| CPC A61Q 11/00 (2013.01) [A61K 8/21 (2013.01); A61K 8/24 (2013.01); A61K 8/44 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
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1. A method of increasing or accelerating HSP 27 expression in a tissue of an oral cavity comprising administering to the tissue a dentifrice composition comprising arginine or a salt thereof in an amount of 0.005 weight %, calcium carbonate in an amount of 20 weight % to 40 weight %, sodium lauryl sulfate, tetrasodium pyrophosphate in an amount of 0.1 weight %, and an orally acceptable carrier, wherein the dentifrice composition does not contain lysine, citrulline, ornithine, creatine, histidine, diaminobutanoic acid, or diaminopropionic acid, or a salt of lysine, citrulline, ornithine, creatine, histidine, diaminobutanoic acid, or diaminopropionic acid and wherein the weight % is by total weight of the composition.
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