Whole mouth malodor control by a combination of antibacterial and deodorizing agents

Disclosed are oral care compositions effective to control mouth and breath malodour comprising in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a combination of an antibacterial agent and a deodorizing or odor-neutralizing agent comprising a compound having the structure (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, and R5 may be identical or different, each representing H, a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl or alkenyl, phenyl, -OH or -ORa; R4 is -OH, -ORa, phenyl, or a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl or alkenyl; and Ra is phenyl or a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl or alkenyl. The odor-neutralizing agent may further comprise one or more of an additional odor-neutralizing compound selected from a-damascenone, a-isomethylionone, a-ionone, ss-ionone, pulegone, piperitone, carvone, coenzyme Q10 or cinnamaldehyde. The antibacterial agent may comprise one or a mixture of a quaternary ammonium compound selected from cetylpyridinium chloride, tetradecylpyridinium chloride, N-tetradecyl-4-ethyl pyridinium chloride or domiphen bromide; metal ions suc