CN114209453A

CN114209453A - Oral cavity appliance

Info

Publication number: CN114209453A
Application number: CN202111609082.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 毛若瑜
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2021-12-23
Filing date: 2021-12-23
Publication date: 2022-03-22

Abstract

The invention discloses an oral appliance, which comprises an upper jaw invisible tooth socket, a lower jaw invisible tooth socket and a tooth socket tightness regulator, wherein lower jaw tooth socket notches are formed in the premolar positions on the two sides of the lower jaw invisible tooth socket and are positioned on the lingual side of teeth; the lingual molar position and the lingual cuspid position of the mandibular invisible tooth socket are both provided with mandibular tooth socket adjusting blocks, and the lingual molar position of the mandibular invisible tooth socket is also provided with mandibular tooth socket fixing blocks. The invisible orthodontic appliance is different from the traditional invisible orthodontic appliance, the openings are formed in the lingual side of molar positions at two ends, the corresponding braces are matched with the adjusting bent rods, the openings can be tightened and adjusted, the upper jaw braces or the lower jaw braces of the invisible orthodontic appliance can adapt to the tooth postures and the tooth gap change in different periods during the orthodontic period by matching with the elasticity of the plastic materials of the invisible orthodontic appliance, the elasticity of the invisible braces is adjustable, a new brace is not required to be frequently replaced, the use is convenient, the orthodontic cost is saved, and the practicability is high.

Description

Oral cavity appliance

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of medical appliances, relates to an oral treatment appliance, and particularly relates to an oral appliance.

Background

The traditional oral appliance mainly comprises two types, one type is a more traditional steel denture sleeve, the teeth are straightened by tightening steel wires on the teeth, the traditional steel denture sleeve cannot be detached independently, and the main defect is that the teeth are prevented from being cleaned; the other is a detachable invisible appliance, which is not only beautiful, but also can be taken off by the patient, thereby being convenient for cleaning the teeth.

However, the existing invisible appliance utilizes the elasticity of plastic to straighten teeth, and in the straightening period, a plurality of pairs of tooth sockets are needed, and a small difference is needed between every two pairs of tooth sockets, so that the position of the teeth is moved through the elasticity of the material, and the aim of straightening the teeth is fulfilled. Because each set of tooth socket is special for a person, and the service cycle is short, the use cost of the plurality of tooth sockets is high, and the plurality of tooth sockets cannot be recycled after being used, so that the waste of resources is caused. Therefore, there is a need to provide a novel oral cavity appliance, which is convenient for the patient to detach itself and can also realize tightening adjustment, so as to solve the problems of high cost, resource waste and the like caused by the need of multiple pairs of use of the existing invisible appliance.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an oral appliance which adopts an invisible tooth socket, has adjustable elasticity and can effectively reduce the use number of the tooth socket so as to solve the problems in the prior art.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following scheme:

the invention provides an oral appliance, comprising:

the tooth socket comprises an upper jaw invisible tooth socket and a lower jaw invisible tooth socket, wherein lower jaw tooth socket notches are formed in the positions of front molar teeth on two sides of the lower jaw invisible tooth socket, and the lower jaw tooth socket notches are located on the lingual side of teeth; a lower jaw dental mouthpiece adjusting block is arranged at each of the lingual molar position and the lingual canine position of the lower jaw invisible dental mouthpiece, and a lower jaw dental mouthpiece fixing block is further arranged at each of the lingual molar positions of the lower jaw invisible dental mouthpiece;

