Process and composition for oral hygiene

摘要

A process for enhancing oral hygiene by reducing oral microflora and for inhibiting the formation of dental plaque in a subject by applying to the oral cavity a composition containing 0.1 to 40 parts, by weight, of a higher alkyl-N-sulfobetaine having the structure where R is a higher alkyl group of from 10 to 18 carbon atoms and b) 0.1 to 40 parts, by weight, of a higher alkyl-N,N-dimethylamine oxide, a higher alkyl-N,N-dihydroxylethylamine oxide, or an acylamide t-amine oxide having the respective structures: 0 to 18 carbon atoms, or mixtures of said amine oxides.