Device for the oral administration of an active substance for prevention of tooth decay in infants

Abstract

For the administration of an active substance of tooth decay in infants, a device (10) constructed in the form of a pacifier is provided, whose mouth disk (11) is detachably connected to the mouthpiece (10) whose interior (18) serves as accommodation chamber for the active substance (20), which comprises xylite and/or combinations of xylite and fluorides, such as sodium fluoride, or of xylite with sorbitol and fluorides and which is disposed in the interior (18) in the form of powder or tablets, in which, within the wall section (13a) located within the lower area of the mouthpiece (12), a plurality of perforations (15) are constructed, and in which, in the wall section (13b) located within the upper area of the mouthpiece (12), a plurality of preperforated, circular sections (115) are constructed having the smallest dimensions and which can be pressed through so as to form perforations (15) (FIG. 1).

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