CN112674891A - Tooth appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a dental appliance for solving the problems in the dental field that the direction of the corrective force of the appliance cannot be changed and the connection member and the mouthpiece are not easily separated, the appliance comprising: the tooth socket is characterized in that a connecting piece is arranged on the outer peripheral wall of the tooth socket and provided with a connecting cavity, the connecting cavity is used for accommodating a clamping piece, and a first opening communicated with the connecting cavity is formed in one side wall, far away from the tooth socket, of the connecting piece; the connecting component, the tip of connecting component is provided with the screens piece, and the screens piece can remove along first open-ended length direction. According to the dental appliance, when the dental appliance draws the teeth together, the clamping piece can move along the first opening, so that the tooth socket is different in tension stress points of the clamping piece, the direction of the orthodontic force can be simply and conveniently adjusted by moving the clamping piece to different positions, and after the dental appliance is loosened, the connecting component can be conveniently taken out from the connecting cavity to separate the connecting component from the tooth socket.

Description

Tooth appliance

Technical Field

The invention relates to dentistry, in particular to a dental appliance.

Background

In real life, human teeth generally have a larger or smaller outward protrusion phenomenon, and for people with a larger outward protrusion phenomenon, the teeth need to be drawn together for the beauty of the teeth to be corrected.

At present, the teeth are directly sleeved on the two sides of the tooth through rubber bands or the tooth sockets sleeved on the two sides of the tooth are connected through the rubber bands to carry out the drawing-together correction. The direction of the orthodontic force applied to the teeth in this manner is often not changeable, resulting in poor orthodontic effect of the teeth. And after the connecting component of the existing dental appliance is connected with the tooth socket, the connecting component is not easy to separate, and the operation of a user is inconvenient.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides the dental appliance, which can simply and conveniently adjust the direction of the orthodontic force, so that the orthodontic effect of teeth is better, and the connecting component and the tooth socket of the dental appliance are easy to separate.

An appliance according to an embodiment of the invention includes: the tooth socket is characterized in that a connecting piece is arranged on the outer peripheral wall of the tooth socket and provided with a connecting cavity, the connecting cavity is used for accommodating a clamping piece, and a first opening communicated with the connecting cavity is formed in one side wall, far away from the tooth socket, of the connecting piece; coupling assembling, coupling assembling's tip is provided with the screens piece, the screens piece can be followed first open-ended length direction removes.

The dental appliance provided by the embodiment of the invention has at least the following beneficial effects: when tooth was drawn together to the tooth unscrambler, the screens piece can be followed first opening and removed for the facing receives the pulling force stress point difference of screens piece, through removing screens piece to different positions, can adjust the direction of orthodontic force simply conveniently, and after the tooth unscrambler loosened, coupling assembling can be taken out in following the connection cavity very conveniently, separates coupling assembling and facing.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the connecting cavity is provided with a plurality of limiting concave parts, the limiting concave parts are arranged on the side wall of the connecting cavity far away from the tooth socket, and the limiting concave parts are arranged along the length direction of the first opening and used for accommodating the clamping pieces.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the connecting piece further comprises an upper baffle and a lower baffle, the upper baffle and the lower baffle are both arranged on the side wall of the connecting cavity far away from the tooth socket, and one of the upper baffle and one of the lower baffle define one of the limiting concave parts.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the connecting cavity is provided with limiting concave parts, the limiting concave parts are arranged on two side walls of the connecting cavity connected with the tooth socket, a plurality of limiting concave parts are arranged on the two side walls along the length direction of the first opening, and the limiting concave parts are used for accommodating the clamping pieces.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the limit recess comprises a first limit portion and a second limit portion, the first limit portion extends along the front-back direction of the tooth socket, one end of the first limit portion is communicated with the outside, the other end of the first limit portion is communicated with the second limit portion, and the second limit portion extends along the length direction of the first opening.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the upper end of the connecting piece is provided with a second opening communicating with the connecting cavity, and the second opening is used for the clamping piece to be installed into the connecting cavity.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the connection assembly includes an elastic member, one end of which is connected to the detent member.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the resilient member is a spring.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the mouthpiece is made of a flexible material.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the tooth socket further comprises a flexible connecting piece, one end of the flexible connecting piece is fixedly connected with the connecting assembly, the other end of the flexible connecting piece is fixedly connected with the tooth socket, and when the clamping piece is installed in the connecting cavity, the flexible connecting piece is not tightened.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

