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This interview was originally published in the
March/April 1979 issue of the MOTHER EARTH NEWS
magazine.
The Plowboy Interview with Dr. Robert O.
Nara
In 1819 a dentist named Levi S. Parmly wrote a book called
A Practical Guide to the Management of the Teeth . . .
Comprising a Discovery of the Origin of Caries, or Decay
of the Teeth, with its Prevention and Cure.
Dr. G. V. BlackSome 77 years later, Dr. G. V. Black closed
his address to a group of dental school graduates with
these words:
"The day is coming, and perhaps within the lifetime of you
young men, when we will be engaged in practicing
preventive rather than reparative dentistry.''
Yet the U.S. Public Health Service tells us that 98 out of
every 100 men, women, and children in the United States
still suffer from some form of dental disease. And
American Dental Association figures indicate that the
average American has 14 teeth decayed, filled, or missing
by the time he or she reaches 20 years of age! Just what
has happened to the dream of preventive dentistry?
"It isn't a dream anymore, it's a reality!" says Dr.
Robert Nara of Houghton, Michigan, who adds, "Dental
disease-tooth decay and bad gums -- can be eliminated . .
. I've been doing it for almost 20 years.' "
These are pretty strong words ... especially to those of
us who are suffering from the pain and financial losses
caused by conventional reparative dentistry. But Bob Nara
is sure of his message . . . S0 sure, in fact, that he has
put his means of earning a living on the line in a bitter
struggle with the dental establishment (those professional
organizations which, Nara claims, condition this country's
dentists to do no more than "help the patient's mouth rest
comfortably while the teeth die").
MOTHER was curious about Nara 's claims and about the
system of preventive cure, called Oramedics, that the
Michigan dentist has designed to help "spread the word "
that dental disease can be eradicated.
And so staffer Bruce Woods flew up to the Wolverine state
for a talk with Nara, who had -- not long before -- had
his license suspended by the Michigan State Dental
Association. This transcript of their conversation
contains some statements that - if true -- paint a
shocking picture of a "medical" profession that has the
means to insure dental health but, instead, allows
political and economic pressures to limit its practice to
treating symptoms . . . while it completely ignores the
causes of tooth and gum disease.
Whether you finish this interview as a believer in
Oramedics or not, we think you owe it to your mouth to
read what Bob Nara has to say.
PLOWBOY: Dr. Nara, your ideas about preventive dentistry
have, so far, cost you your license to practice, gotten
you kicked out of the county, state, and national dental
organizations, and forced you to face criminal charges. I
know this situation didn't develop overnight, so why don't
we begin at the beginning. Can you tell me about your
training and professional background?
NARA: Of course. I took my undergraduate degree at
Michigan State University--in East Lansing, Michigan--in
1955. Immediately thereafter, I enrolled in the University
of Michigan's dental school. After graduation. I served in
the Navy for two years ... during which time I practiced
dentistry at the Pacific missile range headquarters in
California. I returned to Houghton, Michigan when my hitch
was up and set myself up in private practice in 1961.
PLOWBOY: How did it happen that your work turned toward
preventive, rather than reparative dentistry?
NARA: Well, first of all, I was taught enough
microbiology, oral physiology, and biochemistry in dental
school to get a pretty fair understanding of the processes
that contribute to dental disease. This "medical"
material, however, was presented to us in a rather
hit-or-miss pattern .. . with bits of information
dribbling in during one class or another. What my
schooling really prepared me for, however--and what any
student in dental school is actually trained to do-was
mechanics . . . drilling and filling.
PLOWBOY: Don't the dental schools encourage preventive
care?
NARA: No, they don't encourage it at all! And there's
another factor that contributes to the lack of preventive
dentistry in the United States, too. You see, most young
dentists--upon graduation-have a very substantial
educational debt to take care of. Then, in order to get a
practice started, these men and women have to go out and
buy more than $50,000 worth of equipment! So there is, as
you can see, tremendous pressure put upon the beginning
dentist to get going and bring in some money. I believe
that many of these people would like to be able to start
their practices by teaching folks how to clean their
mouths, but the simple truth is that the big money is in
reparative work. So, the new dentist--who, as I've said,
is really under the economic gun--puts off his or her
ideas about prevention until after the bills are paid . .
. and once that pattern is established, it never really
gets broken.
PLOWBOY: Can you be more specific about that "pattern"?
NARA: Certainly. You see, after a beginning practitioner
has become convinced that mechanical repair is the only
way to get out of debt, he or she will usually spend a
long period of time doing little else. Now, reparative
dentistry is, for the most part, dull, tedious, and--in
all but a financial sense--unrewarding work. It doesn't
take much of this sort of drudgery to kill off any
idealism that might have motivated the dentist to try
prevention in the first place.
It seems that many of these doctors eventually come to
regard dental health from the same frame of reference as
most of the American public does ... that dental disease
is inevitable and that everyone will lose his or her teeth
sooner or later. Naturally, once this attitude takes
over--and it may be a "gut feeling'' that's never actually
spoken about or even consciously thought--the dentist
begins to feel that prevention is a waste of time . . .
and so the status quo perpetuates itself.
PLOWBOY: But this common attitude didn't keep you from
practicing preventive therapy?
NARA: No, it didn't, and I think there are several reasons
why I was able to maintain my interest in prevention. For
one thing, I'm a pretty stubborn individual. For another.
I dislike even trying to treat a mouth that isn't clean. I
mean, why go through the time and effort necessary to
really remove decay and place nice fillings when you
know--because the mouth itself is not being cared
for--that the new work is going to be decayed all around
its margins in six months or a year? There's simply not
much job satisfaction in enlarging the same filling time
after time until the tooth has to come out.
So, early in my practice I tried to put together a plan
that would motivate my patients, to help them establish an
effective oral hygiene program. I failed miserably--as I
should have known I would--because nobody wanted to
listen.
My patients, at that time, shared the common attitude:
"Come on, Doc, just get that tooth filled, or get this one
pulled. and let me out of here." Because most folks don't
want to spend any more time than is absolutely necessary
in a dentist's office, they want to get away from that
chair and away from those drills as quickly as possible.
PLOWBOY: This "fear" would seem to be related to the frame
of reference you spoke of earlier.
NARA: Right, it's part of the same attitude. And, because
of that frame of reference, a dentist can talk till he or
she's blue in the face about keeping the mouth healthy and
so forth. Nobody wants to hear about it . . . nobody even
believes it !