the tooth socket tightness adjuster comprises a first telescopic assembly, a second telescopic assembly, two tooth socket tightening adjusting bent rods and two tooth socket limiting adjusting bent rods, wherein the two tooth socket tightening adjusting bent rods are respectively attached to the lingual molar positions at two ends of the mandibular invisible tooth socket, one end of any one of the tooth socket tightening adjusting bent rods is fixedly connected with the mandibular tooth socket fixing block at the corresponding side, the other end of the tooth socket tightening adjusting bent rod is slidably connected with the mandibular tooth socket adjusting block at the lingual canine tooth position, and the two tooth socket tightening adjusting bent rods are connected through the first telescopic assembly; the two tooth socket limit adjusting bent rods are symmetrically arranged along the lingual side of the lower jaw invisible tooth socket, one end of any one tooth socket limit adjusting bent rod is connected with the lower jaw tooth socket adjusting block at the lingual molar position of the corresponding side in a sliding manner, the other end of the tooth socket limit adjusting bent rod extends to the lingual cuspid position of the corresponding side, and the two tooth socket limit adjusting bent rods are connected through the second telescopic assembly; any one facing hoop adjusting bent rod is positioned above the facing limiting adjusting bent rod on the same side.

Optionally, the anterior molar positions on both sides of the upper jaw invisible braces are provided with upper jaw brace notches, and the upper jaw brace notches are positioned on the lingual sides of the teeth; the lingual molar position and the lingual canine tooth position of the upper jaw invisible tooth socket are both provided with an upper jaw tooth socket adjusting block, and the lingual molar position of the upper jaw invisible tooth socket is also provided with an upper jaw tooth socket fixing block;

the lingual side of the upper jaw invisible tooth socket is provided with the tooth socket tightness regulator.

Optionally, the first telescopic assembly includes:

the double-head nut comprises a first double-head nut, a second double-head nut and a nut body, wherein a first internal thread hole and a second internal thread hole are respectively formed in two ends of the first double-head nut, and the thread turning directions of the first internal thread hole and the second internal thread hole are opposite;

one end of the first screw rod is in threaded connection with the first internal threaded hole, and the other end of the first screw rod is fixed on the tooth socket tightening adjusting bent rod close to the first internal threaded hole;

and one end of the second screw rod is in threaded connection with the second internal threaded hole, and the other end of the second screw rod is fixed close to the second internal threaded hole on the tooth socket tightening adjusting bent rod.

Optionally, the second telescopic assembly includes:

the two ends of the second double-head nut are respectively provided with a third internal thread hole and a fourth internal thread hole, and the thread turning directions of the third internal thread hole and the fourth internal thread hole are opposite;

one end of the third screw rod is in threaded connection with the third internal threaded hole, and the other end of the third screw rod is fixed on the tooth socket limiting and adjusting bent rod close to the third internal threaded hole;

and one end of the fourth screw is in threaded connection with the fourth internal threaded hole, and the other end of the fourth screw is fixed on the tooth socket limiting adjusting bent rod close to the fourth internal threaded hole.

Optionally, the tooth socket tightness adjuster further comprises an adjusting seat, a through groove is formed in the upper surface of the adjusting seat, the first double-headed nut and the second double-headed nut are vertically arranged in the through groove, and two ends of the first double-headed nut and two ends of the second double-headed nut are embedded at two sides of the through groove; the first screw rod, the second screw rod, the third screw rod and the fourth screw rod are perpendicular to the through groove and penetrate through the adjusting seat.

Optionally, a protrusion is fixedly arranged in the middle of each of the first and second double-headed nuts.

Optionally, the first and second double-headed nuts are staggered up and down on the adjusting seat.

Optionally, the lower jaw facing adjusting block and the lower jaw facing fixing block are integrally formed on the lingual side of the invisible lower jaw facing.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following technical effects:

