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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Thommen Medical Ag, Grenchen, CH;
Matthias Schnabelrauch, Jena, DE;
Lorenz Meinel, Wuerzburg, DE;
Falko Schlottig, Fuellinsdorf, DE;
Ralf Wyrwa, Rothenstein, DE;
THOMMEN MEDICAL AG, Grenchen, CH;
Abstract
The document proposes a diagnostic chewing gum for identifying the presence of inflammatory tissues in the mouth, in particular in or adjacent to the mandible, the maxilla, an implant or the teeth of a user, comprising a base material or particles () embedded and/or attached to the base material; an element (,-), like e.g. a releasable flavor molecule, attached to the base material and/or the particles, for the generation of a change in the chewing gum directly detectable by the user; wherein the element (,-) generates the change upon direct or indirect contact with a marker (), e.g. a proteolytic enzyme, which is released by inflammatory tissue in response to bacterial mediators.