PLOWBOY: Do people actually doubt that prevention can be
effective, or do they simply feel that they lack the
willpower to follow through with such a program?
NARA: I think that--in most cases--a combination of both
these beliefs is at work . . . because the concept of a
really effective oral health program is simply beyond the
scope of most people's experience. For example, note the
toothpaste ads that are run on television: "Look. Mom,
only one cavity ! " Now, that ad is claiming--and the
manufacturers of that product are claiming--that really
good prevention will result in only one cavity every six
months! At that rate, a person could have more than 32
fillings by the time he or she reaches 21 years of age!
It's crazy, and this kind of advertising contributes to
our national indifference toward the prevention of dental
disease.
Another problem with the traditional approach to oral
hygiene is that it's all "teach, teach, teach". Now
adults, especially--and even children to a large
degree--don't really appreciate being told that someone is
going to teach them something. Most folks consider the
very suggestion that they need education to be an insult,
a put-down. Yet, many "modern" dental offices have a room
with a big sign on the door that says. "Patient Education
Room". The sign might as well say. "This Way, Dummy",
because that's exactly the feeling that's conveyed.
PLOWBOY: How did you manage to communicate the necessary
information without insulting your patients, then?
NARA: Well, I knew that most people avoid the dentist's
office until they need work done . . . usually either a
filling or an extraction. And people in pain aren't likely
to be receptive to a cute story about preventing the
disease. So, I had to design a system that would
penetrate, first, the preoccupation with money worries and
physical discomfort that most folks bring to the office
with them. And I also had to figure out a way to change
the preconception that nothing can be done about tooth
decay and gum disease anyway.
With all of these cards stacked against me. I knew that I
needed a very effective psychological delivery system. So,
I spent a lot of time thinking about it, saying to myself.
"How can I do this?"
My goal was to stop disease, and I was sure that I could
stop it--I had all of the scientific evidence in the world
to back me up--if I could get the patients' help and
cooperation.
And that's what the "method" that I came to call Oramedics
does: It enables me to get the patients to cooperate, to
take the control of their own oral environment into their
own hands. And the system works!
PLOWBOY: But as soon as you started practicing this form
of prevention, you began to encounter resistance from the
dental establishment. When did the first signs of your
coming "war" with organized dentistry show up?
NARA: I began working, in 1968, to bring about some
changes in the outmoded dental laws that still exist in
much of the U.S. At that point I was mainly concerned with
setting up a system that would help the dentist to be more
effective in his or her job. Part of the problem, as I saw
it, was that most dentists simply didn't have the time to
handle health education effectively. I felt that this
situation could be remedied if the doctors were able to
delegate some of the more routine dental tasks to
paradental personnel. After all, there are many new types
of paramedical jobs and paralegal jobs today, but we
really don't have any new paradental positions . . . there
haven't been any "new kids on the team" for years.
So, I started lecturing that dental assistants should be
trained to polish teeth, to give fluoride treatments, and
so forth... in order to allow these people to become
really worthwhile members of the dental health team. I
pushed pretty hard to get new laws passed that would help
bring about these changes. For instance. I got myself
elected to the American Dental Association's House of
Delegates in 1971 and spent four years pushing for modern
laws.
Unfortunately, dental laws fall under the category of
state's rights, so--even though the House of Delegates did
vote to recommend liberalized legislation--direct action
could only be taken at the state level. And it just so
happens that my home state of Michigan is one of the most
backward places--in terms of dental progress--in the
Union. This is because we have a network of
long-entrenched "dental politicians" in Michigan. In many
states, on the other hand, there is a regular turnover
among professional politicians, because many people
compete for these positions. Michigan, however, lacks that
healthy competition, and old dental ideas are seldom
challenged here. In fact, just as an example, we had two
men-- father and son-who ran the Michigan State Board of
Dentistry for 40 years !
Anyway, I went to work, through the appropriate political
channels, and helped to get rid of some of these people
who were--I thought--standing in the way of necessary
change. And, in the process of fighting the entrenched
hierarchy. I did make some enemies . . . enemies who are
still "haunting" me today.
The first real sign of the troubles to come, however,
showed up in April of 1968. I was called, at that time,
before the State Board of Dentistry and told--by one of
the Board's members-that I'd lose my license if I
continued to rock the boat. I replied that I believed
myself to be in the right, that I was acting in the public
interest, and that I would continue to do so regardless of
whatever he was tempted to do in retaliation. The board
member responded by saying. "We'll get you." And it took
him 10 years, 10 long years of battles in the professional
organizations and in the courts, to finally take my
license away from me.
The State Board chose to attack me on the ground that I
was training my assistants to perform the routine tasks I
described above. They tried to force me to stop doing
this, and I, of course, refused. Then, in 1972, one of my
assistants--while following my instructions--placed a
medicated piece of cotton in a patient's cavity . . . and
the man returned the next day with warrants for my
assistant's and my arrest. He was actually the attorney
who served as chief investigator for the Dental Board's
Department of Licensing and Regulations!
PLOWBOY: And what was the outcome of that 1972 arrest?
NARA: Well, it eventually led to an arraignment. And, at
the hearing, the judge explained to me that--if I were
found guilty as charged--I could spend a year in jail and
be fined up to $500.
He then asked me how I intended to plead, and I told him
"guilty".
The judge was upset by this. "You're putting me in a rough
spot here. Doctor," he said. I asked him what he meant,
and he explained that--if I didn't plead''not
guilty''--he'd have to sentence me. I replied that I was
at fault, that I had allowed my assistants to polish teeth
and so forth. So, the judge turned off his tape recorder,
leaned over the bench, and advised me to get myself a
lawyer and to give the matter some serious thought before
I came to trial. Well, I didn't hire an attorney. I didn't
want one, because my attitude was that the laws themselves
were wrong ... and I figured that I might just as well be
the person who challenged them.
At any rate, it took another six months for the case to
actually come to trial, and the State Dental Board must
have gotten a bit worried by that time. It looked pretty
certain that the judge was going to have to throw me in
the slammer for a year, and the Board must have decided
that they'd get a lot of bad press if they sent a dentist
to jail for letting his assistants perform routine tasks,
so they dropped the charges.
PLOWBOY: Was that the end of your troubles?
