Peroxydiphosphate toothpaste composition

Claim 1

A toothpaste composition having a pH of about 9.2 to about 10.5 consisting essentially of I. an oral vehicle II. as essentially the only oral chemically active agents, A. 0 to about 2 wt.% of a fluorine-providing anticaries compound and B. about 1 to about 7 wt. % of a peroxydiphosphate salt, III. as essentially the only polishing material, about 10 to about 75 wt.% of at least one polishing material selected from the group consisting of silica and hydrated alumina, IV. about 0.5 to about 10 wt.% of at least one thickener selected from the group consisting of colloidal silica, synthetic hectorite, poly(methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride), carboxyvinyl polymer, carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, hydroxybutyl methyl cellulose, and hydroxyethyl cellulose, and V. about 5 to about 75 wt.% of polyethylene glycol as essentially the only humectant.