trimetaphosphate, and 0.6% by weight of calcium citrate.

Claim 14

A dentifrice according to claim 1 which is a toothpaste having the formulation in parts by weight: ______________________________________ Aluminum oxide 35.0 silicon oxide 2.0 glycerol 20.0 carboxymethyl cellulose 1.5 sodium lauryl sulphate 2.0 peppermint oil 1.0 sodium saccharinate 0.2 sodium fluoride 0.22 sodium monofluorophosphate 0.36 primary sodium phosphate 0.40 phosphoric acid 0.30 sodium trimetaphosphate 0.25 calcium citrate 0.6 Na--methyl p-hydroxybenzoate 0.10 water to make 100. ______________________________________

Claim 15

A dentifrice according to claim 1 wherein said fluoride (a) is an alkali metal fluoride.

Claim 16

A dentifrice according to claim 14 wherein said alkali metal fluoride is sodium fluoride.

Claim 17

A dentifrice according to claim 1 wherein said alkali metal fluorophosphate (b) is sodium fluorophosphate.

Claim 18

A dentifrice according to claim 1 wherein said cyclic alkali metal phosphate is sodium trimetaphosphate.

Claim 19

A dentifrice according to claim 1 wherein said soluble linear phosphate is selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid, alkali metal orthophosphates, alkali metal tripolyphosphates, alkali metal tetrapolyphosphates, alkali metal pyrrophosphates, and alkali metal hexametaphosphates.

Claim 20

A dentifrice according to claim 18 wherein said soluble linear phosphate is selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid and sodium orthophosphate.