EP2134285A1 - Instrument de traitement dentaire par laser pourvu d'un élément de prélèvement optique - Google Patents

Instrument de traitement dentaire par laser pourvu d'un élément de prélèvement optique

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EP2134285A1
EP2134285A1 EP08716524A EP08716524A EP2134285A1 EP 2134285 A1 EP2134285 A1 EP 2134285A1 EP 08716524 A EP08716524 A EP 08716524A EP 08716524 A EP08716524 A EP 08716524A EP 2134285 A1 EP2134285 A1 EP 2134285A1
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optical fiber
treatment instrument
handpiece
light
laser radiation
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Emanuel Von Kienlin
Thomas JÄGGLE
Bernd Liebermann
Ursula Schmitt
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Kaltenbach and Voigt GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C1/00—Dental machines for boring or cutting ; General features of dental machines or apparatus, e.g. hand-piece design
    • A61C1/0046—Dental lasers

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  • the present invention relates to a dental laser treatment instrument according to the preamble of claim 1, which comprises a handpiece and an elongated decoupling element located at the front end of the handpiece for emitting the laser radiation.
  • the tissue to be processed for example, the tooth tissue is irradiated with a high-energy electromagnetic radiation, which ultimately has a thermal heating and finally evaporation of the irradiated tissue result.
  • a traditional dental drill can be removed in this way materials, for example, to remove carious sites or incorporate cavities in a tooth.
  • solid-state lasers of the Er: YAG type have become established. These lasers have a wavelength which has the special property of being in accordance with the maximum of the absorption spectrum of water, which ultimately leads to a high removal efficiency with minimal thermal influences due to the fact that the tissue to be treated usually also contains water.
  • the transmission of the laser radiation to the tooth surface to be treated can be done in different ways.
  • laser treatment instruments are known in which the laser radiation is emitted laterally via a window located at the front end of the handpiece. In this case, the handpiece is kept at a certain distance from the tooth surface to be treated.
  • Paro handpieces are known, which were originally designed for the treatment of subgingival sites. These have a laterally protruding from the handpiece light output element, which, for example. In the periodontal pockets can be introduced to the epithelial lining of the
  • infected soft tissue can be efficiently removed, whereby the root surface of a tooth is largely protected.
  • handpieces can also be used for the treatment of tooth surfaces.
  • the light-outcoupling element either placed directly on the tooth surface or kept at a small distance to it.
  • a solution for realizing such an integrated water supply is known, for example, from US Pat. No. 6,567,582.
  • a specially designed sleeve-shaped holder is provided for holding the light decoupling element, which partially surrounds a provided for emitting radiation light fiber at a distance.
  • an annular channel extending in the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber is formed, via which ultimately an air-water mixture in the form of a spray is to be dispensed.
  • Laser treatment device which has at the front end of a light-emitting element lenses or light wedges, which serve to focus the radiation on a specific treatment area. In this case, it is necessary to keep the tip at a certain distance from the surface for optimum utilization of the laser radiation.
  • the present invention has the object to provide an improved dental laser treatment instrument available. On the one hand, the handling of the
  • Treatment instruments for a user with regard to the optimal use of laser radiation can be facilitated. Furthermore, the most efficient water flushing should be provided.
  • a first aspect of the present invention relates to the design of the light decoupling element. It is provided that this has an elongated optical fiber for emitting the laser radiation, which is surrounded by a sleeve-shaped holder which forms a fluid channel which surrounds the fiber. In contrast to the solution known from US Pat. No. 6,567,582, provision is made for the sleeve-shaped holder to project beyond the front light exit end of the optical fiber.
  • a dental laser treatment instrument is proposed with a handpiece, which with a supply tube for supplying a laser radiation and a
  • Treatment fluid is to be connected and at the front end of an elongated coupling element for emitting the laser radiation is arranged, wherein the decoupling element comprises an elongated optical fiber and a cylindrical or sleeve-shaped holder which the optical fiber in a the front end of the fiber assigned to form a fluid channel Area this surrounds with a distance, and wherein the fluid channel is in communication with a extending through the handpiece supply line, wherein according to the invention it is provided that the sleeve-shaped holder projects beyond the front light exit end of the optical fiber.
  • the measure according to the invention namely to use a sleeve projecting the light fiber, has several advantages. On the one hand it is made possible in this way that the outcoupling element can be placed directly on the tooth surface when working on it and in this case the light exit end of the optical fiber is arranged at a defined distance from the tooth surface. This ensures an always optimal orientation and
  • the sleeve-shaped holder has lateral openings in the area projecting beyond the optical fiber.
  • the treatment fluid can optionally be removed laterally with ablated particles of the tooth surface.
  • the end region of the sleeve portion may be perforated for this purpose or have lateral holes.
  • a development developed to achieve effective cooling of the surface to be treated is also the subject of a second aspect of the present invention.
  • the optical fiber is mounted by a holder on the front portion of the handpiece, which communicates with a extending through the handpiece supply line for the treatment fluid and is adapted to discharge the treatment fluid.
