METHOD AND TOOL FOR ORAL SUBSTRATE MEASUREMENT IN ANIMALS
摘要
A gingival contour probe comprising a shaft portion and an elongated tip portion attached at a proximal end thereof to the shaft portion, the tip portion being non-planarly bent and/or curved and carrying markings, the number and scale of which are indicative of measured lengths; the probe being adapted at least by the number and/or scale of the markings for use in convenient gingival margin measurement of a tooth in a conscious non- human animal. A method for quantifying dental plaque in a conscious non-human animal comprising (a) aligning the tip portion of such a gingival contour probe with a gingival margin of a tooth in the animal; (b) by reference to the markings on the tip portion of the probe, measuring the length of the margin and the length of plaque deposit if any at the margin; and (c) calculating a plaque score for the tooth by comparing the length of plaque deposit with the length of the margin.
申请公布号
WO2007047584(A2)
申请公布日期
2007.04.26
申请号
WO2006US40383
申请日期
2006.10.13
申请人
HILL'S PET NUTRITION, INC.;SCHERL, DALE, SCOTT;BARNES, VIRGINIA, MONSUL;COFFMAN, LORI;RICHTER, ROSE;XU, TAO
发明人
SCHERL, DALE, SCOTT;BARNES, VIRGINIA, MONSUL;COFFMAN, LORI;RICHTER, ROSE;XU, TAO