Abstract: A novel enzymatic dentifrice comprises as its essential active ingredient an amount of glucose oxidane enzyme which forms hydrogen peroxide by oxidative decomposition of a glucose substrate provided by glucose present in saliva and tooth plaque so as to cause a substantial shift toward neutral values in the pH at the surface of teeth, when said pH is below the neutral range.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 9, 1978
Date of Patent:
December 11, 1979
Assignee:
Telec S.A.
Inventors:
Hendrik Hoogendoorn, Rutger Matthijsen, Huibert C. T. Moelker
Abstract: A novel enzymatic dentifrice comprises as its essential active ingredient an amount of glucose oxidane enzyme which forms hydrogen peroxide by oxidative decomposition of a glucose substrate provided by glucose present in saliva and tooth plaque so as to cause a substantial shift toward neutral values in the pH at the surface of teeth, when said pH is below the neutral range.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 19, 1978
Date of Patent:
April 17, 1979
Assignee:
Telec S.A.
Inventors:
Hendrik Hoogendoorn, Rutger Matthijsen, Huibert C. T. Moelker