CN213406395U - Oral therapeutic instrument tooth socket - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a tooth socket of an oral treatment instrument, which comprises an insulated occlusion part and inner and outer walls and is characterized in that; the flexible circuit board is embedded in the occlusion part, the conductive silica gel is embedded in the inner wall and the outer wall, the top of the conductive silica gel penetrates out of the insulation part of the inner wall and the outer wall to form electrodes, a connector is arranged to be electrically connected with the oral therapeutic apparatus, and the connector is sequentially electrically connected with the flexible circuit board and the conductive silica gel. The utility model discloses thereby utilize brand-new facing's structural design to reduce the complexity of production technology and can increase the comfort level of wearing the facing simultaneously.

Description

Oral therapeutic instrument tooth socket

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an oral care instrument field especially relates to an oral treatment appearance facing.

Background

Periodontal disease, as a high incidence of oral disease, is the leading cause of tooth loss in adults in our country. Periodontal diseases include periodontitis and peri-implantitis. Periodontitis is similar to peri-implantitis in clinical manifestations, and is a result of gingival swelling and bleeding, gingival atrophy, tooth looseness and the like, and adult teeth or implanted teeth fall off prematurely. Plaque is the initiating factor in this spectrum of periodontal diseases. Dental plaque is divided into supragingival and subgingival plaque, with the greatest correlation between subgingival plaque and the above-mentioned diseases. The key to the treatment and prevention of the above mentioned periodontal diseases is therefore the control of the subgingival plaque. However, mainstream oral health products, including regular toothbrushes, electric toothbrushes, dental floss, and mouthwashes, can only remove plaque from the gums. For the treatment of subgingival plaque, a dentist typically performs a specific scaling and scraping of the subgingival area, or an antibiotic treatment, in an institution such as an oral hospital. However, the above method is not suitable for removing the subgingival plaque for a long period of time because it causes great damage to teeth or causes resistance to bacteria.

According to US patent US8660669 and related studies, it is clear that electrical stimulation at current intensities tolerable by the human body can have a direct killing effect on microorganisms. The method kills microorganisms by a physical or chemical principle, so that the drug resistance of the microorganisms cannot be caused, the method can be safely used for a long time, and the killing effect cannot be reduced. The principle provides a new idea for treating and preventing periodontal diseases, and the oral liquid has two effects of promoting blood circulation and killing harmful microorganisms in the oral cavity, and inhibits two causes of the oral diseases.

In the above patent, an oral treatment apparatus is disclosed which utilizes the above principles to provide a method for the treatment and prevention of periodontal disease. The oral therapeutic apparatus comprises a plurality of pairs of electrodes which are respectively connected with two poles of a power supply. The tooth socket part and the electrode part with specific structures can be attached to the gum. The electrodes continuously apply current to the gums.

The sterilization instrument is characterized in that the main machine can continuously output micro current to the oral cavity and the gum, the labial side of the gum is positive pole/positive pole, and the lingual side of the gum is negative pole/negative pole. Through the electrodes, a stable microampere level micro-current is formed in the gum. At present, a large number of experiments prove that the current can kill anaerobic bacteria in gingiva, thereby achieving the effects of preventing, relieving and even treating periodontitis.

In US patent US8660669, each pair of electrodes of conductive silicone in the mouthpiece is pressed against the gums of the user, easily causing gum discomfort to the user. On the other hand, in the forming process of the tooth socket, the conductive silica gel, the flexible circuit board and the insulating silica gel are required to be bonded around a bite plate after being formed into a flat plate together. On one hand, the curvature of the upper jaw and the lower jaw of the tooth socket is consistent with that of the occlusal plate, and the adaptability is not good when the tooth socket is worn; on the other hand, the production requires a large amount of manual de-bonding, which makes the production line not automated.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the utility model provides an oral treatment appearance facing, thereby the purpose utilizes the structural design of brand-new facing to reduce the complexity of production technology and can increase the comfort level of wearing the facing simultaneously.

