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USOO9044466B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,044,466 B2 Cohen et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Jun. 2, 2015 (54) ORAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISINGA 2800/882 (2013.01); A61O II/00 (2013.01); ZINC COMPOUND AND AN A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61 K47/02 (2013.01); ANT-MICROBAL AGENT (Continued) (58) Field of Classification Search (75) Inventors: Marvin Cohen, St. Louis, MO (US); CPC ...... A61K 8/27; A61 K33/30; A61K 31/4425 Susanne Cohen, St. Louis, MO (US); USPC ............................................................ 424/49 Robert G. Flynn, Dupo, IL (US) See application file for complete search history. (73) Assignee: THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF (56) References Cited NEW YORK, Albany, NY (US) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this 4,226,851 A 10/1980 Sompayrac patent is extended or adjusted under 35 4,692,262 A 9, 1987 Brown et al. U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. (Continued) This patent is Subject to a terminal dis claimer. FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS CN 101780016 A T 2010 (21) Appl. No.: 13/204,595 WO WO-OOf 51559 A1 9, 2000 (22) Filed: Aug. 5, 2011 (Continued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (65) Prior Publication Data International Preliminary Report on Patentability for International US 2012/003428O A1 Feb. 9, 2012 Application No. PCT/US2011/046831 dated Feb. 21, 2013. Related U.S. Application Data (Continued) (60) Provisional application No. 61/371,695, filed on Aug. Primary Examiner – Rachael E. Bredefeld 7, 2010, provisional application No. 61/371,696, filed (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Harness, Dickey & Pierce, on Aug. 7, 2010. P.L.C. (51) Int. Cl. (57) ABSTRACT A6 IK 8/27 (2006.01) A6 IK33/30 (2006.01) Oral compositions and methods of use thereofare provided herein. The oral compositions comprise a first component (Continued) comprising at least one E-raising compound and a pharma (52) U.S. Cl. ceutically acceptable carrier, and a second component com CPC ................. A61K 31/435 (2013.01); A61K 8/20 prising at least one Zinc compound, an anti-microbial agent (2013.01); A61K 8/22 (2013.01); A61K 8/27 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. (2013.01); A61K 8/368 (2013.01); A61 K 8/4926 (2013.01); A61K 8/922 (2013.01); A61 K 40 Claims, 4 Drawing Sheets (S Water) US 9,044,466 B2 Page 2 (51) Int. Cl. (56) References Cited A6 IK3I/4425 (2006.01) A6 IK9/08 (2006.01) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS A6 IK 8/22 (2006.01) 5,174.990 A 12/1992 Douglas A6 IK33/40 (2006.01) 5,576,299 A * 1 1/1996 Ando et al. .................... 514/25 5,958,984 A 9, 1999 Devillez A6 IK 8/20 (2006.01) 6,409,992 B1 6/2002 Kleinberg et al. .............. 424/49 A6 IK 47/10 (2006.01) 6,423.300 B1 7/2002 Kleinberg et al. .............. 424/49 6,723,305 B2 4/2004 DePierro et al. ................ 424.54 A6 IK 47/02 (2006.01) 6,929,790 B2 8/2005 Kleinberg et al. .............. 424/49 A6 IK33/20 (2006.01) 2002fO150630 A1 10, 2002 Brooks et al. A6 IK 8/II (2006.01) 2006/0171907 A1 8, 2006 Scott et al. 2007,0292531 A1 12/2007 Clarot et al. A6 IK 8/02 (2006.01) 2013/0164358 A1 6, 2013 Cohen et al. A6 IK 8/49 (2006.01) A 6LX8/97 (2006.01) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS A6 IK 8/98 (2006.01) WO WO-2007, 134335 A2 11/2007 A61O II/00 (2006.01) WO WO-2009,099.454 A1 8, 2009 A6 IK3I/435 (2006.01) OTHER PUBLICATIONS A6 IK 8/368 (2006.01) International Search Report and Written Opinion dated Oct. 23, 2012 A6 IK 8/92 (2006.01) issued in International Application No. PCT/US2011/046831. Office Action dated Sep. 5, 2014 issued in U.S. Appl. No. 13/814,070. A6 IK 45/06 (2006.01) Office Action dated Jan. 29, 2015 issued in U.S. Appl. No. A6 IK9/00 (2006.01) 13/814,070. (52) U.S. Cl Office Action dated Feb. 12, 2015 issued in U.S. Appl. No. CPC .............. A61K 47/10 (2013.01); A61K 9/0063 Rölla,ER." G. etal. (2002), “The significance of the source of zinc and its (2013.01); A61K 9/08 (2013.01); A61 K anti-VSC effect”, Int. Dent J., 22(52): 233-235. 31/4425 (2013.01); A61K 33/20 (2013.01); A61 K33/30 (2013.01); A61 K33/40 (2013.01) * cited by examiner U.S. Patent Jun. 2, 2015 Sheet 1 of 4 US 9,044,466 B2 (S. Water) Fig. 1 U.S. Patent Jun. 2, 2015 Sheet 2 of 4 US 9,044,466 B2 (S2 L isterine)s Fig. 2 U.S. Patent Jun. 2, 2015 Sheet 3 of 4 US 9,044,466 B2 (SSM) Fig. 3 U.S. Patent Jun. 2, 2015 Sheet 4 of 4 US 9,044,466 B2 (S, SM ACF) Fig. 4 US 9,044,466 B2 1. 