Oral Care Compositions Comprising Monodentate And Polydentate Ligand

Abstract

Oral care compositions including tin, monodentate ligand, and polydentate ligand with an optimized molar ratio of tin to monodentate ligand to polydentate ligand. Oral care compositions with a tin to monodentate ligand to polydentate molar ratio of from about 1:0.5:0.5 to about 1:5:5. Oral care compositions including tin, monocarboxylic acid, and tricarboxylic acid.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An oral care composition comprising:
 (a) tin;   (b) monodentate ligand; and   (c) polydentate ligand,   wherein the oral care composition has a tin to monodentate ligand to polydentate molar ratio of from about 1:0.5:0.5 to about 1:5:5.   
     
     
         2 . The oral care composition of  claim 1 , wherein the oral care composition has a tin to monodentate ligand to polydentate molar ratio of from about 1:1:1 to about 1:5:5. 
     
     
         3 . The oral care composition of  claim 2 , wherein the oral care composition has a tin to monodentate ligand to polydentate molar ratio of from about 1:1:1 to about 1:2.5:2.5. 
     
     
         4 . The oral care composition of  claim 1 , wherein the tin comprises stannous fluoride, stannous chloride, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         5 . The oral care composition of  claim 1 , wherein the monodentate ligand comprises a compound comprising a single functional group capable of chelating tin. 
     
     
         6 . The oral care composition of  claim 5 , wherein the monodentate ligand comprises carboxylic acid, or a salt thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The oral care composition of  claim 6 , wherein the carboxylic acid comprises aliphatic carboxylic acid, aromatic carboxylic acid, sugar acid, salts thereof, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         8 . The oral care composition of  claim 7 , wherein the sugar acid comprises aldonic acid, ulsonic acid, uronic acid, aldaric acid, salts thereof, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         9 . The oral care composition of  claim 7 , wherein the sugar acid comprises gluconate. 
     
     
         10 . The oral care composition of  claim 7 , wherein the aliphatic carboxylic acid comprises linear saturated carboxylic acid, linear unsaturated carboxylic acid, alpha hydroxy acid, beta hydroxy acid, gamma hydroxy acid, amino acid, salts thereof, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The oral care composition of  claim 10 , wherein the amino acid comprises glycine, alanine, valine, isoleucine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, proline, methionine, leucine, serine, threonine, tyrosine, asparagine, glutamine, cysteine, citrulline, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, lysine, arginine, histidine, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         12 . The oral care composition of  claim 10 , wherein the alpha hydroxy acid comprises lactate. 
     
     
         13 . The oral care composition of  claim 1 , wherein the polydentate ligand comprises a compound comprising at least two functional groups capable of chelating tin. 
     
     
         14 . The oral care composition of  claim 13 , wherein the polydentate ligand comprises carboxylic acid, phosphate, polyphosphate, salts thereof, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         15 . The oral care composition of  claim 14 , wherein the phosphate comprises phosphate salt, organophosphate, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         16 . The oral care composition of  claim 15 , wherein the phosphate salt comprises orthophosphate, hydrogen phosphate, dihydrogen phosphate, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         17 . The oral care composition of  claim 14 , wherein the carboxylic acid comprises dicarboxylic acid, tricarboxylic acid, salts thereof, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         18 . The oral care composition of  claim 17 , wherein the dicarboxylic acid comprises a compound with the formula HO 2 C—R—CO 2 H. 
     
     
         19 . The oral care composition of  claim 18 , wherein R is aliphatic, aromatic, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         20 . The oral care composition of  claim 17 , wherein the dicarboxylic acid comprises oxalic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid, suberic acid, azerlaic acid, sebacic acid, undecanedioic acid, dodecanedioic acid, brassylic acid, thapsic acid, japanic acid, phellogenic acid, equisetolic acid, salts thereof, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         21 . The oral care composition of  claim 17 , wherein the tricarboxylic acid comprises citric acid, isocictric acid, aconitic acid, propane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid, trimesic acid, salts thereof, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         22 . The oral care composition of  claim 16 , wherein the polyphosphate comprises pyrophosphate, tripolyphosphate, tetrapolyphosphate, hexametaphosphate, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         23 . The oral care composition of  claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises zinc. 
     
     
         24 . The oral care composition of  claim 23 , wherein the zinc comprises zinc citrate, zinc lactate, zinc oxide, zinc phosphate, or combinations thereof. 
     
     
         25 . The oral care composition of  claim 1 , wherein the oral care composition comprises no added water. 
     
     
         26 . The oral care composition of  claim 1 , wherein the oral care composition comprises water. 
     
     
         27 . The oral care composition of  claim 1 , wherein the oral care composition comprises up to 45%, by weight of the composition, of water. 
     
     
         28 . The oral care composition of  claim 1 , wherein the oral care composition comprises a dentifrice composition, a unit-dose oral care composition, an emulsion composition, a leave-on oral care composition, or combinations thereof.