NARA: Everything did settle down for a while. I was, at
the time, writing research proposals for Michigan
Technological University. And, about a year after the
trial, I came up with a really unique proposal that seemed
to have a very good chance of being accepted. While I was
out of town lecturing, however, the president of the
Copper County District Dental Society went to the dean of
the university's School of Business--who was in charge of
the grant proposal program--and told him that the college
should take my name off the proposal and put the Dental
Society president's name on it! The president threatened
that--if this wasn't done--the Society's members would
write letters to the Department of Health, Education. and
Welfare saying that they did not want this research done
in their area. Of course, HEW isn't likely to try to
conduct research in any given area if the local doctors
oppose that study . . . because the project would become a
terrible mess.
PLOWBOY: Are you referring to the peer pressure that could
be put on the researchers?
NARA: Correct. Anyway, the dean was upset--he didn't want
to lose the grant that might mean several million dollars
to his university--and, as he was unable to reach me, he
gave in. My name was taken off the proposal and the name
of the president of the County District Dental Society was
put on.
I was, of course, very angry when I heard about this,
because the proposal was my work! So--since I had no other
course of action available--I filed a complaint with the
Dental Society against its own president! In retaliation,
the Society simply disbanded and then reorganized itself .
. . thereby clearing the records of all former complaints!
But, although those local dental politicians had
effectively swept my charges under the table, they were
really riled that I'd had the gall to attack them. Soon
after they had reorganized their little club, Society
dentists sent a series of letters to the Department of
Licensing and Regulation. These documents charged me with
unethical conduct on the grounds that I was still training
my dental assistants to polish teeth and perform other
such routine chores.
Ironically, while I was being hassled for training my
assistants to polish teeth, the major dental journals were
carrying ads for a portable device that would allow
patients to polish their own teeth at home!
And, to make the situation even more ludicrous. I was
then-and still am--qualified to teach in any dental school
in the country. I don't need a single additional credit to
train young people to become dentists . .. and yet my
profession attacked me for teaching dental assistants to
polish teeth!
PLOWBOY: The charge is almost identical to that made in
1972 . . how were the members of the Dental Society able
to make it stick in this case?
NARA: In 1972 they had tried to "get" me in the civil
courts and had let those charges drop for fear of bad
publicity. In this instance, however, they decided to
handle the matter themselves and stay out of the courts.
So I was charged, before the Michigan State Board of
Dentistry, with letting an unlicensed assistant polish
teeth and with ''advertising an unrecognized specialty".
The latter accusation refers to an ad that I had placed in
the local yellow pages. The advertisement read:
"Specializing in Oramedics ... for people with teeth who
want to keep them." You should know, too, that it is
not illegal for a dentist to advertise in Michigan. For
instance, dentists have run ads saying that they
specialized in dentures, or root canals, or something like
that, and they have had no problems. Oramedics, however,
is not a term that the American Dental Associstion or the
Michigan State Dental Association recognizes. And, on the
basis of those two charges, they were ultimately able to
suspend my license for 15 months.
Even more ludicrous ... I don 't need a
single additional (college) credit to train young people
to become dentists . . . and yet my profession attacked me
for teaching dental assistants to polish teeth!
PLOWBOY: When did this suspension take effect?
NARA: On February 15. 1978.
PLOWBOY: Did you then make any effort to appeal the
Board's action?
NARA: Yes, I did. As a first step, I filed an appeal,
based on what I felt was the unconstitutionality of
Michigan's dental codes . . . and charging, also, that the
board was guilty of misconduct because of the manner in
which the proceedings were held and the findings reached.
You see, the Board had, as usual, hired a hearing
examiner-in this instance he was an administrative judge
named Wayne Lusk--to rule on the case. But Lusk found me
innocent: He said that the Oramedics-related charges
"failed to establish a violation"! The Board, however,
threw Lusk's report out, upheld the charges against me,
and then also voted never to use Mr. Lusk--who had 35
years' experience as a hearing examiner-- again!
At any rate, I filed an appeal-- based upon the
discrepancies in the dental codes and on this
"irregularity'' --with the state appeals court.
PLOWBOY: And did the appeals court give you any help?
NARA: No, the court was also presented with a
"counterstatement of facts'' from the State Board of
Dentistry, and it denied my appeal for "lack of merit and
grounds presented''.
PLOWBOY: Have you taken any further steps to clear
yourself?
NARA: I've appealed to the Michigan State Supreme Court.
They've had my appeal for some 10 months now and have yet
to decide if they'll even hear the case! This delay is
curious, as I was assured--by Mr. Bruce Lindstrom, who was
then the aide in charge of Upper Peninsula affairs for
Governor Milliken--that my appeal would be handled quickly
and that a stay of my license suspension would be granted,
automatically, while the appeal was in progress. Lindstrom
told me this when the appeal was first filed. He has since
resigned, and I've still gotten no word from the Supreme
Court.
PLOWBOY: It does seem as if you're being singled out for
''special treatment''. Do you have any theories that could
explain this apparent vendetta?
NARA: In my opinion the whole thing boils down to one
simple fact: The dental establishment is scared to death
that the public is going to realize that the entire
profession has been making a living by repairing the
results of a disease they could have been curing all
along! I just happen to be, at the present time, the
person who is in the best position to expose organized
dentistry.
Nothing was resolved in my prior encounters with the
county and state dental associations, because they dropped
their charges and swept mine under the table. This time,
however, I think there's going to be a winner and a loser,
and my opponents are pulling out all the stops to keep me
under wraps. They're soliciting a lot of support, too--by
using loaded terms like "unethical conduct"-among those
indoctrinated dentists who don't want anyone upsetting
their very lucrative apple carts.
PLOWBOY: Why do you refer to "unethical conduct" as a
loaded term?
NARA: I think many people would feel that the phrase has
an almost "dirty" ring to it . . . it sounds like it has
something to do with morality. This is not really the
case, however, because--in medical jargon--the functional
meaning of "ethics" is usually "not squealing on another
doctor". If the other guy makes a mistake, you are
expected--because of your professional ethics--not to
expose him. You can imagine, then, why the dental
establishment has come so unglued about my case . . .
because I haven't discriminated, I haven't singled out any
individuals, I'm exposing the whole profession's lack of
concern about disease prevention! And, of course, if there
weren't anything there to expose, it's unlikely that I
would have drawn such a violent reaction.
Strangely enough, however, the whole battle could have
been avoided. I wouldn't have had anything to expose if
the dental establishment had allowed me to continue to
practice and develop my methods. It would have been
easy--and mutually beneficial--for all of us to work
together and share each other's ideas for the good of the
patients and of the profession. But, when they took my
license away and threw me out of their associations, they
left me no recourse but to fight, and that's what I'm
doing.
