Patent ID: 11957506
Assignee: LION GROUP, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. A method of evaluating a gum care product, the method comprising:
using a measurement probe, acquiring an ultrasonic image of an inside of an attached gingiva of a subject before using a gum care product and an ultrasonic image of the inside of the attached gingiva of the subject after using the gum care product;
acquiring average brightnesses of a region of the inside of the attached gingiva from the ultrasonic images before and after using the gum care product, respectively; and
determining that the gum care product is effective for gingival constituents when the average brightness after using the gum care product increases from the average brightness before using the gum care product, and determining that the gum care product is not effective for gingival constituents when the average brightness after using the Lim care product decreases from the average brightness before using the gum care product,
wherein the region of the inside of the attached gingiva is a range from immediately below an epithelium to 1500 um below the epithelium, and an acquisition range of the ultrasonic images has an area of 0.01 mm2 to 20 mm2.