the oral cavity appliance provided by the invention is novel and reasonable in structure, is different from the traditional invisible appliance, and can be used for tightening and adjusting the notch by arranging the notch on the lingual side (inner ring of the tooth socket, namely the side of the tooth socket close to the lingual side) of the molar positions at two ends and matching with the corresponding tooth socket tightening adjusting bent rod, so that the upper jaw tooth socket or the lower jaw tooth socket of the invisible appliance can adapt to the tooth postures and tooth gap changes at different periods during tooth correction by matching with the elasticity of the plastic material of the invisible appliance, the elasticity adjustment of the invisible tooth socket is realized, a new tooth socket does not need to be frequently replaced, and the using number of the tooth sockets can be effectively reduced in the whole tooth correction period. The oral cavity appliance provided by the invention has the detachability of the invisible appliance, can realize the self-adjustment of the elasticity of the tooth socket, is convenient to use, is beneficial to saving the tooth correction cost, and has strong practicability.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a invisible mandibular facing disclosed in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the invisible mandibular facing disclosed in connection with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an adjustment block according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is an installation schematic diagram of the facing band-tightening adjusting curved bar and the facing limit adjusting curved bar disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein the reference numerals are: 1. a lower jaw invisible tooth socket; 2. a lower jaw facing notch; 3. lingual molar position; 4. lingual cuspid position; 5. a lower jaw facing adjustment block; 6. a lower jaw facing fixed block; 7. the tooth socket is tightly hooped with an adjusting bent rod; 8. the tooth socket limits and adjusts the bent rod; 9. a first double-ended nut; 10. a first screw; 11. a second screw; 12. a second double-ended nut; 13. a third screw; 14. a fourth screw; 15. an adjusting seat; 16. a through groove; 17. lingual anterior tooth position.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

One of the purposes of the invention is to provide an oral appliance which adopts an invisible tooth socket and the elasticity of the tooth socket is adjustable, so that the use number of the tooth socket can be effectively reduced, and the problems in the prior art can be solved.

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in further detail below.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1-4, the present embodiment provides an oral appliance, which comprises an upper jaw invisible mouthpiece, a lower jaw invisible mouthpiece 1 and a mouthpiece tightness adjuster. Wherein, the positions of the premolars on the two sides of the invisible lower jaw facing 1 are provided with lower jaw facing notches 2, and the lower jaw facing notches 2 are positioned on the lingual side of the teeth (inner ring of the facing, namely the side of the facing close to the tongue); a lower jaw dental mouthpiece adjusting block 5 is arranged at a lingual molar position 3 and a lingual canine position 4 of the lower jaw invisible dental mouthpiece 1, and a lower jaw dental mouthpiece fixing block 6 is also arranged at the lingual molar position 3 of the lower jaw invisible dental mouthpiece 1; any lingual molar position 3 generally comprises three continuous posterior molars, and the lower jaw facing fixed block 6 and the lower jaw facing adjusting block 5 at the lingual molar position 3 are sequentially arranged from top to bottom at the same posterior molars. The facing elasticity adjuster comprises a first telescopic component, a second telescopic component, two facing tightening adjusting bent rods 7 and two facing limiting adjusting bent rods 8, wherein the two facing tightening adjusting bent rods 7 are respectively attached to lingual molar positions 3 at two ends of a lower jaw invisible facing 1, one end of any one facing tightening adjusting bent rod 7 is fixedly connected with a lower jaw facing fixed block 6 on the lingual molar position 3 at the corresponding side, the other end of the any one facing tightening adjusting bent rod 7 is in sliding connection with a lower jaw facing adjusting block 5 at a lingual canine position 4, and the two facing tightening adjusting bent rods 7 preferably penetrate through the lower jaw facing adjusting block 5; the two facing hooping adjusting bent rods 7 are connected through a first telescopic assembly, and the first telescopic assembly drives the two facing hooping adjusting bent rods 7 to be close to the middle position of the facing. Correspondingly, the two tooth socket limiting and adjusting bent rods 8 are symmetrically arranged along the lingual side of the lower jaw invisible tooth socket 1, one end of any one tooth socket limiting and adjusting bent rod 8 is connected with a lower jaw tooth socket adjusting block 5 at the lingual molar position 3 of the corresponding side in a sliding way, the other end of the tooth socket limiting and adjusting bent rod extends to the lingual cuspid position 4 of the corresponding side and can also extend to the anterior tooth position of the tooth socket, the two tooth socket limiting and adjusting bent rods 8 are connected through a second telescopic assembly, the second telescopic component drives the two tooth socket limiting and adjusting bent rods 8 to move towards the positions far away from the middle of the tooth socket, the tooth is ensured to be vertically produced by forming equal force with the labial side or the buccal side (the labial side and the buccal side are both outer rings of the tooth socket, the labial side corresponds to the anterior teeth and the canine teeth, and the buccal side corresponds to the premolar teeth and the great molar teeth) of the mandibular invisible tooth socket 1, and the tooth is prevented from being grown and askew inwards under the action of the labial side or the buccal side force or forming 'wrapped-up' abnormal growth under the action of the inner jacking of the tooth socket limiting adjusting bent rod 8. Preferably, any one of the mouthpiece tightening adjusting curved rods 7 is located above the mouthpiece limiting adjusting curved rod 8 on the same side as the mouthpiece tightening adjusting curved rod, namely, the upper ring on the lingual side of the mouthpiece is used for adjusting elasticity, and the lower ring is used for forming equal force with the labial side or buccal side of the mouthpiece.