PLOWBOY: And how are you striking back at the associations
that have attacked you?
NARA: I've filed a suit against the American Dental
Association, the Michigan State Dental Association, and
the Copper County District Dental Society for eight
million dollars in damages. I didn't want to sue, and I
still don't, but i have no other way to defend myself at
this point.
PLOWBOY: The National Health Federation Bulletin recently
cited a 1974 study in which a group of dentists were asked
whether they felt that they had an effective preventive
dentistry program in their offices. If the answer was
"no", the study requested the reasons for this lack. Some
88% of the dentists questioned explained the absence of
such a program by saying that they were uncertain about
the financial aspects of disease prevention. Do you feel
that this sort of "office economics" is behind some of the
opposition to your "Oramedics" approach to preventive
dentistry?
NARA: Oh, I'm sure it is! For example, did you realize
that there's a $30-million-a-year business going on in
denture teeth alone . . . I don't mean full dentures, just
the little white beans that dentists stick into the
plastic form that they call a denture. And that figure
only represents one small item. If you multiply it by all
of the filling materials, bridges, inlays, and so forth,
you can see that there is a tremendous amount of financial
interest in maintaining the disease process.
There's another angle to this economic concern, too. When
we all but eliminated polio we didn't put physicians out
of business ... in fact, we couldn't ever do without
M.D.'s ... because we seem to replace every disease that
we are able to eliminate with another that was almost
unheard of before. But dentistry is--for all intents and
purposes--based on one disease. If you can eliminate that
disease--and you can! --the job market for dentists would
eventually be limited to cosmetic work and regular
preventive checkups. The future simply wouldn't hold
enough work for the number of dentists that we have today.
I've tried to discuss this possibility in my lectures, to
calm the fears that it creates among my cohorts. After
all, those people that are practicing today don't have a
thing to worry about. There's so much dental disease in
this country right now that we could all spend the rest of
our lives just trying to correct the existing problems! I
feel, however, that we are morally obligated to prevent
disease whenever and wherever we can ... and that the
focal point of our efforts has to come in children's
dentistry, where the damage can be stopped before it
starts.
Of course, the ADA would claim that it does concentrate on
prevention for children . . . with things like the
Children's Dental Health Week. But the fact is that those
programs have been totally ineffective.
For example, our dental establishment constantly assures
us that we have the finest system of dental care in the
world. Yet a study was recently done in New Zealand to
determine how many school children--out of a random
sampling of 10,000-were missing any permanent teeth. That
study turned up 18 students who had already lost one or
more. In a similar study made in the U.S., however, 6,000
out of a random group of 10,000 were already missing one
or more permanent teeth. And the discrepancy shown by
these two studies--the difference between 18 children and
6,000 who have lost irreplaceable teeth-is attributable to
the fact that New Zealand has a dental nurse program for
its schoolchildren. Of course, we have children's dental
programs too ... and the evidence damns them as worthless.
PLOWBOY: You touched upon the subject of dentures while we
were discussing the financial pressures that may cause
dentists to resist preventive programs. Yet you yourself
do not make dentures . . . can you tell me the reason that
you don't?
NARA: Because I'm not motivated to provide that service.
Dentures are the end of the road, and--in my opinion--a
dentist selling dentures is akin to a physician peddling
coffins. It seems to me that it's almost immoral for a
healer to spend too much time and effort cleaning up after
a preventable illness that has run its course. Naturally,
someone has to make these prosthetic devices, but I choose
not to.
PLOWBOY: Would you say that American dentistry places a
heavy emphasis on dentures?
NARA: Very much so. Dentures are, for one thing, about the
most profitable service that a dentist can provide. You
might not know this, but dental laboratories often don't
charge more than $25 a plate to prepare a set of dentures
for a dentist. And the finished product-$50 worth of work
for both upper and lower plates--might cost the patient as
much as seven or eight hundred dollars! In fact, the lab
costs on most dental services are usually less than 20% of
the fee charged to the patient. The profits are
tremendous! I feel that, because of this huge profit
potential, dentures should be taken out of the hands of
the dentists!
In fact, a dentist named Dr. W.W. Alport tried--back in
1877 --to have denture-making removed from the curriculum
in dental schools. Alport was ahead of his time, but I
think this change will have to come about. After all, if
our profession is supposed to be trying to save teeth,
doesn't it constitute a kind of conflict of interest to
have this tremendous economic return for selling
"crutches"?
PLOWBOY: I think many people will see it that way. But
your Oramedics program, on the other hand, does
concentrate upon saving teeth. Could you tell me precisely
how Oramedics works, and what facts and figures you can
cite to prove that it has been successful in your nearly
20 years of practice?
NARA: First and foremost. Oramedics is a method of
reaching the patient . . . it's a kind of
consumer-protection dentistry. To put it another way.
Oramedics is a combination of scientific tests and a
psychological delivery system. The tests show the ecology
of the mouth and can monitor the improvement or
degeneration of that ecology, while the delivery system
motivates the patient to continually improve the health of
his or her teeth and gums. Now, it might sound egotistical
to say that our message reaches people better than the
traditional "patient education programs" do, but
egotistical or not, that statement is true . . . and our
success is based upon the logic inherent in the program,
not on my charming personality!
When a patient comes into my Oramedics office, he or she
is given--as a part of the routine examination--a U.S.
Navy plaque index test. Now, most people will be curious
about this test, because it's unfamiliar to them. The
staff then explains what the test is: that it was
developed and is in constant use by the Navy, and that it
is a means of measuring the amount of plaque--a film made
up of bacteria, food particles, and saliva --which is
adhering to the teeth. From that point. most folks want to
know how the test relates to them and how they can improve
their "score".
Similarly, when we ask the patient to spit into a little
bottle, he or she will usually ask why we're doing this.
The question is a logical one, and we answer that the
saliva sample will be tested to let us know the amount of
bacteria that the mouth contains. And, once the person
understands the reasons for the tests, he or she is told
that--if we all work together--we can eradicate most of
the plaque and bacteria ... and thus create an oral
ecology that will no longer support tooth decay or gum
disease!
Of course, most folks become a bit suspicious upon hearing
this. But, we go on to explain that their suspicion is a
product of an "old" frame of reference ... and that the
frame of reference will have to be changed because
Oramedics doesn't accept tooth decay or bad gums.
The two tests, then, help the dentist understand whatever
problems are present. But, more important, they also help
the patient see the problems. And, once you let someone
understand his or her disease--and then convince that
person that the disease can be simply and inexpensively
cured--you can expect that he or she will cooperate with
you to get the illness cleared up.
