Root canal irrigant from <i>Rosa damascena </i>mill

Abstract

A root canal irrigant, and particularly to a root canal irrigant comprising Rosa damascena Mill.

Claims

1. A method of irrigating a mouth of a patient, the method comprising applying a root canal irrigant composition to the mouth of a patient in need thereof: wherein the root canal irrigant composition consists of: 2% by weight of rose oil; 2% by weight of polyoxyethylene-9-nonylphenol; and 96% by weight of water, wherein the patient is undergoing a root canal procedure when the root canal irrigant composition is applied to the mouth.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient is a human.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the human is an adult human.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the rose oil is obtained from Rosa damascena Mill.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(1) The following definitions are provided for the purpose of understanding the present subject matter and for construing the appended patent claims.

(2) Definitions

(3) Throughout the application, where compositions are described as having, including, or comprising specific components, or where processes are described as having, including, or comprising specific process steps, it is contemplated that compositions of the present teachings can also consist essentially of, or consist of, the recited components, and that the processes of the present teachings can also consist essentially of, or consist of, the recited process steps.

(4) It is noted that, as used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

(5) In the application, where an element or component is said to be included in and/or selected from a list of recited elements or components, it should be understood that the element or component can be any one of the recited elements or components, or the element or component can be selected from a group consisting of two or more of the recited elements or components. Further, it should be understood that elements and/or features of a composition or a method described herein can be combined in a variety of nays without departing from the spirit and scope of the present teachings, whether explicit or implicit herein.

(6) The use of the terms “include,” “includes”, “including,” “have,” “has,” or “having” should be generally understood as open-ended and non-limiting unless specifically stated otherwise.

(7) The use of the singular herein includes the plural (and vice versa) unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, where the use of the term “about” is before a quantitative value, the present teachings also include the specific quantitative value itself unless specifically stated otherwise. As used herein, the term “about” refers to a ±10% variation from the nominal value unless otherwise indicated or inferred.

(8) The term “optional” or “optionally” means that the subsequently described event or circumstance may or may not occur, and that the description includes instances where said event or circumstance occurs and instances in which it does not.

(9) “Subject” as used herein refers to any animal classified as a mammal, including humans, domestic and farm animals, and zoo, sports, and pet companion animals such as household pets and other domesticated animals such as, but not limited to, cattle, sheep, ferrets, swine or pigs, horses, camels, poultry, rabbits, goats, dogs, cats, and the like.

(10) Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood to one of ordinary skill in the art to which the presently described subject matter pertains.

(11) Where a range of values is provided, for example, concentration ranges, percentage ranges, or ratio ranges, it is understood that each intervening value, to the tenth of the unit of the lower limit, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, between the upper and lower limit of that range and any other stated or intervening value in that stated range, is encompassed within the described subject matter. The upper and lower limits of these smaller ranges may independently be included in the smaller ranges, and such embodiments are also encompassed within the described subject matter, subject to any specifically excluded limit in the stated range. Where the stated range includes one or both of the limits, ranges excluding either or both of those included limits are also included in the described subject matter.

(12) Throughout the application, descriptions of various embodiments use “comprising” language. However, it will be understood by one of skill in the art, that in some specific instances, an embodiment can alternatively be described using the language “consisting essentially of” or “consisting of”.

(13) For purposes of better understanding the present teachings and in no way limiting the scope of the teachings, unless otherwise indicated, all numbers expressing quantities, percentages or proportions, and other numerical values used in the specification and claims, are to be understood as being modified in all instances by the term “about”. Accordingly, unless indicated to the contrary, the numerical parameters set forth in the following specification and attached claims are approximations that may vary depending upon the desired properties sought to be obtained. At the very least, each numerical parameter should at least be construed in light of the number of reported significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques.

(14) In one embodiment, the present subject matter relates to a rootanal irrigant composition, comprising: 2% by weight of rose oil; 2% by weight of a nonionic surfactant comprising a mixture of linear secondary alcohols reacted with ethylene oxide; and 96% by weight of water.

(15) In an embodiment, the nonionic surfactant used in the present root canal irrigant compositions is polyoxyethylene-9-nortylphenol, sold under the tradename Tergitol-N9.

(16) In another embodiment, the rose oil used in the present root canal irrigant compositions is obtained from Rosa damascena Mill, In this regard, commercially available rose oil can be used, which oil, according to the manufacturer, was derived from dried petals of the flower by a steam distillation method. In this regard, the rose oil used can be a rose oil extract primarily made up of Rosa damascena Mill.

(17) In a further embodiment, the present compositions can be made by mixing the rose oil, Tergitol-N9, and water at room temperature and proper and constant speed until a homogenous mixture is formed.

(18) In another embodiment, the present subject matter relates to a method of irrigating a mouth of a patient, the method comprising applying a root canal irrigant composition as described herein to the mouth of a patient in need thereof.

(19) In this regard, the patient receiving the root canal irrigant composition can be undergoing a root canal procedure when the root canal irrigant composition is applied to the mouth. In another embodiment, the root canal irrigant composition can be a liquid solution applied to the mouth of the patient to clean root canals during an endodontic procedure. In still another embodiment, the patient can be a human including, by way of non-limiting example, an adult human.

(20) In an embodiment, it is expected that the rose oil, taken as a complete oil, will have no anti-inflammatory effect while the extract could significantly reduce edema, which may be due to inhibition of the mediators of acute inflammation. In addition, R. damascena contains vitamin C which has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, meaning it is expected the compositions described herein will work as intended.

(21) It is to be understood that the root canal irrigant comprising Rosa Damascena Mill is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, but encompasses any and all embodiments within the scope of the generic language of the following claims enabled by the embodiments described herein, or otherwise shown in the drawings or described above in terms sufficient to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the claimed subject matter.