figure 1 is a schematic view of an overall assembly of an appliance according to an embodiment of the invention;

figure 2 is a top view of the dental appliance of figure 1;

figure 3 is a schematic view of the mouthpiece and the connectors of the appliance of figure 1;

figure 4 is a schematic view of the connector of the orthosis of figure 3;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a second embodiment of the mouthpiece and the connecting member according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a third schematic view of the mouthpiece and the connecting member according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the connector of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a fourth schematic view of the mouthpiece and the connecting member according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic view of the connector of fig. 8.

Reference numerals:

a tooth 100;

a mouthpiece 200;

the connecting piece 210, the connecting cavity 211, the first opening 212, the limit concave part 213, the upper baffle plate 214, the lower baffle plate 215, the first limit part 216, the second limit part 217 and the second opening 218;

the connecting assembly 300, the clamping piece 310 and the elastic piece 320;

a flexible connector 400.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the positional or orientational descriptions, such as "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "pointed", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc., are given with reference to the positional or orientational relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention. In the description of the present invention, the sidewall means a left sidewall and/or a right sidewall.

In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more, "more than", "less than", "more than", and the like are understood as excluding the present number, and "more than", "less than", "in", and the like are understood as including the present number. If the description of "first" and "second" is used for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, the description is not intended to indicate or imply relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of the indicated technical features or to implicitly indicate the precedence of the indicated technical features.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that "a is disposed on B" merely represents the connection relationship between a and B, and does not represent that a is above B.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. "bolted" and "screwed" are equally interchangeable. To those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in conjunction with specific situations.

Referring to fig. 1 to 9, an orthodontic appliance according to an embodiment of the invention includes: the tooth socket 200 is characterized in that a connecting piece 210 is arranged on the outer peripheral wall of the tooth socket 200, the connecting piece 210 is provided with a connecting cavity 211, the connecting cavity 211 is used for accommodating a clamping piece 310, and a side wall, far away from the tooth socket 200, of the connecting piece 210 is provided with a first opening 212 communicated with the connecting cavity 211; the connecting assembly 300, the end of the connecting assembly 300 is provided with a detent 310, and the detent 310 can move along the length direction of the first opening 212.

The tooth socket 200 is a part which is sleeved on the tooth 100 needing to be corrected, the bottom of the tooth socket is provided with an opening, and the tooth 100 is sleeved in the tooth socket 200 from the opening at the bottom. It is understood that the shape of the mouthpiece 200 is determined according to the actual teeth 100 to be corrected, and the mouthpiece 200 may be a custom-made mouthpiece 200 made of rigid material such as a metal mouthpiece, a ceramic mouthpiece, etc. specially manufactured according to the specific shape of the teeth 100 of the user; the mouthpiece 200 may also be a standard mouthpiece 200 made of a flexible material with different specifications, and the mouthpiece 200 may deform to some extent, so that the standard mouthpiece 200 with different specifications may be combined to be suitable for the teeth 100 with different shapes. It is also understood that the top end of the mouthpiece 200 may be open, uncapped, and that the occlusal surface of the tooth 100 is exposed when the mouthpiece 200 is fitted over the tooth 100; the top of the mouthpiece 200 may also be closed, with only one opening at the bottom of the mouthpiece 200, so that when the mouthpiece 200 is fitted over the tooth 100, the tooth 100 is completely enclosed by the mouthpiece 200.

The connecting assembly 300 is a strip-shaped object, when the dental appliance is actually used, the two tooth sockets 200 are respectively sleeved on the teeth 100 of which the two sides need to be corrected, the two ends of the connecting assembly 300 are respectively connected with the two tooth sockets 200, and the connecting assembly 300 is in a tightened or stretched state, applies pulling force to the teeth 100 in the two tooth sockets 200, draws the teeth 100 together and moves inwards, and plays a role in correcting the teeth 100.

