CHEWING GUM FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF INFLAMMATORY TISSUES IN DENTAL APPLICATIONS

摘要

The present invention is a diagnostic chewing gum for identifying the presence of inflammatory tissue in the mouth of a user, in particular in the mandible, maxilla, implant or tooth or its vicinity, wherein the base material or particles embedded and / or attached to the base material (3) ); Comprises elements (1, 5-7), such as, for example, dissociable flavor molecules attached to the base material and / or the particles, for causing a change in the chewing gum that is directly detectable by the user; The elements (1, 5-7) are for diagnostic use in which a change occurs upon direct or indirect contact with a marker (4) secreted by inflammatory tissue in response to a bacterial mediator, for example a proteolytic enzyme. Suggests chewing gum.