  • the holder has a plurality of outlets for the treatment fluid, which are arranged distributed around the optical fiber.
  • a ring arrangement of a plurality of nozzles is achieved, via which the delivery of the treatment fluid takes place.
  • a dental laser treatment instrument is proposed with a handpiece that is to be connected to a supply tube for supplying a laser radiation and a treatment fluid and at the front end of a decoupling element is arranged with an elongated optical fiber for emitting the laser radiation wherein the handpiece further comprises a support for the optical fiber which communicates with a supply line extending through the handpiece and is adapted to deliver the treatment fluid, and wherein the support comprises a plurality of treatment fluid outlets disposed around the optical fiber are.
  • a third aspect of the present invention relates to measures for focusing the laser radiation on the area to be treated.
  • the invention provides that the laser radiation is focused on an area located in front of the light exit end of the optical fiber, wherein the means for focusing either upstream of the optical fiber or formed by the light entry surface of the fiber.
  • a dental laser treatment instrument is proposed with a handpiece, at the front end of a decoupling element is arranged with an elongated optical fiber for emitting the laser radiation, wherein the handpiece means for focusing the laser radiation to an area located in front of the light exit end of the optical fiber and wherein the means for focusing the optical fiber are arranged upstream or formed by the light entry surface of the optical fiber.
  • the present invention differs from the solution known from US Pat. No. 5,304,167 in that the laser beam is not focused by the element for emitting light itself or by its light exit surface itself, but rather is focused through the light-conducting element.
  • the laser radiation is aligned in the desired manner by a corresponding configuration of the light entry surface of the optical fiber.
  • Fig. 1 shows a first embodiment of a dental according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows the front head region of the laser treatment instrument of FIG.
  • Fig. 3 is a representation of the arrangement of the light decoupling element in the
  • FIG. 5 shows the front head region of a second embodiment of a laser treatment instrument according to the invention in section
  • FIG. 6 is a side view of the front end of the light output element of the laser treatment instrument of FIG. 5;
  • FIG. Fig. 7 is a schematic representation of the operation of the inventive focusing of the laser radiation and
  • Fig. 8 is a view of a third exemplary embodiment of a laser treatment instrument according to the invention.
  • the laser treatment instrument according to the invention shown in FIG. 1 and generally designated by the reference numeral 1 has an elongated handpiece 2 which is equipped on its rear side 3 with coupling elements, not shown, which enable the connection of the handpiece 2 with a supply hose leading to a supply unit ,
  • the laser radiation is supplied via this supply hose, on the other hand, there is also the supply of a treatment fluid, for example water.
  • the laser radiation used is preferably the radiation of an Er: YAG laser which emits radiation in the region of 2.94 ⁇ m.
  • the laser radiation is emitted by means of a decoupling element 30, which is arranged in the head region 4 of the handpiece 2 and extends in particular at an angle of approximately 100 ° to the longitudinal axis of the handpiece 2.
  • the decoupling element 30 has - as will be explained in more detail below - an elongated optical fiber, on the end face of the laser radiation is emitted.
  • a treatment of a tooth surface with the aid of the laser radiation emitted by the laser treatment instrument 1 is particularly effective when cooling is achieved by means of water humidification, wherein water is continuously conveyed to the treatment site as sterile coolant during the treatment.
  • the optical fiber of the light decoupling element 30 is lapped with water, for which purpose special measures for supplying the water are provided, which will be explained below.
  • FIG. 2 initially shows the front handpiece region in cross section, wherein it can be seen that the laser radiation is supplied via a channel 5 extending through the handpiece longitudinal axis and directed onto a mirror 7 with the aid of a lens arrangement 6.
  • the mirror 7 in turn ensures a deflection and corresponding coupling of the laser radiation in the optical fiber 31 of the coupling element.
  • the laser radiation is in this case coupled via the end face 31a of the fiber 31 in this.
  • the decoupling element 30 is arranged with the aid of a guide part 10 in the head region 4 of the handpiece 2.
  • This guide member 10 has a central fürgangsöffhung 11 for releasably receiving the decoupling element 30 and is screwed into the head portion 4 of the handpiece.
  • corresponding O-rings 12 and 13 a sealing between guide part 10 and handpiece 2 on the one hand and between guide part 10 and outcoupling element 30 on the other hand is achieved.
  • the decoupling element 30 itself consists initially of the elongated optical fiber 31 and two cylindrical or sleeve-shaped brackets 32 and 33.
  • the inner sleeve 33 firmly surrounds the front end of the optical fiber 31, while the outer sleeve 32, the fiber 31 with a certain distance surrounds.
  • an elongated annular space 22 surrounding the fiber 31 is formed, which serves as a channel for discharging the water.
  • the fiber 31 is thus flushed over this channel 22, so that the supply of the water can take place.
