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US Patent No. 10,105,296 B2; Rita Vaccaro of Englewood Cliffs, NJ, and Babak Ghalili and George Anastassov, both of New York, NY, have been awarded a patent for their thin film toothpaste strip.
The patent covers a method for decreasing the risk for enamel fluorosis in a child between the ages of two to six, comprising: providing dissolvable precut segments of an oral tape, film or strip, wherein each precut segment includes a film-forming water soluble polymer, a cleansing effective amount of a teeth cleaning agent, and a fluoridating agent. The fluoridating agent comprises a dosage amount of from 0.01 mg to 1 mg, wherein the fluoride concentration is about 0.004-0.008 mmoles.
The precut segments are placed into the oral cavity of the child and then an agitated force is applied to the segment to cleanse and fluoridate one or more teeth.
The patent covers a method for decreasing the risk for enamel fluorosis in a child between the ages of two to six, comprising: providing dissolvable precut segments of an oral tape, film or strip, wherein each precut segment includes a film-forming water soluble polymer, a cleansing effective amount of a teeth cleaning agent, and a fluoridating agent. The fluoridating agent comprises a dosage amount of from 0.01 mg to 1 mg, wherein the fluoride concentration is about 0.004-0.008 mmoles.
The precut segments are placed into the oral cavity of the child and then an agitated force is applied to the segment to cleanse and fluoridate one or more teeth.