Polyelectrolyte dental adhesives for whitening teeth and teeth components

Abstract

This document relates to methods and materials involved in providing a tooth, tooth component, or inorganic dental material (e.g., a human tooth, a human tooth component, or an inorganic dental material within a human's mouth) with a white appearance. For example, a whitening adhesive containing a conjugate of at least a polyamine, a polyphosphate, and one or more whitening agents (e.g., titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, and/or hydroxyapetite) can be used to provide a tooth, tooth component, or inorganic dental material with a whiter appearance.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A whitening adhesive comprising a conjugate of a polyamine, a polyphosphate, and a whitening agent and having the ability to interact with or bind to a tooth, a tooth component, or an inorganic dental material, wherein said whitening agent of said whitening adhesive provides teeth with a white appearance when said whitening adhesive is adhered to said tooth, said tooth component, or said inorganic dental material.