Over a period of almost 20 years of using these methods,
we have never failed to eliminate dental disease from the
mouth of anyone who has cooperated with us. Of course, we
have had some folks say, "Dr. Nara. you're some kind of a
nut." and just get up and go out the door.
PLOWBOY: What percentage of your patients have refused to
follow the program and left your practice?
NARA: We've kept careful records on that. Over the years
we've lost between three and five percent of our patients
because they weren't willing to try--or stick with-- the
program.
PLOWBOY: That leaves you with quite an impressive "success
ratio''.
NARA: And the people who do stay to listen get our
message, and once they get the message, it stands to
reason that they'll follow through. I mean, who really
wants to have bad teeth? Then, of course, once the results
begin to show up--which is usually in a matter of
weeks--these patients feel very proud of themselves, and
rightly so ... because Oramedics is self-help dentistry.
The dentist's office becomes a place where the patient can
check the progress that he or she is making toward having
a completely disease-free mouth!
You could say that Oramedics is to dental health as Dr.
Kenneth H. Cooper's "aerobics" is to physical fitness.
When Cooper wanted to bring his running program to the
people he said, in effect, "Look, you clowns, your blood
vessels are going to hell, you need to get some oxygen
pumping around in there, and the only way you can do that
is with exercise! " And Cooper designed a simple test: All
you had to do was to see how far you could run, walk, and
crawl in 12 minutes, then check your distance against the
figures in the Aerobics book to find out what kind of
shape you were in.
And, the book also described methods to improve your
score. If you follow Cooper's recommendations, you will
almost certainly improve your physical fitness. It's the
same with Oramedics, if you follow the instructions
contained in our books and material, you will almost
certainly improve your oral health. Now, before Aerobics
was published people knew that exercise was good . . . but
how many folks did you see out jogging then? Today, of
course, there are millions of people who have personal
running programs. I jog myself, every morning, but I
didn't until somebody reached me! That's what Oramedics
does: It allows the dentist to reach his or her patients,
and those people do start cleaning their mouths . . . and
clean teeth do not decay and they do not foster gum
disease. It's really that simple.
PLOWBOY: Dr. Nara, many people are going to read this
interview, and I'd suspect that a number of them will want
to try Oramedics for themselves. Is there any way that
these people can locate an Oramedics practitioner in their
areas? NARA: Not at this time . . . at least not without
great difficulty. There are some 600 practicing Oramedics
Fellows in the world today, but--because of the tremendous
confrontation that's going on--those who live in the U.S.
have to "keep a low profile''. If someone were to call one
of these practitioners and ask. ''Doctor, do you do
Oramedics? ". . . the dentist might well be afraid to say
yes, for fear of reprisals from the dental associations.
PLOWBOY: Because your yellow pages ad simply said that you
practiced Oramedics ... and that was one of the factors
that led to your loss of license.
NARA: Exactly, for the simple reason that the dental
profession doesn't recognize Oramedics--or any form of
preventive dentistry--as a specialty.
PLOWBOY: Well, since Oramedics dentists are not readily
available, can you describe an "aerobics" kind of oral
hygiene program that could be followed at home
Over a period of almost 20 years of
using these methods, we have never failed to eliminate
dental disease from the mouth of anyone who has cooperated
with us ... anyone who was willing to try.
... or even on a remote farmstead?
NARA: The first thing that I would recommend-- to any
persons interested in having a healthy mouth--is much like
the first step in the aerobics program: that is, they
should take a test to find out where they stand. This sort
of evaluation is necessary before a course of action can
be planned.
Now, the best of these tests is the saliva examination
that I mentioned before, the "lactobacillus test". And
that examination is within reach of anyone who has access
to the postal system. People can mail in a saliva sample,
have the laboratory work performed, and receive a very
specific report ... which will detail their oral health
problems and tell them what to do in order to cure those
problems.
PLOWBOY: Tell me how and where these samples can be sent.
NARA: We are offering this service through Oramedics
International. If someone writes to us saying that he/she
would like to have an Oramedics evaluation, we will mail
back a sample jar and a series of forms to fill out. The
forms detail both dental and medical histories. Then,
we'll report our findings--based upon the lactobacillus
count and the patient's case history and recommend a home
care, self-help program which will enable the person to
improve his or her oral ecology while spending as little
as five minutes a day on dental hygiene. We also will ask
that another saliva sample be submitted after the patient
has followed our recommendations for a month. Most people
will be well on the way to dental health by then, and we
can put them on a "maintenance program" which--if
followed--will almost insure a lifetime of freedom from
dental disease!
In addition to these services, anyone requesting an
evaluation will receive a 20-page booklet and a tape
cassette explaining the background of the Oramedics
program. The total cost for both tests, plus the
evaluation, the recommendations, and so forth is $24.
(This test is no longer available. -Ed.)
PLOWBOY: That sounds quite reasonable.
NARA: This system is something that we've devised since my
license was suspended. When the dental associations
stopped me from drilling and filling, I decided to find
another way to help the public understand their mouths and
keep their teeth and gums healthy. I don't need a license
to perform this service ... anyone who understands oral
physiology and microbiology could do the same thing.
PLOWBOY: Are most of the materials that you would
recommend available without a prescription?
NARA: Yes ... in fact, we describe all of the items that
are needed, and the patient can then either procure them
in a drugstore or order the materials directly from
Oramedics International.
PLOWBOY: It sounds as if we may well be entering an era of
do-it-yourself dentistry! How might this
trend--assuming that the Oramedics approach gains public
acceptance--change the American dental care system?
NARA: The major change I foresee is that organized
dentistry will be forced--by public opinion--to create a
special field for preventive dentists. There are over
15,000 physicians in this country who are board-certified
in preventive medicine . . . but not one dentist who is so
recognized.
Therefore, I feel that the dental associations will have
to develop some form of certification for those dentists
who wish to specialize in treating the cause of the
disease rather than simply repairing the damage that the
illness does.
When this recognition becomes available, there will
probably be a split between those people who are
interested in prevention and those men and women who are
more concerned with prosthesis ... dentures, partials,
that sort of thing. In fact. I wouldn't be at all
surprised to see a violent parting of the ways occur, a
split that would--in effect--create two specific
professions.
Another, although less significant, change will take place
on the legislative level: Dentists will be allowed to
advertise in all parts of the country. Some states, of
course, already allow medical advertising, but almost
every dental ad that's placed-- today-- is denture related
. . .''Plates: In by 10, Out by 5", that sort of thing.
