03.05.14
US 8,623,388 B2; The Procter & Gamble Company has patented a denture care composition that contains an active including one or more sweeteners, sensates or flavors—where in the ratio of the weight of sensates to the weight of flavors in the composition is from approximately 0.5 to approximately 2.0; the ratio of the weight of flavors to the weight of sweeteners in the composition is from approximately 1.0 to approximately 4.0; the ratio of the weight of sensates to the weight of sweeteners in the composition is from about 1.0 to about 4.0; and/or the ratio of the combined weight of sensates and flavors to the weight of sweeteners in the composition is from about 0.4 to about 40—and one or more water insoluble carriers. The composition is bioerodible, not a denture adhesive, and substantially free of polybutene with a molecular weight of approximately 300-3000 when the composition is not an article, and is applied to dentures.