2 ORAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISINGA alveolar bone. Severe periodontitis resulting in deep peri ZINC COMPOUND AND AN odontal pockets may ultimately result in tooth loss. ANT-MICROBAL AGENT Previous studies have largely focused on the use of germi cidal agents to treat gingivitis-periodontitis and oral malodor. CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED These studies have not recognized that gingivitis-periodonti APPLICATIONS tis and oral malodor arise from a common process, namely oral bacterial putrefaction; and also that this putrefaction can This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional be inhibited by simultaneously lowering the ability of the oral Application No. 61/371,695 filed on 7 Aug. 2010 and U.S. bacteria to reduce the oxidation-reduction potential (E) of Provisional Application No. 61/371,696 filed on 7 Aug. 2010. 10 the oral cavity and at the same time, raising the existing E, to The disclosure of each of the applications identified in this where the oral environmental E, is not conducive to oral paragraph is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. putrefaction and oral disease production. U.S. Pat. No. 6,929,790 to Kleinberg et al., which is a FIELD 15 continuation application of U.S. Pat. No. 6,423.300 which is a divisional application of U.S. Pat. No. 6,409,992, reports an The present disclosure relates generally to oral composi oral composition comprising a Zinc compound and at least tions, oral care systems and methods of using the same. More one E, raising compound. particularly, the present disclosure relates to oral composi U.S. Pat. No. 6,723.305 to DePierro et al. reports an oral tions comprising at least one Zinc compound and at least one composition comprising a Zinc compound and CPC. E-raising compound, and methods of using the same. In a particular embodiment, cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), SUMMARY CHNC1, is also included in the oral composition. This section provides a general Summary of the disclosure, BACKGROUND 25 and is not a comprehensive disclosure of its full scope orall of its features. This section provides background information related to Generally, an oral composition is provided herein. The oral the present disclosure which is not necessarily prior art. composition is capable of inhibiting the formation of sulfur The hard and soft tissues of the mouth are covered with containing compounds, reducing oral malodor and gingivitis, microbial populations that include bacteria having different 30 reducing the formation of dental caries, inhibiting plaque metabolic capabilities where the microbial populations may formation and reducing the formation of plaque and tartar include both Gram-positive bacteria and Gram-negative bac (calculus). Further, an oral care system comprising an oral teria. Generally, Gram-positive aerobic bacteria readily composition described herein is also provided. catabolize carbohydrates to produce acids which attack the In one embodiment, there is provided an oral composition hard tissues of the oral cavity, and which over time may result 35 comprising: a first component comprising at least one E in the formation of dental carious lesions (cavities). In con raising compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, trast, Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria readily metabolize and a second component comprising at least one Zinc com various amino acids included in salivary peptides and pro pound, cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and a pharmaceuti teins to form end-products which favor a formation of oral cally acceptable carrier. malodorand gingivitis-periodontitis. This process of peptide, 40 In a particular embodiment, the first and second compo protein and amino acid degradation by the mouth bacteria is nents are stored separately. referred to as oral bacterial putrefaction. The mixture of mal In some embodiments, the oral composition further com odorous compounds produced by the Gram-negative anaero prises xylitol and/or other oral health ingredients. bic bacteria during putrefactive degradation of proteins, pep In yet another embodiment there is provided a method for tides and amino acids include hydrogen Sulfide, methyl 45 reducing oral malodor, treating oralleviating dental diseases, mercaptan, and dimethyl sulfide (formed from the sulfur reducing plaque and reducing canker Sores. The methods containing amino acids cysteine, cystine and methionine); comprise delivering the oral composition to an oral cavity in indole and skatole (formed during the metabolism of tryp a Subject. The Subject may be human or a non-human animal. tophan); cadaverine and putrescine (produced from lysine Further areas of applicability will become apparent from and ornithine); and butyrate and Valerate (produced from the 50 the description provided herein. The description and specific metabolism of other amino acids). The production of these examples in this Summary are intended for purposes of illus malodorous compounds in the oral cavity results in a condi tration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the tion commonly referred to as oral malodor.