ORAL COMPOSITIONS FOR PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF BACTERIAL ADHESION TO ORAL SURFACES

摘要

THE PRESENT INVENTION ENCOMPASSES AN ORAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN ANTI-ADHESION AGENT, PREFERABLY A CYSTEINE PROTEASE AND MOST PREFERABLY FICIN. IN ANOTHER ASPECT, THE CYSTEINE PROTEASE IS IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE INGREDIENTS, SUCH AS ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT AND SURFACTANT. THE ANTI-ADHESION AGENT MITIGATES INTERACTION BETWEEN A SUBJECT ORAL CAVITY AND PLAQUE-FORMING MATERIALS.