| abstract |
Oral hygiene or household cleaner systems contain a flowable polymer suspension (FPS) thickener. The FPS thickeners include water soluble / water swellable polymers, polyols, and hydrated thickened silica. The water soluble / water swellable polymer is selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid polymers, salts of acrylic acid polymers, acrylates, acrylamide polymers, polyvinyl pyrrolidene, polyvinyl alcohol, clays and polysaccharides except CMC. The functional system may be a combination of oral hygiene, for example as tooth powder or as a household cleaner. Also provided is a method of making the oral hygiene or household cleaner system that thickens the functional system by adding a sufficient amount of FPS suitable for the functional system to the system. |