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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2010
Curt Binner, Furlong, PA (US);
Megha Reddy, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Curt Binner, Furlong, PA (US);
Megha Reddy, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
McNeil-PPC, Inc., Skillman, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of cleaning an oral cavity, the method including positioning a device suitable for detecting and removing plaque from a surface of the oral cavity within the oral cavity, cleaning and irradiating the surface of a tooth in the oral cavity, the tooth having applied thereto a fluorescent agent, with incident radiation of a wavelength effective to provide a fluorescent emission when contacted with the fluorescent agent on the tooth, collecting at least a portion of the fluorescent emission over a first time period, determining a first average fluorescent emission value (APV), collecting at least a portion of the fluorescent emission over a second time period, determining a second average plaque value (APV); and comparing the APVto the APV