CN214128880U

CN214128880U - Tooth whitening device

Info

Publication number: CN214128880U
Application number: CN202022614294.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘木清; 黄诗捷
Original assignee: Zhongshan Danbang Photoelectric Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhongshan Danbang Photoelectric Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-11
Filing date: 2020-11-11
Publication date: 2021-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 2030-11-11

Abstract

The utility model discloses a tooth whitening device, which comprises a supporting component, a light-emitting component and a control component, wherein the supporting component is suitable for being placed in the oral cavity; the light-emitting assembly is connected with the supporting assembly and comprises a mounting shell, a light source substrate and a light-emitting array, wherein one side of the mounting shell, which faces to teeth in the oral cavity, is light-permeable, the light source substrate is arranged in the mounting shell, the front surface of the light source substrate faces to the side of the mounting shell, a light reflecting layer and the light-emitting array are arranged on the front surface of the light source substrate, and the light-emitting array comprises at least one LED lamp bead; the control assembly is electrically connected with the lamp source substrate. Through above-mentioned structure, the reflector layer can the reflection of light to make more light can be thrown by orientation tooth, improve the illumination intensity to the tooth, improve the utilization ratio of light, so can reduce the power of luminous array, and then can reduce calorific capacity, improve the comfort level that the user used.

Description

Tooth whitening device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an oral medical equipment technical field, in particular to tooth whitening device.

Background

In recent years, people have focused more on detail in pursuit of beauty, and beauty whitening of teeth has become a focus. Some existing whitening solutions catalyze the decomposition of whitening drugs (such as hydrogen peroxide gel) by emitting light beams, which use lasers or LEDs as light sources. And the whitening scheme is not permanent whitening, and the user can regularly consolidate the whitening effect according to the actual situation. There have been repeatedly available household tooth whitening apparatuses on the market, and there is a great demand for portability of the apparatuses due to the need for regular use.

The demand for household tooth whitening equipment is large, and the requirement for portability is high. In terms of light source selection, the laser light source has the problems of small radiation area, concentrated energy, complex driving system, serious heating and the like, and is not favorable for being used as a light source of portable household tooth whitening equipment. Some tooth whitening apparatuses use LEDs as a light source, but they are generally driven at a constant current, and the LEDs have large and concentrated heat generation amounts, and easily burn the gum and other places when emitting light, and if heat dissipation is considered, the intensity of light is limited, and the whitening efficiency and the treatment depth are limited.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to solve one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least, provide a tooth device of whitening, can reduce calorific capacity, improve user's travelling comfort.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a tooth whitening device, including: a support assembly adapted to be placed in the mouth; the light-emitting assembly is connected with the supporting assembly and comprises a mounting shell, a light source substrate and a light-emitting array, wherein one side of the mounting shell, which faces to teeth in the oral cavity, is light-permeable, the light source substrate is arranged in the mounting shell, the front face of the light source substrate faces to the side of the mounting shell, a light reflecting layer and the light-emitting array are arranged on the front face of the light source substrate, and the light-emitting array comprises at least one LED lamp bead; and the control assembly is electrically connected with the lamp source substrate.

According to some embodiments, the lamp source substrate is provided with a heat conducting layer on the reverse side.

According to some embodiments, the light-emitting wavelength of the LED lamp bead is 400-500 nm.

According to some embodiments, the light emitting array comprises at least two LED beads, with a spacing between adjacent LED beads in the light emitting array.

According to some embodiments, the mounting housing is arcuate, the light emitting array is provided in plurality, and the plurality of light emitting arrays are arranged in an arcuate pattern.

According to some embodiments, the control assembly comprises: a drive case; the power supply module is arranged on the driving shell; the driving circuit module is arranged on the driving shell and is electrically connected with the power supply module, the driving circuit module comprises a control circuit, a constant current driving circuit and a pulse driving circuit, and the control circuit is electrically connected with the lamp source substrate through the constant current driving circuit and the pulse driving circuit respectively; and the signal input module is electrically connected with the control circuit.

According to some embodiments, the support assembly comprises a mouthpiece.

