CN116035737A - Active lingual muscle training orthosis - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of appliances, and relates to an active lingual muscle training orthosis, which comprises a base, a retention device and a lingual grating, wherein a lingual grating adjusting mechanism is arranged on the base; the tongue grid adjusting mechanism comprises a sliding rod, a sliding sleeve and a spring; the two ends of the sliding rod are fixedly embedded in the base, and the sliding sleeve is sleeved on the sliding rod and is in sliding fit with the sliding rod; the bottom of the tongue grating is fixedly connected with the sliding sleeve; the spring is also sleeved on the sliding rod and props against one end of the sliding sleeve, and the spring is used for providing acting force of the house grating on the tongue. According to the invention, the tongue grating position can be adjusted by adding the tongue grating adjusting mechanism and adjusting the position of the limiting card according to the strength of the tongue muscles in different periods, so that the strength of the orthosis force value is changed, and the effect of asymptotically training the tongue muscles can be achieved.

Description

Active lingual muscle training orthosis

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of appliances, and relates to an active lingual muscle training orthosis.

Background

The tongue, which is the masticatory muscle group with the greatest measurable force (500 g-2800 g), plays an important role in the growth and development of the oral and jaw system. Normal tongue position, tongue habit and proper tongue muscle strength are all beneficial to the operations of oral functions such as breathing, chewing and swallowing. The correct tongue position is that after the tongue is relaxed, the back of the tongue is naturally attached to the upper jaw, the tip of the tongue is positioned at the position 5mm behind the upper incisors, and the side margin of the tongue is naturally attached to the rear teeth; and in normal swallowing, the perioral masticatory muscles are contracted to enable the upper and lower jaw dentitions to be tightly meshed at the dental cusp staggered positions, the upper and lower lips are naturally closed, and the lingual body is positioned in the dental arch to be contacted with the lingual surfaces of the teeth and the hard palate. In this way, the outward pressure exerted by the lingual body from the interior of the natural oral cavity to the dental arch and the inward pressure exerted by the labial and buccal muscles from the outside of the dental arch to the dental arch form a dynamic balance between the internal and external pressures. Abnormal swallowing, abnormal tooth and supporting tissue caused by abnormal tongue position, includes: upper arch stenosis, palate cover Gao Gong; anterior process of upper front teeth accompanied by deep covering or opening; upper and lower anterior interdental spaces; lingual displacement of the lower anterior teeth, etc. Secondly, poor tongue habit causes the occurrence of misshapen in children by generating unbalanced pressure on the jawbone, so that the structures of immature and highly plastic alveolar processes and jawbone of patients are changed, comprising: (1) poor tongue extension habit: the tongue extends forwards, the tongue tip is arranged between the upper and lower anterior teeth, and the lower jaw is shifted forwards, so that the anterior teeth are partially small open and abnormal and the anterior mandible protrudes forwards; (2) bad licking habit: the long-term tooth licking habit can break the dynamic balance of the pressure inside and outside the oral cavity, so that the teeth are inclined to move and occlusion is abnormal. Different occlusion problems can occur when licking teeth at different positions, the lower front teeth can be inclined by licking the lower teeth, gaps of lower dentition appear, and even front teeth are formed to turn back; if the upper and lower anterior teeth are licked simultaneously, a double anterior tooth protrusion is formed.

Therefore, it is necessary to discover bad oral habits in the growth and development process of children as early as possible and to block the development of deformity. The tongue muscle training correction can help children correct abnormal tongue positions and tongue habits, and the enthusiasm of the autonomous training of the children is further enhanced through the principle that the impedance training and the feedback can be obtained after the training, so that the children form a new and correct tongue habit and tongue position. Finally guiding the dental jaw to develop towards the normal growth and development direction.

In the prior art, as disclosed in chinese patent publication No. CN216318094U, an appliance for correcting bad tongue habit is disclosed, which comprises a base and a retention device, wherein the retention device is fixedly connected to the base; the expansion screw is fixedly connected to the base, and is positioned at the inner side of the retention device; the tongue grid is fixedly connected to the base, and is positioned in the middle of the base. The tongue is blocked from extending forwards by the tongue grating, so that bad habit of the tongue is corrected, and when the arch expanding screw is adjusted to drive the base to expand towards two sides, the retaining device can internally cause the gap generated by expanding the dental arch, thereby reducing the opening and closing of the front dental area and correcting the maxillary dental arch stenosis by the pendulum effect. However, the tongue grid is fixed on the base, the strength and the position cannot be adjusted, and the targeted training cannot be achieved for patients with excessive or insufficient tongue muscle strength.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, the present invention aims to solve the problem that the tongue grating cannot be adjusted, and provides an active tongue muscle training orthosis.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:

an active tongue muscle training orthosis comprises a base, a retention device and a tongue grating, wherein a tongue grating adjusting mechanism is arranged on the base, and the tongue grating is arranged on the tongue grating adjusting mechanism and is used for adjusting the position.

