Test agent composition for dentistry

• US 5,410,028 A
• Filed: 05/18/1993
• Issued: 04/25/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Showa Yakuhin Kako Co., Ltd. (General Cannabis Corp.), Uha Mikakuto Co.Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Showa Yakuhin Kako Co., Ltd. (General Cannabis Corp.), Uha Mikakuto Co.Ltd.
• Inventors: Asami, Kuniaki, Yamada, Ichiro, Tanaka, Fumio
• Primary Examiner(s): GRIFFIN, RONALD
• Application Number:
  US08/064,115
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• Field of Search: 424/2, 424/49, 426/3, 436/63, 436/811, 422/68.1, 536/2, 536/102, 536/114
• US Class Current: 536/2
• CPC Class Codes: A23G 3/368 containing vitamins, antibiotics
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 6/25 Compositions for detecting or measuring, e.g. of irregularities on natural or artificial teeth
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 6/65 Dyes
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 6/78 Pigments
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 3/02 Starch; Degradation products thereof, e.g. dextrin
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 3/12 Amylose; Amylopectin; Degradation products thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 5/06 Pectin; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 89/04 Products derived from waste materials, e.g. horn, hoof or hair
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/50 Chemical analysis of biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Testing involving biospecific ligand binding methods; Immunological testing measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or microorganisms, compositions or test papers therefor; processes for forming such compositions, condition responsive control in microbiological or enzymological processes C12Q
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 436/811 Test for named disease, body condition or organ function

Abstract

A test agent composition for dentistry comprises from 5 to 45% by weight of Hydrogenated Maltose Syrup, from 5 to 30% by weight of sorbitol, from 10 to 40% by weight of paratinose, from 5 to 20% by weight of water, from 5 to 37% by weight of a component selected from the group consisting of gelatin, starch and pectin, and from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a detection reagent selected from the group consisting of glucose, vitamins, amino acids, dyes, inorganic salts and other physiologically nontoxic substances, based on the total weight of the composition. The masticatory efficiency of a subject can be evaluated by having the subject chew the test agent composition for dentistry and determining the amount of the detection reagent transferred into the saliva of the subject.

Claims

1. A test agent composition for dentistry, which comprises from 5 to 45% by weight of Hydrogenated Maltose Syrup, from 5 to 30% by weight of sorbitol, from 10 to 40% by weight of paratinose, from 5 to 20% by weight of water, from 5 to 37% by weight of a component selected from the group consisting of gelatin, starch and pectin, and from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a detection reagent selected from the group consisting of glucose, vitamins, amino acids, dyes, inorganic salts and other physiologically nontoxic substances, based on the total weight of the composition.

2. A method for testing masticatory efficiency, which comprises the following steps:

putting one or more pieces of the composition according to claim 1 into a subject'"'"'s mouth in which the weight per piece of the composition is from 0.05 to 5 g;

masticating the composition by said subject, from 5 to 20 chewing cycles at the mastication speed from 0.8 to 2 chewing cycles/second;

determining the quantity of the detection agent transferred into the saliva of the subject; and

evaluating the masticatory efficiency by the amount of eluted detection agent.