The outer peripheral wall of the mouthpiece 200 is provided with a connecting member 210, and when the mouthpiece 200 is actually used, the connecting member 210 is positioned on the inner side of the teeth 100 and faces the inside of the oral cavity. The connecting piece 210 is provided with a connecting cavity 211 inside, a first opening 212 is formed in a side wall of the connecting piece 210 far away from the tooth socket 200 and in a direction towards the inside of the oral cavity of the connecting piece 210, and the first opening 212 is communicated with the connecting cavity 211. The end of the connecting assembly 300 is provided with the locking member 310, when the appliance is actually used, the locking member 310 is placed into the connecting cavity 211 through the first opening 212 or the opening in other direction, and is limited in the connecting cavity 211, other components of the connecting assembly 300 are connected to the locking member 310 through the first opening 212, the locking member 310 is under the pulling force of the components of the connecting assembly 300, so as to abut against the sidewall of the connecting cavity 211 where the first opening 212 is located and cannot move by itself, but the locking member 310 can be moved by the user along the length direction of the first opening 212 in the connecting cavity 211, and the connecting assembly 300 moves in the first opening 212 along with the pulling force, and cannot be blocked, so that the applying points of the pulling-up correcting force of the locking member 310 to the braces 200 are different, and the user can adjust the direction of the correcting force of the teeth 100 conveniently, for example: the first opening 212 of the connecting member 210 is vertically formed, and when the teeth 100 to be corrected protrude outward and the top end of the teeth 100 protrudes outward to a greater extent than the root of the teeth 100, the position of the position limiting member 310 can be moved to the upper end of the connecting cavity 211, so that the connecting member 300 mainly applies a correcting force to the upper end portion of the teeth 100, the upper ends of the teeth 100 are drawn closer to each other to obtain a better correcting effect of the teeth 100. When the dental appliance needs to be removed, the connecting assembly 300 can be conveniently removed from the connecting cavity 211 without using an additional tool, so that the connecting assembly 300 is separated from the mouthpiece 200, and thus, cleaning and storage are convenient.

It is understood that the coupling member 210 may be integrally formed with the mouthpiece 200 or may be an additional member that is additionally mounted to the mouthpiece 200. It is understood that the first opening 212 can be oriented in different directions, such as vertically, to facilitate application of a corrective force to different height positions of the tooth 100, laterally, such as horizontally, to facilitate application of a corrective force to different left and right positions of the tooth 100, or diagonally. It is understood that the detent 310 can enter and exit the connection cavity 211 from the first opening 212; a special opening may be provided on the connecting member 210 to communicate with the connecting cavity 211 for the access of the locking member 310, especially when the locking member 310 is relatively large and cannot be taken out from the first opening 212 no matter how it is placed, for example, the locking member 310 is cylindrical, and the diameter of the locking member 310 is larger than the width of the first opening 212. It is understood that the connecting assembly 300 may be provided with the locking member 310 at both ends, or may be provided with the locking member 310 at only one end, and the other end is connected with the mouthpiece 200 in other manners.

Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 4, in some embodiments of the present invention, the connection cavity 211 is provided with a plurality of limiting recesses 213, the limiting recesses 213 are disposed on a side wall of the connection cavity 211 away from the mouthpiece 200, the plurality of limiting recesses 213 are disposed along a length direction of the first opening 212, and the limiting recesses 213 are used for accommodating the locking member 310.

The arrangement of the limiting concave part 213 enables the position-limiting member 310 to sink into the limiting concave part 213 and be limited by the limiting concave part 213, so that the position-limiting member does not slide randomly and the orthodontic effect of the tooth 100 is not affected. The plurality of limiting recesses 213 are arranged so that the locking member 310 can be locked into the limiting recesses 213 at different positions according to actual conditions, and preferentially apply a corrective force to a position where the teeth 100 protrude more largely.

Referring to fig. 6 and 7, in some embodiments of the present invention, the connecting member 210 further includes an upper plate 214 and a lower plate 215, the upper plate 214 and the lower plate 215 are disposed on a sidewall of the connecting cavity 211 away from the mouthpiece 200, and one upper plate 214 and one lower plate 215 define a stopper recess 213.