In order to realize this purpose, the utility model provides an oral treatment appearance facing, including insulating interlock part and inside and outside wall, the interlock part is embedded to have a flexible circuit board, and the inside and outside wall is embedded to have electrically conductive silica gel, and the inside and outside wall insulation part is seen through at electrically conductive silica gel top, forms the electrode, is equipped with the connector and is connected with the oral treatment appearance electricity, and the connector is connected with flexible circuit board and electrically conductive silica gel electricity in proper order.

Wherein the occlusion part has two annular bands of different curved shapes according to the upper and lower dental jaws, and the curved portion of the upper dental jaw and the curved portion of the lower dental jaw are connected into an annular shape by two slightly narrower portions. The curve of the upper jaw is longer and wider than the curve of the lower jaw, and the connector is arranged on a half ring where the upper jaw is located. The two narrower portions are used to fold the mouthpiece and place the mouthpiece into the mouth.

Further, the inner and outer walls are not integral but have a plurality of indentations and corresponding protrusions, the protrusions being used to position the electrodes. The inner and outer wall convex parts are hollow and are wrapped with conductive silica gel, and the convex parts exposed out of the top of the conductive silica gel are used as discharging electrodes. The flexible circuit board can be provided with a plurality of holes at the connecting part of the conductive silica gel for strengthening the connection between the conductive silica gel and the flexible circuit board.

The utility model has the significance that the upper and lower tooth jaws of the user are mutually independent when the tooth socket is used, and the relative position between the upper and lower tooth jaws can be adjusted through the difference of the folding position. On the other hand, because the bending part is the flexible circuit board and the soft silica gel, no crease mark is left at the bending part, and no large stress exists, so that the mouthpiece is ensured not to have obvious impedance in the mouth of the user.

Meanwhile, the scheme only needs two times of silica gel forming. No additional manual work is required for the bonding operation during the molding, so that the possibility of automation of the subsequent mass production is provided.

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

Drawings

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a circuit portion of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the mouthpiece of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a folded tooth socket of the present invention in a use state;

fig. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the upper jaw portion of the mouthpiece of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. The components of embodiments of the present invention, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. Based on the embodiment of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by the person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

The present invention is described in further detail below to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention with reference to the following description.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a circuit portion of the present invention. The circuit portion 1 in fig. 1 is composed of a flexible circuit board 11 and a connector 12 electrically connected thereto. One example of the connector 12 may be a plastic housing having a number of metal pins therein. Of course, the connector 12 may be any other connector structure. In the utility model, the upper and lower tooth jaws of the tooth socket are separated and follow two different curves. In such braces, the curve of the upper jaw is generally longer and wider than the curve of the lower jaw; so as to satisfy that the upper jaw facing is more adapted with the upper jaw of most people, and the lower jaw facing is more adapted with the lower jaw of most people. The corresponding flexible circuit board 11 needs to be inserted into the occlusion part of the mouthpiece, so the flexible circuit board 11 should be made into an annular band having the two different curves, and the upper jaw curve part and the lower jaw curve part are connected into an annular flexible circuit board 11 by two slightly narrow parts. The purpose of the slightly narrower portion is for folding convenience. Since most of the persons have their upper jaw located further outward, the connector 12 is provided in a half ring in which the upper jaw is located.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic view of the tooth socket of the present invention. In figure 2, the insulating silicone gel 31 forms the entirety of the mouthpiece, including the bite portion of the mouthpiece, as well as the inner and outer walls. In order to adapt to the oral cavities of different people and the requirement of electric conduction, the inner wall and the outer wall of the tooth socket are not integrated, but are provided with a plurality of gaps and corresponding bulges, and the gaps are arranged to enable the tooth socket to be more easily attached to different oral cavity shapes. The raised portion is just for the placement of the electrodes. In the tooth socket shown in fig. 2, the protruded insulating silica gel is hollow and is wrapped with the conductive silica gel 21, and the insulating silica gel is exposed out of the top of the conductive silica gel 21 and is used as a discharging electrode. The conductive silicone rubber 21 is electrically connected to the flexible circuit board 11 and the connector 12.

