公开(公告)号：US20080254400A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-16

申请号：US12090108

申请日：2006-10-13

Applicant: Dale Scott Scherl ,  Lori Coffman ,  Rose Richter ,  Tao Xu ,  Virginia Monsul Barnes

Inventor： Dale Scott Scherl ,  Lori Coffman ,  Rose Richter ,  Tao Xu ,  Virginia Monsul Barnes

IPC: A61D5/00

CPC classification number: A61C3/00 ,  A61C19/043 ,  A61D5/00

Abstract: 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.

Abstract translation: 牙龈轮廓探针，其包括轴部分和细长末端部分，所述细长尖端部分在其近端处连接到所述轴部分，所述尖端部分是非平面弯曲和/或弯曲的并且携带标记，其数量和比例指示测量 长度 所述探针至少适应于所述标记的数量和/或比例以用于在有意识的非人动物中牙齿的方便的牙龈边缘测量。 一种用于量化有意识的非人动物中的牙菌斑的方法，包括（a）将所述牙龈轮廓探针的末端部分与动物牙齿的牙龈边缘对准; （b）参考探针的尖端部分的标记，测量边缘的长度和斑块沉积的长度（如果有的话）; 和（c）通过比较斑块沉积的长度和边缘的长度来计算牙齿的斑块得分。