METHOD TO PROMOTE ORAL HEALTH IN ANIMAL

• Main Authors: SCHERL DALE SCOTT, LOGAN ELLEN IRENE, GROSS KATHY LYNN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.11.2012
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method to promote oral health in an animal.SOLUTION: The method includes causing the animal to ingest a composition comprising an antioxidant, e.g., vitamin C and vitamin E, or a combination thereof for the mitigation, prevention, or treatment of gingival inflammation.