As shown in fig. 3: the tooth socket is formed by relying on a plane; one semi-ring is used for the upper jaw; the other half ring is used for the lower jaw. Do not interfere with each other. When in use, the tooth socket can be put into the mouth by folding the tooth socket in half. Meanwhile, because the upper jaw and the lower jaw of each person are different in covering jaw, the design can enable a user to adjust the positions of the upper jaw and the lower jaw according to the jaw covering condition of the user.

Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic partial sectional view of the upper jaw portion of the tooth socket of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, the connector 12 and the flexible circuit board 11 are connected together. The connection may be by soldering, or may be by direct connection to the interface terminal at the same time when the flexible circuit board 11 is manufactured. The connector 12 is adapted to be connected to an oral treatment apparatus.

And then the flexible circuit board and the connector 1 are placed in a silica gel forming die and fixed. And pressing the conductive silica gel 21 into a mold for one-time vulcanization molding. The formed conductive silica gel 21 is tightly connected with the flexible circuit board 11; here, the flexible circuit board 11 may have a plurality of holes at the portion where the conductive silicone 21 is connected for reinforcing the connection between the conductive silicone 21 and the flexible circuit board 11.

And placing the flexible circuit board 11 and the semi-finished product formed by the conductive silica gel into an insulating silica gel forming die for fixing. And pressing the insulating silica gel 31 into the mold for second vulcanization molding. The insulating silica gel tightly wraps the conductive silica gel and the flexible circuit board after molding. Conductive silica gel is coated on the flexible circuit board 11, and the conductive silica gel and the flexible circuit board are tightly coated by the insulating silica gel.

While embodiments of the invention have been disclosed above, it is not intended to be limited to the applications listed in the specification and the examples. It can be applicable to various and be fit for the utility model discloses a field completely. Additional modifications will readily occur to those skilled in the art. The invention is therefore not to be limited to the specific details and illustrations shown and described herein, without departing from the general concept defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (7)

1. A dental mouthpiece of an oral treatment instrument comprises an insulated occlusion part and inner and outer walls, and is characterized in that; the flexible circuit board is embedded in the occlusion part, the conductive silica gel is embedded in the inner wall and the outer wall, the top of the conductive silica gel penetrates out of the insulation part of the inner wall and the outer wall to form electrodes, a connector is arranged to be electrically connected with the oral therapeutic apparatus, and the connector is sequentially electrically connected with the flexible circuit board and the conductive silica gel.

2. The dental treatment mouthpiece of claim 1, wherein the bite portion has two annular bands of different curved shapes according to the upper and lower jaws, and the curved portion of the upper jaw and the curved portion of the lower jaw are connected to form an annular shape by two slightly narrower portions.

3. The dental treatment mouthpiece of claim 2, wherein the upper jaw has a longer and wider curve than the lower jaw, and the connector is disposed in a half-ring in which the upper jaw resides.

4. The mouthpiece of claim 2, wherein the two narrower portions are adapted to fold the mouthpiece into the mouth.

5. The mouthpiece of claim 1, wherein the inner and outer walls are not integral but have a plurality of indentations and corresponding projections for receiving electrodes.

6. The mouthpiece of claim 5, wherein the projections on the inner and outer walls are hollow and are wrapped with conductive silicone, and the top of the conductive silicone is exposed to the projections to serve as discharge electrodes.

7. The mouthpiece of claim 6, wherein the flexible circuit board has a plurality of holes in the portion of the flexible circuit board to which the conductive silicone is attached for enhancing the attachment of the conductive silicone to the flexible circuit board.

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