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US 2020/0315952 A1Published application
Compositions And Methods For The Maintenance Of Oral Health
AssigneeProBiora Health, LLC
InventorJeffrey D. Hillman
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Abstract
The invention provides a probiotic formulation that includes an LDH-deficient nutans streptococcus strain and an attenuated S. oralis strain. S. uberis strains can be included in the probiotic formulation. Such a probiotic formulation is suitable for transiently colonizing the oral cavity with beneficial bacteria,
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A method of non-persistently colonizing an oral cavity of a subject, comprising:
- providing a probiotic formulation a bacterial formulation comprising an attenuated Strep oralis strain and a biologically pure mutans streptococci strain selected from the group consisting of Streptococcus rattus, Streptococcus cricetus, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sobrinus, Streptococcus downeii, Streptococcus macacae, and Streptococcus ferus;
- wherein said mutans streptococcus strains are genetically modified strains that are lactate dehydrogenase-deficient;
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- applying the probiotic formulation to the oral cavity.
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A probiotic formulation for non-persistently colonizing an oral cavity of a subject, comprising:
- an attenuated Strep oralis strain;
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- a biologically pure mutans streptococci strain selected from the group consisting of Streptococcus rattus, Streptococcus cricetus, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus sobrinus, Streptococcus downeii, Streptococcus macacae, and Streptococcus ferus;
- wherein said mutans streptococcus strains are genetically modified strains that are lactate dehydrogenase-deficient,
- wherein the probiotic formulation comprises 103 CFU to 1011 CFU of viable bacteria as a consumable portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.