Patent · US Expired

Ascertaining the patient related risk of caries

US7435558B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

8References

7Claims

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Assignee

3M ESPE AG · DE

Inventors

Ingo Häberlein · Weilheim, DE
Ingo Wagner · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
Rainer Guggenberger · Hanerau-Hademarschen, DE
Thomas Bökenkamp · Germering, DE
Christian Steinbeiss · Birkenfeld, DE
Michaela Bader-Danziger · Kaufering, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2002
Grant date	Oct 14, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2333/904
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the determination of the patient-related risk of caries by determination of lactic acid and/or lactate in saliva and to a method for the location-specific determination of the patient-related risk of caries.

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