The limiting recess 213 may be defined by an additional upper and lower baffles 214 and 215, in addition to being formed after being recessed on the original connecting member 210. The side wall of the connecting member 210 provided with the limiting recess 213 may be relatively thin, and the limiting recess 213 may have an insufficient recess depth, so that the limiting effect on the engaging member 310 is not good. And an upper baffle 214 and a lower baffle 215 are arranged, and limit concave parts 213 are limited by the upper baffle 214 and the lower baffle 215, so that the limit effect is better.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, in some embodiments of the present invention, the connection cavity 211 is provided with a limiting recess 213, the limiting recess 213 is provided on two side walls of the connection cavity 211 connected to the mouthpiece 200, the two side walls are provided with a plurality of limiting recesses 213 along a length direction of the first opening 212, and the limiting recesses 213 are used for accommodating the locking member 310.

The limiting concave parts 213 can also be arranged on the side walls of the two sides of the connecting cavity 211, the arrangement of the limiting concave parts 213 enables the clamping piece 310 to be sunk into the limiting concave parts 213 and limited by the limiting concave parts 213, the sliding is avoided, the orthodontic effect of the tooth 100 is not affected, and the plurality of limiting concave parts 213 enable the clamping piece 310 to be clamped into different positions according to actual conditions. It can be understood that one end of the limiting concave part 213 can be communicated with the outside, so that the blocking element 310 can conveniently enter and exit; the limiting recess 213 may also be a structure formed by a common recess whose periphery is not communicated with the outside, and when the connecting member 210 or the locking member 310 has a good elastic deformation capability, the locking member 310 can be locked into the limiting recess 213.

Referring to fig. 8 and 9, in some embodiments of the present invention, the limit recess 213 includes a first limit portion 216 and a second limit portion 217, the first limit portion 216 extends along the front-back direction of the mouthpiece 200, one end of the first limit portion 216 communicates with the outside, the other end communicates with the second limit portion 217, and the second limit portion 217 extends along the length direction of the first opening 212.

When one end of the limiting concave part 213 is communicated with the outside, a first limiting part 216 and a second limiting part 217 are arranged, the first limiting part 216 extends along the front-back direction of the tooth socket 200, and one end of the first limiting part 216 is communicated with the outside, so that the clamping piece 310 can conveniently go in and out, the requirement on the material of the connecting piece 210 is reduced, and the damage to the parts when the other limiting concave part 213 depending on the elastic deformation capability of the parts is placed into the clamping piece 310 can also be reduced; the second limiting portion 217 extends along the length direction of the first opening 212 and is communicated with the other end of the first limiting portion 216, so that the clamping element 310 can be turned into the second limiting portion 217 from the first limiting portion 216, the limiting effect is better, and the clamping element 310 is not easy to separate from the limiting concave portion 213.

Referring to fig. 3, 4, 5 and 8, in some embodiments of the present invention, the upper end of the connecting member 210 is provided with a second opening 218 communicating with the connecting cavity 211, and the second opening 218 is used for the detent member 310 to be fitted into the connecting cavity 211.

When the size of the detent member 310 is larger than the width of the first opening 212, it is advantageous that the detent member 310 will not easily disengage from the connecting cavity 211, and the detent member 310 will not fall into the mouth of the human body, which is dangerous, and at this time, the second opening 218 needs to be set so that the detent member 310 can only enter and exit the connecting cavity 211 from the position of the second opening 218. Referring to fig. 3, the second opening 218 may also be provided in the form of a louver, which facilitates a user to observe the position of the detent 310 inside the connection cavity 211 and to adjust the position of the detent 310.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments of the present invention, the connection assembly 300 includes a resilient member 320, and one end of the resilient member 320 is connected to the catching member 310.

The elastic member 320 is provided to make the force of the dental appliance pulling the teeth 100 together softer and more durable, and less harmful to the teeth 100. It can be understood that the locking member 310 can be directly connected to one end of the elastic member 320, and the locking member 310 can also be indirectly connected to the elastic member 320, for example, the locking member 310 is connected to a ring, and the elastic member 320 is also connected to the ring, so that the locking member 310 is indirectly connected to the elastic member 320, and for example, a hose is disposed between the locking member 310 and the elastic member 320, so as to facilitate the bending of the locking member 310 and the elastic member 320 at a certain angle.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments of the present invention, the elastic member 320 is a spring.

The spring is easily available and cheaper, and the use of the spring as the elastic member 320 reduces the production cost.

Referring to figures 1, 2 and 3, in some embodiments of the present invention, mouthpiece 200 is made of a flexible material.