Further, the tongue grid adjusting mechanism comprises a sliding rod, a sliding sleeve and a spring; the two ends of the sliding rod are fixedly embedded in the base, and the sliding sleeve is sleeved on the sliding rod and is in sliding fit with the sliding rod; the bottom of the tongue grating is fixedly connected with the sliding sleeve;

the spring is also sleeved on the sliding rod and props against one end of the sliding sleeve, and the spring is used for providing acting force of the house grating on the tongue.

Further, the tongue grid adjusting mechanism further comprises a limiting clamp, the limiting clamp is fixedly arranged on the sliding rod and located on one side, far away from the spring, of the sliding sleeve, and the compression amount of the spring is adjusted by changing the position of the limiting clamp, so that acting force is changed.

Further, two sliding rods are symmetrically arranged at two ends of the tongue grid.

Further, the retention device comprises a labial arch retention ring, a molar retention ring and an interproximal retention hook; one end of the labial arch retention ring is fixed on the base and is used for being matched with the front dental labial arch; one end of the molar retention ring is fixed on the base and is used for being sleeved on the molar; one end of the interproximal retention hook is fixed on the base, and is positioned between the labial arch retention ring and the molar retention ring for clamping in the tooth gap.

Further, the sliding rod and the sliding sleeve are made of stainless steel materials, and the diameter of the sliding rod is 0.9-1.2 mm.

Further, the spring is a nickel-titanium alloy spring.

Further, the tongue grating is made of stainless steel wires with the diameter of 0.7-0.8 mm.

Furthermore, the labial arch retention ring and the molar retention ring are both made of stainless steel wires with the diameters of 0.7-0.9 mm, and the interproximal retention hook is made of stainless steel wires with the diameters of 0.7-0.8 mm.

Further, the base is made of self-setting resin or heat-curable base resin or pressure-polymerized material.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

according to the invention, the tongue grating position can be adjusted by adding the tongue grating adjusting mechanism and adjusting the position of the limiting clamp according to the strength of the tongue muscles in different periods, so that the strength of the force value of the appliance is changed, and the effect of asymptotically training the tongue muscles can be achieved. Meanwhile, as the tongue grating is movable, the subjective motility of autonomous training of the patient is increased.

Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention. The objects and other advantages of the invention may be realized and obtained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out in the specification.

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For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in the following preferred detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic overall view of an active lingual training orthosis in accordance with the present invention.

Reference numerals: 1-sliding sleeve; 2-tongue grating; 3-a spring; 4-a slide bar; a 5-base; 6-molar retention ring; 7-an interproximal retention hook; 8-labial arch retention ring; 9-limit card.

Detailed Description

Other advantages and effects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following disclosure, which describes the embodiments of the present invention with reference to specific examples. The invention may be practiced or carried out in other embodiments that depart from the specific details, and the details of the present description may be modified or varied from the spirit and scope of the present invention. It should be noted that the illustrations provided in the following embodiments merely illustrate the basic idea of the present invention by way of illustration, and the following embodiments and features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

Wherein the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and are shown in schematic, non-physical, and not intended to limit the invention; for the purpose of better illustrating embodiments of the invention, certain elements of the drawings may be omitted, enlarged or reduced and do not represent the size of the actual product; it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that certain well-known structures in the drawings and descriptions thereof may be omitted.

The same or similar reference numbers in the drawings of embodiments of the invention correspond to the same or similar components; in the description of the present invention, it should be understood that, if there are terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", etc., that indicate an azimuth or a positional relationship based on the azimuth or the positional relationship shown in the drawings, it is only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but not for indicating or suggesting that the referred device or element must have a specific azimuth, be constructed and operated in a specific azimuth, so that the terms describing the positional relationship in the drawings are merely for exemplary illustration and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that the specific meaning of the above terms may be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

Referring to fig. 1, an active tongue muscle training orthosis includes a base 5, a retention device, and a tongue grid 2, wherein the base 5 is provided with a tongue grid 2 adjusting mechanism, and the tongue grid 2 is mounted on the tongue grid 2 adjusting mechanism and adjusts the position through the tongue grid 2 adjusting mechanism. The tongue grid 2 adjusting mechanism comprises a sliding rod 4, a sliding sleeve 1 and a spring 3; wherein, the two sliding rods 4 are symmetrically arranged at the two ends of the tongue grid 2. The two ends of the slide bar 4 are fixedly embedded in the base 5, and the slide sleeve 1 is sleeved on the slide bar 4 and is in sliding fit with the slide bar 4; the bottom of the tongue grating 2 is fixedly welded on the sliding sleeve 1; the spring 3 is also sleeved on the slide rod 4 and is propped against one end of the sliding sleeve 1, and the spring 3 is used for providing the acting force of the house grating on the tongue. The limiting clamp 9 is fixedly arranged on the sliding rod 4 and is positioned on one side, far away from the spring 3, of the sliding sleeve 1, and the limiting clamp 9 in the embodiment is fixed by bundling by adopting stainless steel wires. The compression of the spring 3 is adjusted by changing the position of the limit clip 9 during use, so as to change the acting force of the orthosis.