According to some embodiments, the support assembly further comprises a support member connected to the mounting shell, the support member being connected to the mouthpiece by a snap-fit arrangement.

According to some embodiments, the bottom of the mouthpiece is provided with a groove.

Has the advantages that: through above-mentioned structure, the reflector layer can the reflection of light to make more light can be thrown by orientation tooth, improve the illumination intensity to the tooth, improve the utilization ratio of light, so can reduce the power of luminous array, and then can reduce calorific capacity, improve the comfort level that the user used.

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 present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples;

fig. 1 is a structural view of a tooth whitening apparatus;

fig. 2 is a top view of the tooth whitening apparatus with the control assembly removed;

fig. 3 is a front view of the tooth whitening apparatus with the control assembly removed;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a light emitting device;

fig. 5 is a circuit block diagram of a tooth whitening apparatus;

fig. 6 is another circuit block diagram of the tooth whitening apparatus.

Detailed Description

This section will describe in detail the embodiments of the present invention, preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the attached drawings, which are used to supplement the description of the text part of the specification with figures, so that one can intuitively and vividly understand each technical feature and the whole technical solution of the present invention, but they cannot be understood as the limitation of the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated with respect to the orientation description, such as up, down, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, the terms greater than, less than, exceeding, etc. are understood to exclude the number, and the terms above, below, inside, etc. are understood to include the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless there is an explicit limitation, the words such as setting, installation, connection, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above words in combination with the specific contents of the technical solution.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, a tooth whitening apparatus includes a support assembly 10, a light emitting assembly 20, and a control assembly 30. Wherein, the supporting component 10 is suitable for being placed in the oral cavity, the light emitting component 20 is connected with the supporting component 10, the light emitting component 20 comprises an installation shell 21, a light source substrate 22 and a light emitting array, one side of the installation shell 21 facing to the teeth in the oral cavity is set to be a light permeable structure, the light source substrate 22 is arranged in the installation shell 21, the front face of the light source substrate 22 faces to one side of the installation shell 21 facing to the teeth in the oral cavity, the front face of the light source substrate 22 is provided with a reflecting layer 221 and the light emitting array, and the control component 30 is electrically connected with the light source substrate 22 through a connecting wire 40. Each light emitting array comprises at least one LED bead 23.

When the whitening treatment device is used, the whitening medicines are placed in the support assembly 10, then the support assembly 10 provided with the light emitting assembly 20 is placed in the oral cavity, the front surface of the light source substrate 22 faces to teeth, the light emitting array can directly face to the teeth to emit light, and the whitening medicines are decomposed under the illumination, so that the teeth can be whitened. The light reflecting layer 221 can reflect light rays, so that more light rays can be projected towards the teeth, the illumination intensity of the teeth is improved, the utilization rate of the light rays is improved, the power of the light emitting array can be reduced, the heat productivity can be reduced, and the use comfort level of a user is improved.

It should be noted that, the side of the mounting shell 21 facing the teeth in the oral cavity can be configured as a whole light-transmitting structure; it is also possible to provide a partially light-transmissive structure, i.e., only a portion of the side of the mounting case 21 corresponding to the light emitting array is provided as a light-transmissive structure.

The lamp source substrate 22 may employ a flexible circuit board structure for mounting arrangement. In addition, the heat conduction layer 222 covers the reverse side of the lamp source substrate 22, heat generated by the light emitting array during light emitting can be quickly absorbed by the heat conduction layer 222, and the heat is dispersed by the heat conduction layer 222, so that heat concentration is avoided, burning of the gum and other positions is avoided, and the use comfort of a user is further improved.

In this embodiment, each light emitting array includes at least two LED lamp beads 23, and there is a space between adjacent LED lamp beads 23 in the light emitting array. The LED lamp beads 23 have the light-emitting wavelength of 400-500nm, can effectively catalyze the decomposition effect of the whitening drug, are not easy to damage human bodies, and can whiten teeth by decomposing colored substances. The full width half wave of the spectrum with the wavelength is less than 40nm, so that the light power with useless wavelength can be effectively reduced, and the energy utilization rate of the tooth whitening device is improved.

