Patentes e cárie dentária: formulações odontológicas depositadas no Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial

Abstract

Introduction: Dental caries is the main disease that affects the oral cavity, however studied it is still a challenge for dental surgeons to keep their rates low. Currently it is seen as a public health problem and for this reason, several products have been developed over time to prevent and cure this disease. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the patents related to dental caries deposited at the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) until 2018. Methodology: This is a prospective technological study of dental materials with application for dental caries where they were patent searches using the key words "caries" and "caries" in the INPI. For this, all patents already deposited up to the present day were selected. Results: We found 55 patents, where 48 were excluded from the two surveys. Of these 48, it can be verified that the great majority is of products with the intention of prevention and detection of caries lesions. And that private companies and Public Universities are the ones that deposit the most patents in this area. Conclusion: After the analysis of patents deposited with INPI, it is concluded that the majority is related to the prevention and early detection of dental caries. Brazil was the country with the largest number of deposits. It was verified that the number of patents of products related to dental caries is still small despite the importance of the development of products to control it.