PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR DISCLOSING CONDITIONS IN THE ORAL CAVITY

摘要

An oral hygiene implement may include a body having a handle region and a head region, the head having cleaning elements extending therefrom, an energy source disposed in the head region, wherein the energy source is capable of providing visible light having a wavelength of between about 380 nm to about 700 nm, and a device for filtering visible light of predetermined wavelengths reflected from portions of an oral cavity and for transmission of energy resulting from the fluorescence from a disclosing agent. An oral hygiene kit may include a fluorescent agent capable of highlighting a condition within an oral cavity and one or more of oral hygiene devices and/or implements having an energy source capable of providing electromagnetic energy and a device for filtering. A method of identifying oral conditions within an oral cavity that includes applying an oral composition to the oral cavity, wherein the oral composition comprises a fluorescent agent, and wherein the disclosing agent is present within the oral composition from about 0.001 weight percent to about 10% weight percent, applying energy from an energy source to the oral cavity, filtering at predetermined wavelengths the reflected visible light from portions of the oral cavity, and viewing the filtered visible light from the fluorescent agent, which indicates conditions within the oral cavity.