You'd have to look long and hard to find a dentist who
advertises him- or herself to be a proponent of curing the
disease!
PLOWBOY: Is this lack of "preventive" advertising due to
the fact that the profession doesn't certify prevention as
a specialty?
NARA: That's one of the reasons. Primarily, however, our
shortage of dentists who practice prevention is due to the
fact that the "system" places an economic premium on the
repair and replacement of teeth. Even the insurance
companies that are now involved in dentistry are mainly
offering assistance in getting fillings, bridges, and
repairs in general. Most dental policies will cover little
if any preventive care . . . they are only an aid in
cleaning up the mess left by the disease.
PLOWBOY: Dr. Nara. the very fact that you've held up in
the face of 10 years of harassment proves that you believe
in what you're doing. Can you tell me why you've stuck
with it . . . what do you hope to accomplish in your
career?
NARA: The principles that I'm operating on today are based
on the belief that one person with the truth can
constitute a majority. I believe the truth is that dental
disease can be eradicated. Of course, this will only
happen if the "healers" are able to reach the public. The
message must be presented in such a way that people find
it valuable. Sadly enough, though, we can't -- at this
time -- count on the dental profession to relay that
message.
So, one of my immediate goals is to solicit the aid of
allied health professions. There are, for example, several
chiropractors who are already practicing Oramedics, and I
plan to take the whole concept of preventive dentistry out
of the hands of the dental profession ... if that's what's
necessary to get the job done.
PLOWBOY: Why did you choose to go to the chiropractors?
NARA: Well, as you may know, chiropractic medicine has
come a long way in the past few years. The "back
crackers'' of old are probably better versed in holistic
and nutritional health care than any other medical
profession in America. They have moved forward while all
the rest have stood still.
And, along those same lines. I have written a book that
should be available in January 1979. It's called Money by
the Mouthful: Everything That You Need to Know, About the
Health of your Mouth and Body That No Doctor's Going to
Tell You. I'm so sure of the value of this book that it is
completely guaranteed . . . anyone who doesn't find Money
By the Mouthful worth the price can simply send in a post
card, get the purchase price back, and keep the book.
PLOWBOY: Will this volume take the Oramedics case directly
to the people?
NARA: Yes, and I expect many of them will be surprised at
what they read. Oramedics is, you see, nothing new. We
aren't claiming to have come up with a revolutionary
system ... we're not pushing any "miracle" drugs or
anything like that. We are simply offering a commonsense
approach to dental health, and the likes of that has never
been available to the American people before. Oramedics is
nothing more--and nothing less--than the simplest route to
a disease-free oral ecology. And I think that anyone who
is interested in regaining control over his or her life
and body will surely want to know about it.
Patents
vs Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
KR20130027751
ORAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING CLOVE OIL OR EUGENOL
PURPOSE: An oral composition containing clove oil or eugenol
is provided to ensure excellent antibacterial effect against
bacteria in oral cavity. CONSTITUTION: An oral composition
contains clove oil or eugenol as an active ingredient. The
composition is used by combining with antibiotics such as
ampicillin or gentamicin. The composition is selected from
the group consisting of toothpaste, oral cleansing agent,
gum, candy, and an oral spray. The composition has an
antibacterial activity against Streptococcus mutans,
Streptococcus sanguinis, Streptococcus sobrinus,
Streptococcus ratti, Streptococcus criceti, Streptococcus
anginosus, Streptococcus gordonii, Actinobacillus
actinomycetemcomitans, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Prevotella
intermedia, and Porphylomonas gingivalis.
WO2010107120
ANTIBODY
AND ANTI-PERIODONTAL DISEASE COMPOSITION CONTAINING
ANTIBODY
Provided are an antibody which is effective in inhibiting
the formation of a biofilm and removing the same and has a
high effect against periodontal bacteria; and an
anti-periodontal disease composition which contains said
antibody. A chicken egg antibody, which is obtained from an
avian egg having been immunized with an antigen that is a
culture obtained by mixed-culturing two or more kinds of
periodontal bacteria, is used as an anti-periodontal disease
composition. The periodontal bacteria preferably comprise
two or more kinds of bacteria selected from among
Porphyromonas gingivalis, Fusobacterium nucleatum,
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Tannerella
forsythensis, Treponema denticola, Prevotella intermedia and
Streptococcus gordonii.
US4661350
Dental
vaccine for inhibiting periodontitis
A vaccine for preventing or at least inhibiting
periodontitis of humans and animals, which is induced or
deteriorated by the action of oral microorganisms, which
comprises an antigen isolated from the pili of an oral
microorganism capable of inducing and/or deteriorating
periodontitis and having the pili on the cell surface. For
example, antigens isolated from the pili of Actinomyces
viscosus, Actinomyces naeslundii, Actinobacillus actinomycem
comitans, Bacteroides gingivalus and mutant strains thereof
may be used solely or in combination for the preparation of
the present vaccine. In one embodiment, the vaccine
comprises an antigen isolated from the pili of Actinomyces
viscosus which is a representative periodontitis-inducing
oral microorganisms in association with one or more other
antigens isolated from other virulent oral microorganisms.
The antigen isolated from the pili may effectively inhibit
the adherence (infection) of the virulent oral
microorganisms of at least same species to the surfaces of
teeth and/or mucous membrane of an oral cavity.
US4454109
Method
of treating periodontosis
A method of treating and preventing periodontosis caused by
the presence of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans,
particularly juvenile periodontosis, which method comprises:
contacting the oral cavity of the patient with an inhibitory
amount of an effector strain of Streptococcus sanguis,
Strep. uberis or Actinomyces bovis.
WO9412877
PRODUCTS
AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE
A method for diagnosing periodontal disease is disclosed.
The method involves providing a substrate coated with a
plurality of discrete spots, each spot containing one type
of an immobilized periodontopathogenic bacterium in a
predetermined concentration; contacting the immobilized
bacterium with a sample containing blood from a patient
suspected of having periodontal disease, thereby forming
conjugates of antibodies with the immobilized bacterium; and
detecting the antibody conjugates; wherein the spots
containing immobilized bacterium comprise at least one spot
containing Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, serotype B
or Porphyromonas gingivalis, serotype A. Substrates and kits
are also provided.
