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Dental Composition Patented By Okayama University

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By: TOM BRANNA

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US Patent No. 8,999,298 B2; The National University Corp. Okayama University, Okayama-shi, Japan, has patented a dental composition that is comprised of phosphorylated saccharide selected from the group consisting of phosphorylated pullulan and a phosphorylated mannan, a polyphosphoric acid and/or a salt thereof and a cationic bactericidal agent.

The phosphorylated saccharide is a phosphorylated polysaccharide. The phosphorylated saccharide has hydroxyl groups that are phosphorylated in an amount of 0.5 to 10% by number of hydroxyl groups of the saccharide. The composition provides an inhibition of bacterial adhesion to an apatite test plate analyzed by scanning electron microscopy.

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