It can be understood that the light-emitting wavelength of the LED lamp bead 23 is 400-500nm, which is only a preferred scheme, and in practical application, the light-emitting wavelength of the LED lamp bead 23 may also be in other ranges.

The mounting case 21 is in an arch shape, the plurality of light emitting arrays are arranged in an arch shape. The installation shell 21 can be made of waterproof material with certain hardness, the arch shape of the installation shell can be suitable for the size and radian of a dental arch formed by arrangement of teeth of a user, the distance between each light-emitting array and the teeth is consistent, the distance between each light-emitting array and the teeth is reduced, light directly acts on an affected part, and the utilization rate of light is improved.

The support assembly 10 includes a mouthpiece 11 and a support 12, and in this embodiment, the support 12 is detachably connected to the mouthpiece 11 by a snap-fit structure. Specifically, the buckle structure comprises a clamping groove and a clamping convex part. Taking the dental mouthpiece 11 and the support member 12 as an example, one of the dental mouthpiece 11 and the support member 12 is provided with the above-mentioned protruding portion, and the other of the dental mouthpiece 11 and the support member 12 is provided with the above-mentioned engaging groove, and the dental mouthpiece 11 and the support member 12 can be detachably connected by placing the protruding portion into the engaging groove.

Wherein, facing 11 can be according to user's tooth reverse mould customization, and the convenience is worn or the interlock of user. The tooth socket 11 and the support piece 12 are connected through a buckle structure, so that the tooth socket is easy to disassemble and disinfect, and can meet the requirements of multiple users in families. The supporting member 12 and the mounting shell 21 can also be detachably connected by the above-mentioned snap structure.

In some embodiments, the supporting member 12 and the mounting shell 21 can be fixedly connected by means of screws, bonding, heat fusing or integral molding. That is, in use, the support member 12 and the mounting shell 21 may be disassembled without disassembling the mouthpiece 11.

The light emitting arrays are arranged on the mounting shell 21 at intervals, and the light emitting arrays arranged at intervals are only one optimal scheme, so that the whitening time can be saved and the efficiency can be improved for whitening multiple teeth at the same time. In some embodiments, the technician can selectively drive one or more light emitting arrays for targeted whitening.

The inner side wall of the tooth socket 11 is provided with a containing groove which can contain whitening drugs, so that the whitening drugs can have enough covering thickness when covering teeth, and the tooth whitening effect is optimized.

In addition, the bottom of the tooth socket 11 is also provided with a groove for preventing whitening drugs from dropping into the oral cavity.

The control assembly 30 includes a driving case 31, a power supply module 32, a driving circuit module 33, and a signal input module 34. The power supply module 32, the driving circuit module 33 and the signal input module 34 are disposed on the driving case 31. The driving circuit module 33 is electrically connected to the power supply module 32, the driving circuit module 33 includes a control circuit 331, a constant current driving circuit 332 and a pulse driving circuit 333, the control circuit 331 is electrically connected to the lamp source substrate 22 through the constant current driving circuit 332 and the pulse driving circuit 333, respectively, and the signal input module 34 is electrically connected to the control circuit 331. The power supply module 32 may be configured as a battery, and the signal input module 34 may be configured as a button, a touch pad, or the like.

The power supply module 32 can supply power to the driving circuit module 33, and can input a control signal according to the signal input module 34, the control circuit 331 processes the control signal, and then controls the corresponding constant current driving circuit 332 and the pulse driving circuit 333 to operate, and outputs a suitable current to the lamp source substrate 22 through the operated constant current driving circuit 332 and the operated pulse driving circuit 333.

In this embodiment, the constant current driving circuit 332 is used for supplying power to the light emitting array and is controlled by the control circuit 331. The pulse driving circuit 333 can supply power to the light emitting array pulse to meet the whitening requirement. In some embodiments, dimming may also be independently driven by the pulse driving circuit 333 for a single light emitting array to meet the requirements of the whitening scheme.

