Toilet – Toothpick
Patent
1988-05-05
1989-04-11
Mancene, Gene
Toilet
Toothpick
A61C 1500
Patent
active
048196754
ABSTRACT:
A method and a product employed in the method for the mechanical and cheml removal of dental plaques are disclosed. The method comprises providing cotton filaments of a size suitable for passing between teeth as a dental floss, chemically impregnating the cotton filaments by soaking in a saturated solution of potassium hydrogen tartrate and potassium hydrogen citrate, subsequently drying the chemically impregnated cotton fibers, and passing the dried chemically impregnated cotton filaments in the form of a dental floss between teeth and over the surfaces of the teeth containing plaque compositions including a calcium phosphate to thereby convert the calcium phosphate to the more soluble compounds calcium citrate and calcium tartrate which go into solution and the plaque is, thus, removed from the surfaces of the teeth. The method can alternately include the wetting agent polyoxyethylated sorbitan monooleate to enhance the penetration of the impregnated chemicals through mucin for reaction with calcium phosphate. The product prepared as described hereinabove can also be coated with paraffin wax after the drying step is completed and prior to using the product as a chemically impregnated dental floss.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2667443 (1954-01-01), Ashton
patent: 3771536 (1973-11-01), Dragan
patent: 4414990 (1983-11-01), Yost
Sayles David C.
Wilkinson Edward L.
Bush Freddie M.
Deaton James T.
Lepiane Adriene J.
Mancene Gene
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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