Since the teeth 100 of different sizes are different for each person and for different parts of each person, the tooth socket 200 fitted over the teeth 100 needs to be suitable for the teeth 100 of different sizes. The tooth socket 200 is made of flexible materials, so that the tooth socket 200 has certain deformation capacity, and the standard tooth sockets 200 with different specifications can be suitable for the teeth 100 with different shapes and sizes. Compared with the dental mouthpiece 200 made of rigid material which can only be obtained by customization, the standard dental mouthpiece 200 made of flexible material is simpler and more convenient to manufacture, and is more suitable for mass production, so that the production cost of the dental mouthpiece 200 is remarkably reduced, and the dental appliance is cheaper. And the standard mouthpiece 200 can be used with other teeth 100 of comparable shapes after sterilization, further reducing the cost of straightening the teeth 100.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments of the present invention, a flexible connection unit 400 is further included, one end of the flexible connection unit 400 is fixedly connected to the connection unit 300, the other end of the flexible connection unit 400 is fixedly connected to the mouthpiece 200, and when the locking unit 310 is installed in the connection cavity 211, the flexible connection unit 400 is not tightened.

The flexible connector 400 is arranged to connect the connecting assembly 300 and the mouthpiece 200, and in some special cases, when the connecting assembly 300 and the mouthpiece 200 are completely disconnected, the flexible connector 400 can connect the disconnected mouthpiece 200 to the connecting assembly 300 or connect the disconnected connecting assembly 300 to the mouthpiece 200, so that the mouthpiece 200 or the connecting assembly 300 is prevented from falling into the deeper part of the oral cavity of a human body, and great harm is caused. It will be appreciated that the flexible connector 400 has a certain redundant length that does not interfere with the insertion and removal of the detent member 310 into and out of the connection cavity 211, so that the flexible connector 400 is not tightened when the detent member 310 is inserted into the connection cavity 211. The flexible connector 400 may be a non-toxic common rope, a fine flexible steel wire with high toughness, etc.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. An appliance, comprising:

the tooth socket is characterized in that a connecting piece is arranged on the outer peripheral wall of the tooth socket and provided with a connecting cavity, the connecting cavity is used for accommodating a clamping piece, and a first opening communicated with the connecting cavity is formed in one side wall, far away from the tooth socket, of the connecting piece;

coupling assembling, coupling assembling's tip is provided with the screens piece, the screens piece can be followed first open-ended length direction removes.

2. The dental appliance of claim 1, wherein the connecting cavity is provided with a plurality of limiting recesses along a length of the first opening, the limiting recesses being disposed on a side wall of the connecting cavity away from the mouthpiece, the limiting recesses being configured to receive the locking member.

3. The dental appliance of claim 2, wherein the connector further comprises an upper baffle and a lower baffle, each of the upper baffle and the lower baffle being disposed on a side wall of the connection cavity distal from the mouthpiece, one of the upper baffle and one of the lower baffle defining one of the retaining recesses.

4. The dental appliance according to claim 1, wherein the connection cavity is provided with a plurality of limiting recesses, the limiting recesses are provided on two side walls of the connection cavity connected with the mouthpiece, the two side walls are provided with a plurality of limiting recesses along a length direction of the first opening, and the limiting recesses are used for accommodating the locking member.

5. The dental appliance according to claim 4, wherein the limiting recess includes a first limiting portion and a second limiting portion, the first limiting portion extends in a front-rear direction of the mouthpiece, one end of the first limiting portion communicates with the outside, the other end communicates with the second limiting portion, and the second limiting portion extends in a length direction of the first opening.

6. The dental appliance of claim 1, wherein the upper end of the connecting member is provided with a second opening communicating with the connecting cavity, the second opening being adapted for the insertion of the locking member into the connecting cavity.

7. The appliance of claim 1, wherein the connection assembly includes a resilient member having one end connected to the detent member.

8. The appliance of claim 7, wherein the resilient member is a spring.

9. The appliance of claim 1, wherein the mouthpiece is made of a flexible material.

10. The dental appliance of claim 1, further comprising a flexible connector, one end of the flexible connector being fixedly connected to the connection assembly and the other end of the flexible connector being fixedly connected to the mouthpiece, wherein the flexible connector is not under tension when the retaining member is received in the connection cavity.

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