Inventors:
Abdul Gaffar - Princeton NJ, US
Thomas C. Polefka - Somerset NJ, US
Rosemarie M. Crisafulli - East Windsor NJ, US
Assignee:
Colgate-Palmolive Company - New York NY
International Classification:
A01N 65/00
Abstract:
An oral dentifrice composition such as a toothpaste, dental gel, toothpowder, dental tablet or lozenge containing as anticalculus agent about 4. 3% to about 7% of alkali metal pyrophosphates comprising at least 4. 3% of tetrapotassium pyrophosphate alone or admixed with up to 2. 7% of tetrasodium pyrophosphate, and as inhibitors against enzymatic hydrolysis of such agent in saliva, a fluoride and preferably up to about 3% of a synthetic anionic polymeric polycarboxylate, and use of such composition in a program of oral hygiene and/or for inhibiting dental calculus.