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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Sadahiko Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Hanada, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyohito Sawano, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Takasago International Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
Convenient methods for judging mouth odor with the use of an artificial mouth odor prepared by a convenient method which load any burdens neither on the operator nor on the subjects. Saliva collected immediately after wake-up is cultured under anaerobic conditions and head space components of the thus cultured saliva are analyzed, or anaerobic bacteria contained in the collected saliva are counted.