Zahn- und Mundpflegemittel

• Main Authors: YAMAGUCHI, SATOSHI, MASUHARA, EIICHI, KADOMA, YOSHINORI, OKADA, KOICHI, YAMAUCHI, JUNICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: German
• Published: 29.06.2006
• Subjects: HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES

There are provided a dental and oralogic composition capable of inhibiting dental plaque deposition and decomposing dental plaque to thereby prevent and cure dental diseases and oral diseases such as dental caries, gingivitis, periodontitis and other peridental diseases (pyorrhea alveolaris, etc.), stomatitis, etc., and effective for preventing discoloration of teeth and dental materials and for preventing and removing halitosis, and a method of using the composition for dental and oral care. The dental and oralogic composition contains a photocatalytic titanium oxide or its precursor; at least one selected from silicon compounds such as tetraalkoxysilanes, silicone resins and their precursors and silica; and a liquid medium; or it contains a photocatalytic titanium oxide or its precursor and a liquid medium. The method for oral and dental care comprises applying the composition to teeth, gums, oral mucous membranes or dental materials in the mouth, or applying the composition to dental materials not in the mouth, to thereby fix photocatalytic titanium oxide on them or form a photocatalytic titanium oxide-containing film on them.