WO2004045499
IDENTIFICATION
OF ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS ANTIGENS FOR USE
IN THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND MONITORING OF PERIODONTAL
DISEASES
Antibodies, polypeptides, and polynucleotides are provided
for the detection, prevention, amelioration and treatment of
diseases caused by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.
JP2005306890
METHOD
FOR MODERATING ENDOTOXIN OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE BACTERIA
AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING ADHESSION
JP2006131542
PERIODONTAL
DISEASE-RESISTING AGENT AND FOOD AND DRINK OR ORAL
HYGIENIC AGENT CONTAINING THE PERIODONTAL
DISEASE-RESISTING AGENT
JP2005306890
METHOD
FOR MODERATING ENDOTOXIN OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE BACTERIA
AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING ADHESSION
PROBLEM
TO BE SOLVED: To provide agents for moderating endotoxin of
periodontal disease bacteria, inhibitors for adhesion of
periodontal disease-causing bacteria and oral compositions,
each having excellent endotoxic activity-suppressing action,
prospective in suppressing effects for adhesion of bacteria
to tooth or mucosa and safe in long term application. ;
SOLUTION: The method for moderating endotoxin of bacteria
comprises acting an amino acid or a peptide ingredient
having 1-3 constituent amino acid number and comprising (I)
one or more selected from lactoferrin, lactoferrin fragments
and lactoferrin-related proteins and (II) one or more amino
acid selected from glutamic acid, aspartic acid, glycine,
alanine, leucine, histidine and proline to a periodontal
disease bacterium selected from Actinobacillus
actinomycetemcomitans, Porphyromonas gingivalis and
Fusobacterium nucleatum, and the method for suppressing
adhesion of a periodontal disease bacterium of Actinomyces
naeslundii comprises acting the (I) ingredient and (II)
ingredient to the bacterium.
JP3389556
COMPOSITION
FOR ORAL CAVITY
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composition for oral
cavity formulated with crude drug, having such moderate
bactericidal potency as to sufficiently inhibit bacteria
involved in periodontosis including Actinobacillus
actinomycetem comitans ATCC 29523 but nevertheless affect no
beneficial indigenous bacteria in the oral cavity, enabling
the gingiva to be strengthened and the immunopotency in the
oral cavity to be improved as well, thus usable for washing
the inside of the oral cavity, preventing and treating
periodontosis, and the like. SOLUTION: This composition for
oral cavity is characterized by containing an extract
derived from mastic.
JPH04217626
COMPOSITION
FOR ORAL CAVITY
PURPOSE:To obtain a composition for oral cavity effective
for preventing and treating periodontosis, containing
nordihydroguaiaretic acid. CONSTITUTION:A composition for
oral cavity containing nordihydroguaiaretic acid, a resin
component of creosote bush. The compound suppresses activity
of human derived collagenase and has inhibitory activity
against multiplication of bacteria belonging to the genus
Bacteroides, Actinobacillus and Fusobacterium considered to
be much concerned with crisis and progress of periodontosis.
JPH08176014
VACCINE
FOR PREVENTING PERIODONTOSIS
PURPOSE: To obtain a vaccine for preventing periodontosis
capable of safely and effectively suppressing the sticking
of a causative microorganism of the periodontosis into the
oral cavity. CONSTITUTION: This vaccine for preventing
periodontosis uses a polysaccharide, derived from the
surface layer of a microbial cell of a causative
microorganism of the periodontosis and bound to a
polypeptide. Porphyromonas gingivalis or Actinobacillus
actinomycetemcomitans is optimal for the causative
microorganism of the periodontosis. An inexpensive
polypeptide, having a high purification degree and capable
of remarkably increasing the antibody value against the
polysaccharide in binding thereof to the polysaccharide and
conversion into an immunogen is preferred as the polypeptide
and various albumins, [gamma]-globulin, casein, etc., are
cited. The molecular weight thereof is within the range of
preferably 10000-300000, especially preferably 15000-300000.
The method for administration of the vaccine is preferably
transmucosal administration such as pernasal, peroral or
oral cavity transmucosal administration, etc. The use of an
absorbefacient (e.g. bile acid or a surfactant) in
combination is especially preferred at that time. The amount
of the antigen in the vaccine administered at a time is
preferably 0.005-2mg, especially preferably 0.01-0.5mg.
JPH05132428
PERIODONTOSIS
PREVENTING VACCINE FOR NASAL APPLICATION
PURPOSE:To obtain the subject vaccine applicable to nasal
cavity without causing pain and digestion and capable of
easily and efficiently increase the antibody titer by using
the surface layer substance of bacterial cell of
Porphyromonas gingivalis, Actinomyces viscosous, etc., as an
antigen. CONSTITUTION:A bacterial strain such as
Porphyromonas gingivalis, Actinomyces viscosous, Prevotella
intermedia, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Triponema
denticola, Wolinella recta and Bacteroides forsythus is
cultured in a medium, the cultured cells are collected by
centrifugal separation and repeatedly passed through an
injection needle to break and separate the surface layer
substance such as cilium from the cell and the surface layer
substance is depolymerized with protease and compounded with
a surfactant, cholera toxin B, bile acid, etc., to obtain
the objective periodontosis preventing vaccine for nasal
application, applicable to nasal cavity without causing pain
and digestion in contrast with injection and oral
administration and capable of easily and efficiently
increase the antibody titer.
JPH08133969
ALVEOLAR
BONE RESORPTION INHIBITOR
PURPOSE: To obtain an alveolar bone resorption inhibitor
comprising calcium pantothate and an alveolar bone
resorption inhibitor comprising pantothenic acid or its salt
and a soluble calcium salt. CONSTITUTION: This inhibitor
contains calcium pantothate, or a combination of
pantothenic acid or its salt and a soluble calcium salt as
active ingredients. The amount of the acid and the salt is
0.001-30wt.% in the inhibitor comprising pantothenic acid or
its salt and a soluble calcium salt, and 0.001-20wt.%, when
calcium pantothate is singly used. The inhibitor has
excellent action to inhibit alveolar bone resorption caused
by the endotoxin of bacteria such as Porphyromonas
gingivalis or Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans as a
major cause of the periodontal diseases, thus is useful in
prophylaxis and treatment of periodontal diseases. It can be
prepared in the forms of oral cavity pasta, ointment, mouth
wash, agent for periodontal pockets, plaster, tooth paste or
the like. The daily dose is 0.001-10g/adult.
