White Coconut Charcoal Toothpaste Composition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional toothpaste compositions often contain fluoride and may include unappealing black activated charcoal, while there is a need for a fluoride-free option with a white or light-colored activated charcoal for improved aesthetics and oral health without daily oil pulling practices.
Innovation Solution
A fluoride-free toothpaste composition is developed using a coconut oil base and white activated coconut husk charcoal, along with other ingredients like alkaline water, sulfated fatty acids, sweetening agents, humectants, whitening pigments, silica, and flavoring agents, which are sequentially admixed under vacuum to achieve a paste-like consistency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional toothpaste compositions contain fluoride and black activated charcoal, then antimicrobial and cleaning effectiveness is improved, but aesthetic appeal deteriorates due to black color
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color change principle by using white activated charcoal instead of conventional black activated charcoal. This substitution maintains the antimicrobial and cleaning effectiveness of activated charcoal while fundamentally changing the color from black to white, thereby improving the aesthetic appeal of the toothpaste composition.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a composite material approach by combining white activated charcoal with coconut oil base and other ingredients to create a new toothpaste formulation. This composite composition achieves both the desired aesthetic appearance (white color) and the required functional properties (antimicrobial activity, cleaning effectiveness).
2Reliability
If fluoride is used in toothpaste, then cavity prevention is improved, but the need for fluoride-free options arises due to health concerns
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the extraction principle by removing fluoride from the toothpaste composition entirely. The formulation achieves cavity prevention and oral health benefits through alternative ingredients such as white activated charcoal and coconut oil, eliminating the harmful factor associated with fluoride while maintaining therapeutic effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses naturally occurring, biodegradable ingredients like coconut oil and activated charcoal that provide temporary but effective oral care benefits. These natural ingredients replace fluoride by offering antimicrobial and remineralizing properties through repeated use, with the understanding that their effects are maintained through regular application rather than long-term accumulation.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composition provides effective antimicrobial and whitening properties, preventing oral inflammation and maintaining oral health without fluoride, while being aesthetically more appealing due to its white color, and demonstrates strong antimicrobial activity against bacteria contributing to periodontal disease.
Implementation Method 1
The composition provides effective antimicrobial and whitening properties, preventing oral inflammation and maintaining oral health without fluoride, while being aesthetically more appealing due to its white color, and demonstrates strong antimicrobial activity against bacteria contributing to periodontal disease.
Implementation Method 2
Most of the cleaning is achieved by the mechanical action of the toothbrush, not by the toothpaste. The chemicals that hinder the growth of plaque bacteria include ingredients such as natural xylitol and artificial triclosan. In addition to removing food stains from teeth, toothpaste abrasives polish tooth surfaces.
Implementation Method 3
at least one whitening pigment, at least one silica
Data Source
AI summary
A toothpaste composition having a plant oil constituent together with white or a close shade of white coconut shell activated charcoal constituent is disclosed herein.