In this embodiment, the arrangement of the upper jaw invisible braces and the lower jaw invisible braces 1 is the same, that is, the upper jaw brace notches are formed at the premolar positions on both sides, and the upper jaw brace notches are positioned on the lingual side of the teeth; an upper jaw dental mouthpiece adjusting block is arranged at a lingual molar position 3 and a lingual canine position 4 of the upper jaw invisible dental mouthpiece, and an upper jaw dental mouthpiece fixing block is also arranged at the lingual molar position 3 of the upper jaw invisible dental mouthpiece; the lingual side of the upper jaw invisible facing is provided with the facing tightness adjuster, and the installation form between the upper jaw invisible facing and the facing tightness adjuster is the same as that between the lower jaw invisible facing 1 and the facing tightness adjuster, which is not described again.

In this embodiment, the first telescopic assembly includes a first double-headed nut 9, a first screw 10 and a second screw 11, a first internal thread hole and a second internal thread hole are respectively arranged at two ends of the first double-headed nut 9, and the thread turning directions of the first internal thread hole and the second internal thread hole are opposite; one end of the first screw rod 10 is in threaded connection with the first internal threaded hole, and the other end of the first screw rod is fixed on the tooth socket tightening adjusting bent rod 7 close to the first internal threaded hole; one end of the second screw rod 11 is in threaded connection with the second internal threaded hole, and the other end of the second screw rod is fixed on the tooth socket tightening adjusting bent rod 7 close to the second internal threaded hole. In general, when the first double-end nut 9 is rotated, the first screw rod 10 and the second screw rod 11 can be driven to approach or separate from each other, so as to achieve the effect of adjusting the tightness degree of the tooth covered by the mouthpiece by tightening or widening the mandibular mouthpiece opening 2.

In this embodiment, the second telescopic assembly includes a second double-headed nut 12, a third screw 13 and a fourth screw 14, a third internal thread hole and a fourth internal thread hole are respectively arranged at two ends of the second double-headed nut 12, and the thread turning directions of the third internal thread hole and the fourth internal thread hole are opposite; one end of the third screw 13 is in threaded connection with the third internal threaded hole, and the other end of the third screw is fixed on the tooth socket limiting and adjusting bent rod 8 close to the third internal threaded hole; one end of the fourth screw 14 is in threaded connection with the fourth internal threaded hole, and the other end of the fourth screw is fixed on the tooth socket limiting and adjusting bent rod 8 close to the fourth internal threaded hole. In general, the second double-headed nut 12 is rotated to simultaneously drive the third screw 13 and the fourth screw 14 to approach or separate from each other, thereby achieving the effect of forming an equivalent force with respect to the labial or buccal side of the mouthpiece. The force that the facing intraoral pushing of facing labial side or buccal side to the tooth is derived from the tightening degree of facing lingual side, under general circumstances, after the lingual side of facing is tightened up through adjusting the facing cramp and adjusting the knee 7, the force that the facing intraoral pushing of corresponding facing labial side or buccal side to the tooth also increases, under this kind of circumstances, need adjust two facing spacing regulation knee 8 and separate each other to make the both ends of facing lingual side outwards shore, thereby balance the tightening force to the tooth that the facing increases because of the transform of tooth clearance or posture, ensure that the facing keeps the tooth and rescues the function (the helping hand maxillary tooth or mandibular tooth to resume normal growth vigor).