In this embodiment, the user can control and adjust the desired pulsed illumination mode. For example, the signal input module 34 is provided with keys with different functions, and the user can select a desired pulse illumination mode by pressing a strong, normal, soft key, etc. as desired. The different pulsed illumination modes described above differ in single illumination time, illumination intensity and duty cycle. Generally speaking, the strong mode has stronger illumination intensity, stronger treatment depth and photocatalysis rate, and properly adjusts the corresponding single irradiation time and duty ratio down to meet the requirements of efficiency and heat dissipation. And the soft mode is milder, the illumination intensity is properly reduced, the stimulation to the user is less in the whitening process, the corresponding illumination time is properly prolonged, and the duty ratio is properly adjusted upwards to ensure the whitening efficiency, so that the method is suitable for the user who performs tooth whitening for the first time and the tooth sensitive user.

In the above tooth whitening apparatus provided by the present invention, the frequency of the pulsed light is related to the efficiency of the photocatalytic whitening drug (e.g., hydrogen peroxide gel), and is selected in consideration of the visual effect of the user. The pulse light intensity and the duty ratio depend on the depth of a focus of a user, when the focus is deep, the illumination intensity is appropriately adjusted upwards, the duty ratio is reduced, the whitening efficiency is guaranteed, and meanwhile heat accumulation is reduced.

In the tooth whitening apparatus provided in this embodiment, the light emitting array is disposed adjacent to the surface of the teeth, and when the apparatus is worn by a user, the light emitting assembly 20 and the support assembly 10 can be completely contained in the mouth to whiten the teeth. The above mode has the advantages that medical staff do not need to hold the medical instrument to irradiate the teeth of the patient in the using process, the user does not need to open the mouth for a long time in the treatment process, and the using comfort is greatly improved. In addition, the distance from the light emitting array to the teeth is reduced, light directly acts on affected parts, and the utilization rate of light is improved. Because the utility model provides an above-mentioned tooth whitening device has adopted above-mentioned arrangement's light emitting array to produce above-mentioned light, consequently can effectively overcome above-mentioned radiating area little, energy concentration, actuating system complicacy and generate heat serious scheduling problem.

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 without departing from the spirit of the present invention within the knowledge of those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A tooth whitening device, characterized by comprising:

a support assembly adapted to be placed in the mouth;

the light-emitting assembly is connected with the supporting assembly and comprises a mounting shell, a light source substrate and a light-emitting array, wherein one side of the mounting shell, which faces to teeth in the oral cavity, is light-permeable, the light source substrate is arranged in the mounting shell, the front face of the light source substrate faces to the side of the mounting shell, a light reflecting layer and the light-emitting array are arranged on the front face of the light source substrate, and the light-emitting array comprises at least one LED lamp bead;

and the control assembly is electrically connected with the lamp source substrate.

2. The tooth whitening device according to claim 1, wherein a heat conductive layer is coated on the opposite side of the lamp source substrate.

3. The teeth whitening device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the LED beads have a light emission wavelength of 400-500 nm.

4. The tooth whitening device according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting array comprises at least two LED beads, and the adjacent LED beads in the light emitting array have a spacing therebetween.

5. The tooth whitening device according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the mounting housing is arcuate, the light emitting arrays are provided in plurality, and the plurality of light emitting arrays are arcuate.

6. A tooth whitening device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the control assembly comprises:

a drive case;

the power supply module is arranged on the driving shell;

the driving circuit module is arranged on the driving shell and is electrically connected with the power supply module, the driving circuit module comprises a control circuit, a constant current driving circuit and a pulse driving circuit, and the control circuit is electrically connected with the lamp source substrate through the constant current driving circuit and the pulse driving circuit respectively;

and the signal input module is electrically connected with the control circuit.

7. A tooth whitening device, as claimed in claim 1, wherein the support member comprises a mouthpiece.

8. The tooth whitening device according to claim 7, wherein the support assembly further comprises a support connected to the mounting shell, and the support is connected to the mouthpiece by a snap-fit structure.

9. A tooth whitening device, as claimed in claim 7 or 8, wherein the bottom of the mouthpiece is provided with a recess.