Wherein the retention device comprises a labial arch retention ring 8, a molar retention ring 6 and an interproximal retention hook 7; one end of the labial arch retention ring 8 is fixedly embedded into the base 5 and is used for being matched with the anterior labial arch; one end of the molar retention ring 6 is fixedly embedded into the base 5 and is used for being sleeved on the molar; one end of the interproximal retention hook 7 is fixedly embedded in the base 5 and is positioned between the labial arch retention ring 8 and the molar retention ring 6 for clamping in the tooth gap.

In the concrete production, the base 5 is made of self-setting resin or heat-curable base resin or pressure polymerized material. The sliding rod 4 and the sliding sleeve 1 are made of stainless steel materials, the diameter of the sliding rod 4 is 0.9-1.2 mm, and the spring 3 is a nickel-titanium alloy spring. The tongue grating 2 is made of stainless steel wires with the diameter of 0.7-0.8 mm. The labial arch retention ring 8 and the molar retention ring 6 are both made of stainless steel wires with the diameter of 0.7-0.9 mm, and the interproximal retention hook 7 is made of stainless steel wires with the diameter of 0.7-0.8 mm.

When the tongue grating 2 is used, the position of the tongue grating 2 is regulated by the limit clamp 9, so that the position of the tongue grating 2 is more backward than that of an appliance of the common tongue grating 2, the oral cavity space is gradually reduced from front to back, the tongue grating 2 positioned at the rear part causes slight compression to the tongue of a patient to cause uncomfortable feeling, and the patient is forced to actively push the tongue grating 2 forward. In this process, the tongue first lifts up against the palate side base 5 and then applies a force forward to push the tongue grating 2 forward. The spring 3 gives a certain resistance to the lingual muscle when the lingual muscle stretches forward, so that the lingual muscle performs anti-resistance training. So that tongue muscles can be exercised. In addition, when the tongue pushing grid 2 is pushed forward, the lip closing of the patient is forced, so that the labial muscles are trained to a certain extent.

Finally, it is noted that the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention and not for limiting the same, and although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that modifications and equivalents may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, which is intended to be covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. An initiative tongue muscle training orthosis, includes base, retention device, tongue bars, its characterized in that: the base is provided with a tongue grid adjusting mechanism, and the tongue grid is arranged on the tongue grid adjusting mechanism and is used for adjusting the position.

2. The active lingual training orthosis of claim 1, wherein: the tongue grid adjusting mechanism comprises a sliding rod, a sliding sleeve and a spring; the two ends of the sliding rod are fixedly embedded in the base, and the sliding sleeve is sleeved on the sliding rod and is in sliding fit with the sliding rod; the bottom of the tongue grating is fixedly connected with the sliding sleeve;

the spring is also sleeved on the sliding rod and props against one end of the sliding sleeve, and the spring is used for providing acting force of the tongue grating on the tongue.

3. The active lingual training orthosis of claim 2, wherein: the tongue grating adjusting mechanism further comprises a limiting clamp, the limiting clamp is fixedly arranged on the sliding rod and located on one side, far away from the spring, of the sliding sleeve, and the compression amount of the spring is adjusted by changing the position of the limiting clamp, so that acting force is changed.

4. The active lingual training orthosis of claim 2, wherein: the two sliding rods are symmetrically arranged at two ends of the tongue grid.

5. The active lingual training orthosis of claim 2, wherein: the retention device comprises a labial arch retention ring, a molar retention ring and an interproximal retention hook; one end of the labial arch retention ring is fixed on the base and is used for being matched with the front dental labial arch; one end of the molar retention ring is fixed on the base and is used for being sleeved on the molar; one end of the interproximal retention hook is fixed on the base, and is positioned between the labial arch retention ring and the molar retention ring for clamping in the tooth gap.

6. The active lingual training orthosis of claim 2, wherein: the sliding rod and the sliding sleeve are made of stainless steel materials, and the diameter of the sliding rod is 0.9-1.2 mm.

7. The active lingual training orthosis of claim 2, wherein: the spring is a nickel-titanium alloy spring.

8. The active lingual training orthosis of claim 2, wherein: the tongue grating is made of stainless steel wires with the diameter of 0.7-0.8 mm.

9. The active lingual training orthosis of claim 5, wherein: the labial arch retention ring and the molar retention ring are both made of stainless steel wires with the diameters of 0.7-0.9 mm, and the interproximal retention hook is made of stainless steel wires with the diameters of 0.7-0.8 mm.

10. The active lingual training orthosis of claim 1, wherein: the base is made of self-setting resin or heat-curable base resin or pressure polymerized material.

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