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21 CFR § 355.10 - Anticaries active ingredients.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s355.10"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 355.10 - Anticaries active ingredients."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "355.10"
section_name: "Anticaries active ingredients."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "DRUGS FOR HUMAN USE"
part_number: "355"
part_name: "ANTICARIES DRUG PRODUCTS FOR OVER-THE-COUNTER HUMAN USE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 321, 351, 352, 353, 355, 360, 371."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 52507, Oct. 6, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "355"
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# 355.10 Anticaries active ingredients.

The active ingredient of the product consists of any of the following when used in the concentration and dosage form established for each ingredient:

(a) *Sodium fluoride*—(1) *Dentifrices containing 850 to 1,150 ppm theoretical total fluorine in a gel or paste dosage form.* Sodium fluoride 0.188 to 0.254 percent with an available fluoride ion concentration ≥650 parts per million (ppm).

(2) *Dentifrices containing 850 to 1,150 ppm theoretical total fluorine in a powdered dosage form.* Sodium fluoride 0.188 to 0.254 percent with an available fluoride ion concentration of ≥850 ppm for products containing the abrasive sodium bicarbonate and a poured-bulk density of 1.0 to 1.2 grams per milliliter.

(3) *Treatment rinses.* (i) An aqueous solution of acidulated phosphate fluoride derived from sodium fluoride acidulated with a mixture of sodium phosphate, monobasic, and phosphoric acid to a level of 0.1 molar phosphate ion and a pH of 3.0 to 4.5 and which yields an effective fluoride ion concentration of 0.02 percent.

(ii) An aqueous solution of acidulated phosphate fluoride derived from sodium fluoride acidulated with a mixture of sodium phosphate, dibasic, and phosphoric acid to a pH of 3.5 and which yields an effective fluoride ion concentration of 0.01 percent.

(iii) Sodium fluoride 0.02 percent aqueous solution with a pH of approximately 7.

(iv) Sodium fluoride 0.05 percent aqueous solution with a pH of approximately 7.

(v) Sodium fluoride concentrate containing adequate directions for mixing with water before using to result in a 0.02-percent or 0.05-percent aqueous solution with a pH of approximately 7.

(b) *Sodium monofluorophosphate*—(1) *Dentifrices containing 850 to 1,150 ppm theoretical total fluorine in a gel or paste dosage form.* Sodium monofluorophosphate 0.654 to 0.884 percent with an available fluoride ion concentration (consisting of PO<sub>3</sub> F<sub>=</sub> and F<sub>−</sub> combined) ≥800 ppm.

(2) *Dentifrices containing 1,500 ppm theoretical total fluorine in a gel or paste dosage form.* Sodium monofluorophosphate 1.153 percent with an available fluoride ion concentration (consisting of PO<sub>3</sub> F<sub>=</sub> and F<sub>−</sub> combined) ≥1,275 ppm.

(c) *Stannous fluoride*—(1) *Dentifrices containing 850 to 1,150 ppm theoretical total fluorine in a gel or paste dosage form.* (i) Stannous fluoride 0.351 to 0.474 percent with an available fluoride ion concentration ≥700 ppm for products containing abrasives other than calcium pyrophosphate.

(ii) Stannous fluoride 0.351 to 0.474 percent with an available fluoride ion concentration ≥290 ppm for products containing the abrasive calcium pyrophosphate.

(2) *Preventive treatment gel.* Stannous fluoride 0.4 percent in an anhydrous glycerin gel, made from anhydrous glycerin and the addition of suitable thickening agents to adjust viscosity.

(3) *Treatment rinse.* Stannous fluoride concentrate marketed in a stable form and containing adequate directions for mixing with water immediately before using to result in a 0.1-percent aqueous solution.

[60 FR 52507, Oct. 6, 1995, as amended at 61 FR 52286, Oct. 7, 1996]