  • the water initially enters via bores 8, 9 in the handpiece sleeve 2 into an annular channel 20 formed on the outside of the guide part 10 and flows through a plurality of through bores 16 into a further annular channel 21, which is formed on the inside of the guide part 10. Starting from this second annular channel 21, the water is then conducted via one or more bores 34 into the interior of the sleeve-shaped holder 32 into the free space 22.
  • the peculiarity of the present invention lies in the fact that in contrast to the solution of US 6,567,582 is provided that the outer sleeve 32 to form the channel 22, the fiber 31 surrounds to the front end and even surmounted by a certain amount. In the end, therefore, a continuous channel 22 is formed for discharging the water, which extends as far as the surface of the tooth to be treated, as shown in the enlarged illustration in FIG. 3. This initially has the consequence that the water is supplied to the treatment site in an effective manner and this is cooled accordingly good.
  • Another aspect that surrounds the embodiment of the outer sleeve 32 according to the invention is that it is now possible in a simple manner to position the optical fiber 31 in a defined arrangement with respect to the tooth surface. Since the sleeve 32 extends beyond the fiber 31 by a predetermined amount d, the sleeve 32 can be placed with its end face 36 on the surface of the tooth 50 in a simple manner, which ultimately has the consequence that then the fiber 31 at a known distance to the surface is arranged. In this way it can be ensured by a corresponding focusing of the laser radiation that this always directed in a particularly effective manner on the surface to be treated.
  • the front sleeve portion 35 of the sleeve 32 is perforated, with the result that an outflow of the cooling medium and worn tooth substance is made possible.
  • the cooling and rinsing of the surface to be treated is further improved, which ultimately leads to an improved treatment.
  • the introduction of corresponding lateral openings for discharging the water and the tooth substance can take place in different ways, as the three variants of FIGS. 4a to 4c show.
  • the front end region 36 in the sleeve 32 can be correspondingly perforated.
  • lateral holes 37 are arranged like a ring. Basically, the advantage is achieved by this particular embodiment of the sleeve 32, that on the one hand, the optical fiber 31 in an optimal manner to be treated
  • the cooling medium is effectively supplied and allows rinsing of the surface to be treated.
  • Openings in the front sleeve section 35 are also dispensed with.
  • the sleeve 32 extends closed to its front end 36.
  • the treatment site supplied water is in this case laterally of the
  • Treatment site under the end face 36 of the sleeve 32 flow away, wherein in comparison to the previously described variants, a slightly worse flushing is achieved.
  • the optical fiber 31 upstream elements As an alternative to the focusing via the light entry surface 31a of the fiber 31, it would also be possible to use the optical fiber 31 upstream elements.
  • the light entry surface 31a of the fiber 31 is planar.
  • focusing takes place primarily by means of a lens 6 arranged in the grip sleeve 2 of the handpiece 1 or lens arrangement.
  • the light bundled by this lens 6 is then coupled by means of the mirror 7 in the optical fiber so that it is focused as desired on a spaced from the light exit surface 31 b of the fiber 31 point.
  • a further exemplary embodiment of a laser treatment instrument 1 will be described with reference to the illustration in FIG.
  • This in turn is designed in a special way to achieve optimum cooling and rinsing of the preparation surface.
  • the front region of the optical fiber ⁇ 1 is now not encased.
  • the cooling of the preparation surface takes place in this case by means of a special guide part 40, which in turn is arranged in the head region 4 of the handpiece 1 and has a central opening for receiving the optical fiber 31.
  • through holes 41 are formed, which are connected via an annular channel 20 with the through holes 8 and 9 of the handpiece 1 for supplying the treatment medium in combination.
  • These through-holes 41 communicate with outlets 42, which form nozzles, via which the water is directed to the light fiber 31, in particular to the front end of the light fiber 31.
  • These nozzles 42 are distributed around the light fiber 31 in a ring shape, so that optimal cooling and flushing of the treatment site can take place from all sides.
  • a dental laser treatment instrument is created by the illustrated embodiments, with which the tooth surface can be treated in an optimal way.
  • the arrangement of the handpiece and thus the alignment of the laser radiation to be treated Surface relieved.
  • optimal cooling and rinsing of the tooth surface is achieved.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un instrument de traitement dentaire par laser comprenant une pièce de préhension (1) à raccorder à un flexible d'alimentation pour l'alimentation d'un faisceau laser et à un fluide de traitement et dont l'extrémité avant (4) est pourvue d'un élément de prélèvement (30) allongé pour délivrer le faisceau laser. L'élément de prélèvement (30) présente une fibre optique (31) allongée et un élément de fixation (32, 33) cylindrique ou en forme de douille (32, 33), ledit élément de fixation entourant la fibre optique (31) dans une zone tournée vers l'extrémité avant (31b) de la fibre (31) et à une certaine distance de cette dernière pour former un conduit de fluide (22), le conduit de fluide (22) étant en liaison avec le conduit d'alimentation (8, 9) s'étendant dans la pièce de préhension (1). Il est prévu que l'élément de fixation (32, 33) en forme de douille dépasse l'extrémité avant de sortie optique (31b) de la fibre optique (31).
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