In this embodiment, the tooth socket tightness adjuster further comprises an adjusting seat 15, a through groove 16 is formed in the upper surface of the adjusting seat 15, the first double-headed nut 9 and the second double-headed nut 12 are both vertically arranged in the through groove 16, and both ends of the first double-headed nut 9 and both ends of the second double-headed nut 12 are both embedded in both sides of the through groove 16; the first screw 10, the second screw 11, the third screw 13 and the fourth screw 14 are perpendicular to the through groove 16 and penetrate through the adjusting seat 15. In view of the arrangement of the facing clamping adjusting bent rod 7 and the facing limiting adjusting bent rod 8 up and down, the first double-headed nut 9 and the second double-headed nut 12 are also arranged on the adjusting seat 15 up and down in a staggered manner.

In this embodiment, a protrusion may be fixedly disposed between the first and second

double nuts

9 and 12. The projections are exposed in the through slots 16 to facilitate adjustment by the patient according to changes in his or her teeth. Preferably, the outer walls of the first double-headed nut 9 and the second double-headed nut 12 are in threaded connection with the adjusting seat 15, so that the first double-headed nut 9 and the second double-headed nut 12 can be effectively prevented from being unscrewed by themselves.

In this embodiment, the lower jaw mouthpiece adjusting block 5 and the lower jaw mouthpiece fixing block 6 are preferably integrally formed on the lingual side of the upper jaw invisible mouthpiece or the lower jaw invisible mouthpiece 1.

In this embodiment, the above-mentioned maxillary invisible mouthpiece or mandibular invisible mouthpiece 1 is an existing invisible appliance made of transparent polymer material, and is made according to the shape of the teeth of the patient, and has good elasticity, which is not described herein again.

In this embodiment, taking 16 teeth (three posterior molars, one anterior molars, two cuspids, and two anterior teeth on the left and right) as an example, the mandibular facing slit 2 occupies the position of two consecutive cuspids, and a mandibular facing adjustment block 5 may be provided at the anterior position on the lingual side.

The invisible braces can be adjusted elastically by arranging the notch at the premolar position, and the braces can be adjusted by limiting and adjusting the braces to ensure the correction function of the braces, so that the disassembly requirement and the elastic adjustment requirement are met, and the invisible braces have good application prospect.

It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein, and any reference signs in the claims are not intended to be construed as limiting the claim concerned.

The principle and the implementation mode of the invention are explained by applying a specific example, and the description of the embodiment is only used for helping to understand the method and the core idea of the invention; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present invention, the specific embodiments and the application range may be changed. In view of the above, the present disclosure should not be construed as limiting the invention.

Claims

1. An oral appliance, comprising:

2. The oral appliance of claim 1, wherein maxillary braces notches are formed in premolar positions on both sides of the maxillary invisible braces, and the maxillary brace notches are positioned on lingual sides of teeth; the lingual molar position and the lingual canine tooth position of the upper jaw invisible tooth socket are both provided with an upper jaw tooth socket adjusting block, and the lingual molar position of the upper jaw invisible tooth socket is also provided with an upper jaw tooth socket fixing block;

3. The oral appliance of claim 1, wherein the first telescopic assembly comprises:

4. The oral appliance of claim 3, wherein the second telescopic assembly comprises:

5. The oral appliance of claim 4, wherein the mouthpiece tightness adjuster further comprises an adjustment seat, wherein a through slot is formed in an upper surface of the adjustment seat, the first and second stud nuts are vertically disposed in the through slot, and both ends of the first and second stud nuts are embedded in both sides of the through slot; the first screw rod, the second screw rod, the third screw rod and the fourth screw rod are perpendicular to the through groove and penetrate through the adjusting seat.

6. The oral appliance of claim 5, wherein a projection is fixedly disposed intermediate the first and second stud nuts.

7. The oral appliance of claim 5, wherein the first and second stud nuts are staggered up and down on the adjustment block.

8. The oral appliance of claim 1, wherein the mandibular facing adjustment block and the mandibular facing fixation block are each integrally formed on a lingual side of the mandibular invisible facing.