METHOD OF SELECTION OF INDIVIDUAL MEANS OF HYGIENE ORAL CAVITY Russian patent published in 2019 - IPC G01N33/483 A61B10/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to dentistry, and can be used for the selection of individual means of oral hygiene. To implement the method of individual selection of oral hygiene products from a patient, oral fluid is taken, the teeth are mechanically cleaned without using oral hygiene products, the hydrophobicity of the enamel of the patient’s teeth is determined by the “sitting drop” method; from the bank of teeth removed for medical reasons, the teeth are picked up, the hydrophobicity of the enamel of which corresponds to the hydrophobicity of the enamel of the patient’s teeth, teeth intended to examine oral hygiene products are cleaned with a medium hardness toothbrush using an appropriate hygiene product under study, as a control, a tooth that is not cleaned by means of oral hygiene is used, the teeth are immersed in the patient's oral fluid and thermostatic at a temperature of 37 °C, with the study interval of 1 hour, the time of occurrence of dental plaque on the teeth is determined and the hydrophobicity of tooth enamel is measured using the “sitting drop” method, the effectiveness of oral hygiene is assessed by the time of appearance of the dental plaque and the value of the enamel's hydrophobicity compared to control. Method allows to evaluate the effect of hygiene products on the mineralization of the surface of the teeth, to evaluate several hygiene products at the same time and to determine the most effective means.

EFFECT: method is objective, informative, does not require the efforts of the patient, does not require repeated visits to the dentist.

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