HYDROGEL COMPOSITIONS FOR TOOTH WHITENING

A composition is provided, wherein the composition comprises a water-swellable, water insoluble polymer, a blend of a hydrophilic polymer and a complementary oligomer capable of hydrogen bonding to the hydrophilic polymer, and a whitening agent, preferably a peroxide. The composition finds utility a...

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Hauptverfasser:	Cleary Gary W, Mudumba Sri, Bayramov Danir F, Singh Parminder, Feldstein Mikhail M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES DENTISTRY DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETPREPARATIONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A composition is provided, wherein the composition comprises a water-swellable, water insoluble polymer, a blend of a hydrophilic polymer and a complementary oligomer capable of hydrogen bonding to the hydrophilic polymer, and a whitening agent, preferably a peroxide. The composition finds utility as a tooth whitening composition and is applied to the teeth in need of whitening, and then removed when the degree of whitening has been achieved. In certain embodiments, the composition is translucent. Methods for preparing and using the compositions are also disclosed.