JPH0952846
PERIODONTAL
DISEASE PREVENTING VACCINE
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a vaccine useful for
periodontal diseases. SOLUTION: This vaccine uses a
synthetic peptide corresponding to a fragment derived from
an amino acid sequence of the formula, constituting a
fimbria of Actinobacillus acetinomycestemcomitan as one of
bacteria to cause periodontal diseases or a substance
obtained by bonding a polymer resin to the peptide as a
vaccine antigen. In administering the vaccine, dermal
administration, oral administration and administration
through mucosa of oral cavity not by injection is
preferable. In the case of administration especially through
mucosa, an absorption promoter such as bile acid,
surfactant, cholera toxin B subunit, etc., is preferably
used. The amount of the antigen in the vaccine for one
administration is preferably 0.005-2mg.
JPH0952822
COMPOSITION
FOR ORAL CAVITY
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a composition for the oral
cavity, excellent in practicality, having high effectiveness
and safety and effective in preventing and treating
periodontal diseases. SOLUTION: This composition for the
oral cavity is obtained by blending an antibody in blood, an
antibody in milk or an antibody in an egg produced after
immunizing an animal (a mammal or a domestic fowl) with a
synthetic peptide corresponding to a fragment derived from
an amino acid sequence, represented by the formula and
constituting a pilus of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
or a polymerized lysine bonded thereto as an antigen. The
daily dose of the antibody is preferably adjusted to
0.0001-50g/kg. The antibody is blended in an amount of
preferably 0.0002-10wt.%, especially preferably 0.002-5wt.%
based on the whole composition. The composition can be
prepared as dentifrices such as a toothpaste, a tooth powder
and a liquid dentifrice, liquid mouth refreshers such as a
mouthwash, a troche, a pasta for the oral cavity, a massage
cream for the gingiva, a solution for gargling, a chewing
gum, a candy, a dairy product, etc.
JPH0640869
COMPOSITION
FOR ORAL CAVITY APPLICATION
PURPOSE:To obtain the subject composition effective in
inhibiting the colonization of Actinobacillus actinomycetem
comitans in the oral cavity, having excellent safety and
activity and useful for the prevention and treatment of
periodontosis, etc., by using a specific polysaccharide as
an antigen, immunizing an animal with the antigen and using
the obtained antibody as a component. CONSTITUTION:The
composition contains preferably 0.002-5wt.% of an antibody
obtained by immunizing an animal such as rabbit with an
antigen selected from one or more kinds of polysaccharides
of formula I to formula III (Ac is acetyl; (n) is >=1),
preferably an antigen produced by bonding the polysaccharide
to a polypeptide (e.g. bovine serum albumin). The antibody
is preferably administered at a daily dose of 0.0001-50g/kg.
JPH0710757
COMPOSITION
FOR ORAL CAVITY
PURPOSE:To obtain a composition for the oral cavity,
containing a carboxylic acid derivative and useful for
preventing or treating periodontosis and a decayed tooth
(carious teeth). CONSTITUTION:This composition for the oral
cavity contains 9-fluoro-2,3-
dihydro-3-methyl-10-(4-ethyl-1-piperazinyl)-7-oxo-7H-pyrido[1,2,3-
de][1,4]benzoxazine-6-carboxylic acid, its salt, a hydrate
thereof and a salt hydrate thereof as an active ingredient
and can be prepared into a toothpaste, a tooth powder, a
liquid dentifrice, a wet dentifrice, a tooth wash, a
mouthwash, a dental rinse, a pasta agent for the oral
cavity, a troche, a chewing gum, etc., by suitably blending
a polishing agent, a binder, a viscous agent, a surfactant,
a perfume, a sweetener, etc., therewith. The composition is
capable of manifesting excellent antimicrobial activity
against causative bacteria such as Actinobacillus
actinomycetecomitans, Porphyromonas gingivalis and Eikenella
corrodens.
CA1195613
EP0058575
Microorganisms
for use in treating oral cavity diseases.
Streptococcus santuis, Streptococcus uberis or Actinomyces
bovis are useful for the treatment of diseases of the oral
cavity, particular periodontal diseases such as
periodontosis and periodontitis. These microorganisms
inhibit the growth of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
which causes such diseases. The microorganisms can be used
in the form of a pharmaceutical composition, such as a
mouthwash also incorporating suitable carriers or diluents.
DE4324859
Oral
compsn. for treating periodontal disease - contg. antibody
obtd. by immunising animal with surface polysaccharide
from pathogenic bacteria
Oral compsn. contains an antibody (AB) obtd. by immunising
an animal with an antigen (AG) including at least one
polysaccharide (I) from the surface layer of bacteria
associated with periodontal disease. AG pref. consists of
(I) or a conjugate of (I) with a polypeptide. The compsn.
pref. contains 0.0002-10 wt.% of AB. USE/ADVANTAGE - AB are
used for prophylaxis or therapy of periodontal disease
caused by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (ABAMC),
Porphyrosmonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia,
Fusobacterium nucleatum, Capnocytophaga spp., Eikonella
corrodens, Wolinella recta, Bacetroides forsythus and
spirochaetes (e.g. Treponema denticola), by inhibiting
colony formation on oral surfaces. AB are highly specific
for the required pathogenic bacterial strains, and can be
prepd. with high productivity. Daily dosage of AB is
0.0001-50 g/kg. AB may be used in oral compsns. (e.g.
toothpaste, mouthwash or chewing gum). Alternatively,
AB-contg. products (e.g. milk or eggs) from immunised
animals can be used in or as foods.
EP1508335
COMPOSITIONS
COMPRISING A COCOA FRACTION FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF
PERIODONTITIS CAUSED BY BACTERIA BELONGING TO GENUS
PORPHYROMONAS, PREVOTELLA, FUSOBACTERIUM OR ACTINOBACILLUS
It is intended to provide a composition against periodontal
bacteria, which has a high safety without showing any side
effects and exhibits an excellent effect of killing
periodontal bacteria without affecting the growth of
nonpathogenic indigenous microorganisms in the oral cavity,
and foods, drinks and mouth washers against periodontal
bacteria. A composition against periodontal bacteria is
blended with a cocoa fraction contained in cacao mass, a hot
water-extract of the cocoa fraction, polyphenols originating
in the cocoa fraction or free fatty acids originating in the
cocoa fraction as the active ingredient. Then the obtained
composition against periodontal bacteria is added to foods,
drinks or mouth washers against periodontal bacteria. It is
preferable that the above-described cocoa fraction is cocoa
and/or cacao mass.; It is preferable that the
above-described free fatty acids contain at least one member
selected from among palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid
and linoleic acid.