`Date: July 7, 2022
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`Amendments to the Claims
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the
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`application:
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`1. (Currently Amended): A_useUse of starch as white pigment to replace titanium dioxide in a
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`dental health product composition, the starch being a native starch, a porous starch or a mixture
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`thereof.
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`2. (Currently Amended): The useUse according to claim 1, wherein the starch is a porous starch.
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`3. (Currently Amended): The useUse according to claim 1-er2, wherein the starch is selected from
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`the group consisting of tapioca starch, waxy tapioca starch, maize starch, pea starch, potato starch,
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`waxy potato starch, wheat starch, waxy wheat starch, waxy maize starch, high-amylose maize
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`starch, mung bean starch, rice starch, waxy rice starch, sweet potato starch, waxy sweet potato
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`starch, millet starch, sago starch, sorghum starch, quinoa starch, arrowroot starch, amaranth starch,
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`lotus root starch and buckwheatstarch.
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`4. (Currently Amended): The use according to claim 1Use-accerdingto-anyore-ofclaims—tte3,
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`wherein the dental health product is selected from the group consisting of a toothpaste and a
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`chewing gum,preferably the dental productis a toothpaste.
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`5. (Currently Amended): The use according to claim 1Use-accerdineto-anyeneofclaimste,
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`wherein the starch replaces up to 30%, preferably up to 60% and more preferably up to 100% by
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`weight of the titanium dioxide in the dental health product composition.
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`6. (Currently Amended): The use according to claim 1Use-accerdineto-anyeneofclaimstte3,
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`wherein the dental health product composition comprises from 0.5 % to 30%, preferably from 1%
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`to 20% and morepreferably from 2% to 15%, and even more preferably from 5 to 10% by weight
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`of native starch with respect to the total weight of the dental health product composition.
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`7. (Currently Amended): The use according to claim 1Use-accerdingto-anyore-ofclaims—tte-6,
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`wherein the dental health product composition comprises from 0.5 % to 30%, preferably from 1%
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`to 20% and morepreferably from 2% to 15%, and even more preferably from 5 to 10% by weight
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`of porous starch with respect to the total weight of the dental health product composition.
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`8. (Currently Amended): A dentalDental health product composition comprising a white pigment
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`containing or consisting of a native starch, a porous starch or a mixture thereof.
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`9. (Currently Amended): A _processPreeess of fabricating the dental health product composition
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`comprising the step of adding native starch, porous starch or mixture thereof as white pigment.
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`10. (Currently Amended): The processPrecess according to claim 9, wherein said process does not
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`comprise a step of adding titanium dioxide as white pigment.
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