Patent ID: 7175430
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: A61K,C12Q

Abstract:
1. A deformable, curable, or film-forming composition comprising: a deformable, curable or film-forming support material, wherein the support material comprises a material that is (i) an impression material or film based on silicon, polyether-silicon, polyether, alginate or hydrocolloid, (ii) a polyethylene, polypropylene, poly(meth)acrylate, polyurethane, polycarbonate, polysulphide or polyvinylchloride plastic, (iii) a rubber composition, (iv) a polyvinylpyrrolidone-based or polyvinylalcohol-based hydrogel, or (v) a dental plaster preparation; and at least one diagnostically useful additive for locus-specific and substance-specific intraoral diagnosis that provides such diagnostic result without a cultivation step and presents the diagnostic result by signal development in or upon the surface of the support material or by binding of a detectable agent to the support material, wherein at least one diagnostically useful additive is useful for intraoral locus-specific detection of pathogenic substances and/or microorganisms or for intraoral locus-specific detection of substances that indicate mouth diseases or healing processes.