The present invention relates to methods for detecting and quantifying the plaque levels and/or lesions in companion animals, and the use of such information during trials of oral health products. The methods disclosed enable the trialling of companion animals for a shorter period of time, without the need for long and expensive trials on oral health products to be conducted. The methods described are conducted on conscious pet animals.

The present invention relates to methods for detecting and quantifying the plaque levels and/or lesions in companion animals, and the use of such information during trials of oral health products. The methods disclosed enable the trialling of companion animals for a shorter period of time, without the need for long and expensive trials on oral health products to be conducted. The methods described are conducted on conscious pet animals.

The handle has a proximal end and a distal end. The handle has an intermediate extent between the handle and the distal end. The housing has a handle adjacent to the proximal end. The housing has a head adjacent to the distal end. The housing has a plurality of tufts of bristles extending at right angles from the head. A toothpaste cartridge is provided within the handle. The handle has an intermediate component operatively coupled to the cartridge below. The intermediate component is operatively coupled to the head above. The head has a plurality of holes adjacent to the tufts. The intermediate component has a plurality tubes. The tubes operatively couple the cartridge and the holes. At least one valve is provided between the cartridge and the holes. In this manner the backlog of toothpaste is abated.

The handle has a proximal end and a distal end. The handle has an intermediate extent between the handle and the distal end. The housing has a handle adjacent to the proximal end. The housing has a head adjacent to the distal end. The housing has a plurality of tufts of bristles extending at right angles from the head. A toothpaste cartridge is provided within the handle. The handle has an intermediate component operatively coupled to the cartridge below. The intermediate component is operatively coupled to the head above. The head has a plurality of holes adjacent to the tufts. The intermediate component has a plurality tubes. The tubes operatively couple the cartridge and the holes. At least one valve is provided between the cartridge and the holes. In this manner the backlog of toothpaste is abated.

The present invention provides an apparatus adapted for ejection of material, e.g., saliva, from the mouth of a patient during a dental procedure. The apparatus has at least two distal openings such that material may be ejected simultaneously from at least two locations within the patient's mouth. The invention provides a suction apparatus having a proximal tube, which may couple with a standard waste container apparatus having a suction source.

The present invention provides an apparatus adapted for ejection of material, e.g., saliva, from the mouth of a patient during a dental procedure. The apparatus has at least two distal openings such that material may be ejected simultaneously from at least two locations within the patient's mouth. The invention provides a suction apparatus having a proximal tube, which may couple with a standard waste container apparatus having a suction source.

A method of cleaning a pet's teeth comprising providing an edible pet chew to the pet and allowing the pet to chew the pet chew, wherein the edible pet chew has a first major side and an opposite second major side separated by a shelf. The pet chew additionally includes a plurality of walls extending from the shelf on each of the first and second major sides, with the walls defining a plurality of pockets on each of the first and second major sides. The walls of the pockets of the pet chew are configured to scrape the surface of pet's teeth while chewing in order to clean the pet's teeth and to fit between the teeth to floss the teeth.

A method of cleaning a pet's teeth comprising providing an edible pet chew to the pet and allowing the pet to chew the pet chew, wherein the edible pet chew has a first major side and an opposite second major side separated by a shelf. The pet chew additionally includes a plurality of walls extending from the shelf on each of the first and second major sides, with the walls defining a plurality of pockets on each of the first and second major sides. The walls of the pockets of the pet chew are configured to scrape the surface of pet's teeth while chewing in order to clean the pet's teeth and to fit between the teeth to floss the teeth.

The present invention provides a dental implant device comprising a dental implant body and an implant fixture. Said implant fixture is characterized in that it comprises a portion to be fixed to said implant body and a portion to be fixed to a tooth adjacent to the transplantation site of said implant body in a subject, and is configured so that mechanical stimulation from the tooth adjacent to said transplantation site is transmissible to said implant body, and said implant device is characterized in that it is placed into the oral cavity of said subject so that said implant body is inserted at said transplantation site while said implant fixture is fixed to said implant body and the tooth adjacent to said transplantation site.

A method of treating human or animal tissue, the method comprising the step of: i. directing a stream of an aqueous liquid comprising gas bubbles excited by acoustic energy towards a wound or anatomical pocket in human or animal tissue, or towards an anatomical space or potential space in human or animal tissue, or towards soft or hard tissue in an oral cavity or elsewhere in the human or animal body, or towards tissue in a nasal cavity, or towards tissue associated with sinuses, eye, ear, digestive and genito-urinary systems, thereby to treat the human or animal tissue with the stream. The output stream can clean a wound in human or animal tissue, and can treat the wound by healing the wound, for example by stimulating fibroblasts in the wound tissue and causing, promoting or enhancing re-epithelialisation of epidermal tissue in the wound.