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Oral Health

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Our oral and dental chemical materials and solutions provide versatility for manufacturers of oral care products. Dow's ingredients, including Polyethylene Glycols (PEGs), improve the solubility and bioavailability of active ingredients, enhancing their effectiveness and resulting in better oral health and a more pleasant user experience.

Our comprehensive range of CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ PEGs are an excellent choice for your oral care products due to their mild nature and water solubility. Regulatory-compliant for pharmaceutical applications, they provide custom formulation flexibility to address your application needs. Contact us today and produce improved oral and dental care products.

Our solutions for Oral Health

CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ PEGs are highly versatile excipients that help enhance the effectiveness of toothpaste formulations, including those designed for cavity prevention, teeth whitening, and sensitivity relief. Also suitable for oral gels to provide targeted relief for specific oral health concerns.

CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ Polyethylene Glycols

Offering a wide range of viscosities and melting points for formulating flexibility, these PEGs are available in liquid, powder, granular and flake materials to help achieve the desired balance of water solubility, hygroscopicity, vapor pressure, melting or freezing range, and viscosity.

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Toothpaste formulation options

Enhance the effectiveness of your toothpaste formulations by using between 1-30% of the following CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ Polyethylene Glycols grades.

CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ PEG 300

Water soluble polymer with excellent solvency. Low Aldehyde, Macrogol 300 Ph. Eur.

CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ PEG 400

Water soluble polymer with excellent solvency. Low Aldehyde, Macrogol 400 Ph. Eur.

CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ PEG 3350

Solid water soluble polymer with excellent solvency. Granular (Inhibited), Macrogol 3350 Ph. Eur.

CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ PEG 600

Water soluble polymer with excellent solvency. Low Aldehyde, Macrogol 600 Ph. Eur.

CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ PEG 1450

Solid water soluble polymer with excellent solvency. Molten (Uninhibited), Macrogol 1450 Ph. Eur.

Oral gels formulation options

Customize your oral gels formulations by using between 10-50% of the following CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ Polyethylene Glycols grades.

CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ PEG 300

Water soluble polymer with excellent solvency. Low Aldehyde, Macrogol 300 Ph. Eur.

CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ PEG 400

Water soluble polymer with excellent solvency. Low Aldehyde, Macrogol 400 Ph. Eur.

CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ PEG 1450

Solid water soluble polymer with excellent solvency. Molten (Uninhibited), Macrogol 1450 Ph. Eur.

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