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Stable hydrogen peroxide dental gel
Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Co
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Filing: 1987-04-17
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Granted: 1989-06-13
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Expires: 2007-04-17
Abstract
Abstract A stable aqueous hydrogen peroxide dental gel for oral cleaning and anti-gingivitis application having an acid pH of about 4.5-6, comprising about 18-25% by weight of a solid flake or powder poly-oxyethylene polyoxypropylene block copolymer gelling agent, hydrogen peroxide, about 15-40% by weight of a polyethylene glycol humectant, flavor, or sweetening agent such as sodium saccharine, and a nonionic surfactant, as the essential ingredients. Distilled (deionized) water is preferred to prevent minimal contamination.
Inventors
- 👤 Shirley M. Ng
- 👤 Susan Wieckowski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 01:46
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/72; A61K8/90; A61K8/02; A61K8/04; A61K8/042; A61K8/19; A61K8/22; A61K8/30; A61K8/33; A61K8/39; A61Q; A61Q11/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
66 words
A rigid, clear, homogeneous stable aqueous hydrogen peroxide dental gel consisting essentially of about 1.5-3.5% by weight hydrogen peroxide as the sole chemically active agent, about 18-25% by weight of a solid flake or powder polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymer gelling agent, about 15-40% by weight of a polyethylene glycol humectant, a nonionic surfactant, and a flavor, said gel having an acid pH of about 4.5 to 6.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
66 words
A rigid, clear, homogeneous stable aqueous hydrogen peroxide dental gel consisting essentially of about 1.5-3.5% by weight hydrogen peroxide as the sole chemically active agent, about 18-25% by weight of a solid flake or powder polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene block copolymer gelling agent, about 15-40% by weight of a polyethylene glycol humectant, a nonionic surfactant, and a flavor, said gel having an acid pH of about 4.5 to 6.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
The dental gel according to claim 1 including a sweetening material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The dental gel according to claim 2 wherein the sweetening material is sodium saccharin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The dental gel according to claim 1, wherein the gelling agent is a solid polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene copolymer wherein the polyoxypropylene hydrophobic moiety has a molecular weight of about 2250 to 4000 and the hydrophilic polyoxyethylene moiety constitutes about 70-80% of the copolymer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The dental gel according to claim 4 wherein the gelling agent constitutes about 18-19% by weight of the composition.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The dental gel according to claim 1, wherein the polyethylene glycol humectant has an average molecular weight of about 200-1000.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
The dental gel according to claim 6, wherein the polyethylene glycol has an average molecular weight of about 400-600.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The dental gel according to claim 1, wherein the nonionic surfactant constitutes about 0.5-5% by weight.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The dental gel according to claim 8, wherein the nonionic surfactant is a polyoxyethylene monoester of sorbitol with a C 10 to C 18 fatty acid.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The dental gel according to claim 1, wherein the aqueous content constitutes about 30-60% by weight of deionized water.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
A dental gel according to claim 1, wherein the nonionic surfactant constitutes about 0.5-2% by weight and the flavor content is about 0.5-2% by weight.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
A dental gel according to claim 9, wherein the nonionic surfactant is polyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
A dental gel according to claim 4, wherein the hydrophobic moiety of the gelling agent has a molecular weight of 4000 and the hydrophilic moiety constitutes 80% by weight of the copolymer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
76 words
A process of preparing the hydrogen peroxide gel defined in claim 1, which comprises dissolving the hydrogen peroxide, sodium saccharin and the copolymer gelling agent in the formula amount of deionized water heated to about 32°-32.5° C. and mixing under vacuum for about thirty minutes to form a gel; adding the polyethylene glycol, flavor and nonionic surfactant to the gel and mixing under vacuum for about 15-30 minutes until a clear, homogeneous, rigid gel is obtained.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
98 words
A process of preparing the hydrogen peroxide gel defined in claim 2, which comprises forming an aqueous phase consisting of the gelling agent, the hydrogen peroxide and the sweetening material by dissolving the block copolymer gelling agent in the formula amount of water cooled to about 4°-10° C. and adding thereto the hydrogen peroxide and the sweetening material; separately emulsifying the flavor with the nonionic surfactant in a small amount of water to form an emulsion; adding the humectant and said emulsion to said aqueous phase, and mixing under vacuum until a clear homogeneous, rigid gel is formed.
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