Oral care compositions

1. An oral care composition comprising:

a polymer formed from the condensation of:

xylitol;

a polycarboxylic acid, anhydride, ester or acid halide thereof; and

arginine;

wherein the formed polymer is distributed in an orally acceptable carrier.

2. The oral care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polymer formed is defined by formula (I)

wherein L is a xylitol radical;

A is a linear or branched unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 alkylene or a linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkylene substituted by —C(O)OR 1 , —C(O)O − or —OH; A is a linear or branched unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 alkylene interrupted by one or more —O— or —NR 2 —; or a linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkylene substituted by —C(O)OR 1 , —C(O)O − or —OH;

wherein R 1 is hydrogen, unsubstituted linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkylene, linear or branched C 1 -C 20 substituted by —C(O)OR 1 , —C(O)O − or —OH; and

R 2 is hydrogen or linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkylene substituted by —C(O)OH or —OH;

X is any organic or inorganic orally acceptable anion;

and n is an integer ranging from 2 to 5000;

wherein the formed polymer is distributed in an orally acceptable carrier.

3. The oral care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polycarboxylic acids, anhydrides, acid halides or esters thereof are defined by formula (III)

wherein A is a linear or branched unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 alkylene or a linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkylene substituted by —C(O)OR 1 , —C(O)O − or —OH, or A is a linear or branched unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 alkylene interrupted by —O— or —NR 2 — or a linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkylene interrupted by —O— or —NR 2 substituted by —C(O)OR 1 , —C(O)O − or —OH;

wherein R 1 is hydrogen, unsubstituted linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkylene, linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkylene substituted by —C(O)OH, —C(O)O − or —OH; and

R 2 is hydrogen or linear or branched C 1 -C 20 alkylene substituted by —C(O)OH or —OH;

m and p are 1 or 2; and

R 3 and R 4 are independently —OH, halogen, —OR 5 , —OC(O), which —OC(O) may be bound to A to form an anhydride, or R 3 is oxygen and R 4 is a bond to the oxygen of R 3 , and

R 5 is a C 1 -C 4 alkyl or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl.

4. The oral care composition according to claim 3 , wherein A is a linear or branched unsubstituted C 1 -C 10 or a linear or branched C 1 -C 10 alkylene substituted by —C(O)OR 1 , —C(O)O − or —OH, or

A is a linear or branched unsubstituted C 2 -C 10 alkylene interrupted by —NR 2 — or a linear or branched C 2 -C 10 alkylene interrupted by —NR 2 — substituted by —C(O)OR 1 , —C(O)O − or —OH; and

R 2 is hydrogen or linear or branched C—C alkylene substituted by —C(O)OH or —OH.

5. The oral care composition according to claim 4 , wherein A is a linear or branched unsubstituted C 1 -C 8 alkylene or a linear or branched C 1 -C 8 alkylene substituted by —C(O)OR 1 , —C(O)O − and —OH, or

A is a linear or branched C 1 -C 8 interrupted by —NR 2 —, and R 2 is C 2 -C 8 alkylene substituted by —C(O)OH.

6. The oral care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the polycarboxylic acid are selected from the group consisting of malonic acid, succinic acid, glutaric acid, adipic acid, pimelic acid, suberic acid, sebacic acid, azelaic acid, citric acid, diglycolic acid, 1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, 1,1,3,3-propanetetracarboxylic acid, 1,1,2,2-ethane tetracarboxylic acid, 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid, 1,2,2,3 propanetetracarboxylic acid, 1,3,3,5 pentanetetracarboxylic acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic dianhydride, malic acid, tartronic acid, isocitric acid, tartaric acid, mucic acid, gluconic acid, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, ethyleneglycolbis-tetraacetic acid, diglycolic acid, ethylenediamine tetrapropionic acid, iminodiacetic acid, 1,2-propylenediaminetetraacetic acid, Nmethyl, -ethyl, -propyl and -butyl iminodiacetic acid, 1,3-propylenediaminetetraacetic acid, N-hydroxyethylethylenediaminetriacetic acid, triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid and diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid.

7. The oral care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the formed polymer is:

a polyesteramide of xylitol, arginine and succinic acid;

a polyesteramide of xylitol, arginine and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid or dianhydride thereof; or

a polyesteramide of xylitol, arginine and citric acid.

8. The oral care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the formed polymer is a polyesteramide of xylitol, arginine and succinic acid.

9. The oral care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the arginine makes up from about 3 to about 90 or about 95 wt. % of the total weight of the formed polymer.

10. The oral care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the formed polymer has a Mw ranging from about Mw from about 500 to about 1,000,000.

11. The oral care composition according to claim 1 , comprising at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of surfactants, desensitizing agents, chelating agents, whitening agents, tartar control agents, antibacterial agents, abrasives including silica, binders and thickening agents, detergents, adhesion agents, foam modulators, pH modifying agents, mouth-feel agents, sweeteners, flavoring agents, colorants, preservatives and combinations thereof.

12. The oral care composition according to claim 11 , wherein the ingredient is an antibacterial agent selected from the group consisting of triclosan, chlorhexidine or its salts. peroxides, phenols or their salts, domiphen bromide (phenododecinium bromide), bromochlorophene, stannous fluoride, Zn salts, chlorophylls, Cu salts, Cu gluconate, Cu chlorophyll, sodium lauryl sulfate, quarternary monoammonium salts pyridinium salts polysine, homopolymers of arginine, salts or complexes of arginine, stannous fluoride, thymol, menthol, methyl salicylate, eucalyptol and combinations thereof.

13. The oral care composition according to claim 12 , wherein the antibacterial agent is selected from the group consisting of quarternary monoammonium salts pyridinium salts polylysine, triclosan, chlorhexidine and its salts and combinations thereof.

14. The oral care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the formed polymer makes up about 0.01 to about 95 wt. % of the oral care composition.

15. The oral care composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is a product selected from the group consisting of orally dissolvable films, whitening strips, mouthwashes, tooth pastes, dentifrices, oral lozenges, chewing gums and dental flosses.