Use of moss to improve dental health
A method of improving dental health in a mammal in which a mammal drinks at least 0.5 liters of water per day for a majority of the days of a period of at least one month, the water having been contacted with an amount of a non-decomposed moss effective to improve dental health as evidenced by a reduction in the pocket depths of the teeth of the mammal. A method of improving dental health in a mammal in which the mammal's teeth are brushed using a toothpaste or rinsed with a mouthwash for a majority of the days of a period of at least one month, the toothpaste or mouthwash containing an amount of a non-decomposed moss or non-decomposed moss extract effective to improve dental health as evidenced by a reduction in the pocket depths of the teeth. A toothpaste or mouthwash containing an effective amount of a non-decomposed moss or non-decomposed moss extract.
1. A method of improving the dental health of a mammal in need thereof comprising said mammal in need thereof drinking at least 0.5 liters of water per day for a majority of the days of a period of at least one month wherein said water contains a therapeutically effective amount of a non-decomposed moss selected from the group consisting of sphagnum papillosum , sphagnum cristatum and mixtures thereof to improve the dental health of the mammal in need thereof as evidenced by a reduction in the pocket depths of the teeth of the mammal.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mammal drinks at least one liter of the water per day.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mammal drinks at least 0.5 liters of the water per day for a majority of the days of a period of at least three months.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mammal drinks at least 0.5 liters of the water per day for a majority of the days of a period of at least six months.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mammal is a human.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-decomposed moss is the leaves or parts of the leaves of the moss.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the leaves or parts of the leaves of the moss are compressed leaves or compressed parts of leaves.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-decomposed moss is placed in a carrier.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the carrier is a mesh bag.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the mesh bag is disposed in a drinking water bottle.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least 20 percent of the pocket depths that had higher than a 3 mm value before the mammal started drinking the water are reduced by 20 percent or more after one month of drinking at least 0.5 liters of the water per day for a majority of the days of the month.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least 20 percent of the pocket depths that had higher than a 3 mm value before the mammal started drinking the water are reduced by 40 percent or more after one month of drinking at least 0.5 liters of the water per day for a majority of the days of the month.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least 40 percent of the pocket depths that had higher than a 3 mm value before the mammal started drinking the water are reduced by 40 percent or more after one month of drinking at least 0.5 liters of the water per day for a majority of the days of the month.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least 20 percent of the pocket depths that had higher than a 3 mm value before the mammal started drinking the water are reduced by 20 percent or more after three months of drinking at least 0.5 liters of the water per day for a majority of the days of the three months.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least 20 percent of the pocket depths that had higher than a 3 mm value before the mammal started drinking the water are reduced by 40 percent or more after three months of drinking at least 0.5 liters of the water per day for a majority of the days of the three months.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least 40 percent of the pocket depths that had higher than a 3 mm value before the mammal started drinking the water are reduced by 40 percent or more after three months of drinking at least 0.5 liters of the water per day for a majority of the days of the three months.
17. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least 20 percent of the pocket depths that had higher than a 3 mm value before the mammal started drinking the water are reduced by 20 percent or more after six months of drinking at least 0.5 liters of the water per day for a majority of the days of the six months.
18. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least 20 percent of the pocket depths that had higher than a 3 mm value before the mammal started drinking the water are reduced by 40 percent or more after six months of drinking at least 0.5 liters of the water per day for a majority of the days of the six months.
19. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least 40 percent of the pocket depths that had higher than a 3 mm value before the mammal started drinking the water are reduced by 40 percent or more after six months of drinking at least 0.5 liters of the water per day for a majority of the days of the six months.