ES1077692U

ES1077692U - Oral screen for orthodontic treatments and similar (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Info

Publication number: ES1077692U
Application number: ES201200709U
Authority: ES
Inventors: Fernando Emilio LÓPEZ JIMÉNEZ; Claudio PRIETO PRIETO
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2012-08-01
Filing date: 2012-08-01
Publication date: 2012-09-13
Anticipated expiration: 2022-08-01
Also published as: ES1077692Y

Abstract

Oral screen for orthodontic treatments and the like, which is constituted from a plate that is applied inside the mouth of the patient, and can be applicable both in pre-orthodontic treatments, as overbite or bruxism, among others, is characterized because it is constituted by a plate (1) of pleasant texture when coming into contact with the teeth, plate (1) having a convex configuration and incorporating a curvature in correspondence with its upper and lower edges, determining respective ridges to provide an optimal support to the upper lip of the patient, while the ends of the plate (1) have bumps (2) as a shield that provide dilation to the soft tissues of the nasolabial folds, facilitating the entry of air through the nose; it being further provided that in correspondence with the internal or convex side of the plate (1) there is a tongue (3) with a wide skirt (4) for repositioning the tongue upwards, stuck against the palate. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

La presente invención se refiere a una pantalla oral prevista para su aplicación o uso mantenido en la boca, tanto en niños como en adultos, que resulta útil en tratamientos de preortodoncia, así como en dentición mixta, resultando además muy beneficiosa y especialmente útil en niños en edad de crecimiento, aunque la pantalla en cuestión puede utilizarse para todas las edades. The present invention relates to an oral screen intended for application or use maintained in the mouth, both in children and adults, which is useful in pre-brace treatment, as well as in mixed dentition, also being very beneficial and especially useful in children in age of growth, although the screen in question can be used for all ages.

El objeto de la invención es proporcionar una pantalla oral con unas características que permiten solucionar problemas en la boca de los pacientes y conseguir nuevas prestaciones respecto a las pantallas orales convencionales actualmente existentes. The object of the invention is to provide an oral screen with characteristics that allow to solve problems in the mouth of the patients and to obtain new benefits with respect to the currently existing conventional oral screens.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Se conocen pantallas orales constituidas por placas que están pensadas concretamente para la corrección de los malos hábitos en los niños en dentición mixta (entre los 6 y los 12 años), es decir mientras se completa el recambio de la dentición de leche, al objeto de posicionar la mandíbula en edad de crecimiento. Oral screens are known consisting of plaques that are specifically designed for the correction of bad habits in children in mixed dentition (between 6 and 12 years old), that is, while the replacement of the teething milk is completed, in order to position the jaw in growing age.

Las pantallas actualmente existentes son placas generalmente planas y están constituidas por materiales rígidos tales como polisulfonas o metacrilato. Currently existing screens are generally flat plates and consist of rigid materials such as polysulfones or methacrylate.

Es evidente que la constitución en materiales rígidos da lugar a molestias e incomodidades para el paciente. It is evident that the constitution in rigid materials gives rise to discomfort and discomfort for the patient.

Por otro lado, las pantallas existentes limitan su extensión a la zona de los labios, sin aportar ninguna otra función en lo que corresponde a la dilatación de los tejidos blandos correspondientes a los surcos nasogenianos y a las propias ventanas nasales. On the other hand, the existing screens limit their extension to the area of the lips, without providing any other function in what corresponds to the dilation of the soft tissues corresponding to the nasogenian grooves and the nostrils themselves.

También es necesario resaltar el hecho de que en las pantallas convencionales, debido a su configuración y características estructurales, no posibilitan ser utilizadas durante tratamientos de ortodoncia. It is also necessary to highlight the fact that in conventional screens, due to their configuration and structural characteristics, they cannot be used during orthodontic treatments.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

La pantalla que se preconiza ha sido concebida para resolver la problemática anteriormente expuesta, en base a una solución sencilla pero de gran eficacia. The screen that is recommended has been designed to solve the problem described above, based on a simple but highly effective solution.

Mas concretamente, la pantalla de la invención se constituye, como es convencional, a partir de una placa, pero en este caso en lugar de ser un material rígido, es un material de textura muy agradable para poder entrar en contacto con los dientes sin que produzca molestias al paciente, estando concretamente materializado en polipropileno inyectado en caliente, que es lo que le da una textura muy agradable al contacto con los dientes. More specifically, the screen of the invention is constituted, as is conventional, from a plate, but in this case instead of being a rigid material, it is a very pleasant textured material to be able to come into contact with the teeth without cause discomfort to the patient, being concretely materialized in hot injected polypropylene, which is what gives a very pleasant texture to the contact with the teeth.

Las características del material en que está constituida la pantalla, da fortaleza a los dientes por el simple hecho de entrar en contacto con una lengüeta que incorpora la propia pantalla, y que mas adelante se comentará. Es decir que al cabo de un periodo de tiempo prudencial, los dientes del paciente que estaban algo sueltos, se ponen fuertes. The characteristics of the material in which the screen is constituted, gives strength to the teeth by simply coming into contact with a tongue that incorporates the screen itself, and which will be discussed later. That is, after a reasonable period of time, the patient's teeth that were somewhat loose become strong.

La pantalla, además del material novedoso en que está constituida, presenta una configuración convexa y en sus extremos está dotada de unos abultamientos en forma de escudos, por su parte externa, de manera tal que una vez colocada en la boca, esos abultamientos en forma de escudos aportan dilatación a los tejidos blandos de los surcos nasogenianos y a las propias ventanas nasales. Por lo tanto, los comentados abultamientos extremos tienen por finalidad facilitar la entrada de aire por la nariz durante el sueño, función ésta que no se consigue con las pantallas convencionales, al ser mas cortas y lisas y estando limitada su extensión a la zona de los labios. The screen, in addition to the novel material in which it is constituted, has a convex configuration and at its ends it is provided with bulges in the form of shields, on the outside, so that once placed in the mouth, those bulges in form of shields provide dilation to the soft tissues of the nasogenial grooves and to the nostrils themselves. Therefore, the aforementioned extreme bulges are intended to facilitate the entry of air through the nose during sleep, a function that is not achieved with conventional screens, being shorter and smoother and being limited to the area of the lips.

Otra característica de novedad que presenta la pantalla de la invención, es que la curvatura convexa que tiene y que es hacia fuera, dota a la pantalla de un relieve tanto en el reborde superior como en el reborde inferior, dando con ello soporte al labio superior para que se mantenga estirado durante el descanso y retrase la aparición del conocido "código de barras" en las mujeres de mediana edad. Another feature of novelty presented by the screen of the invention is that the convex curvature that it has and that is outwardly provides the screen with a relief on both the upper flange and the lower flange, thereby supporting the upper lip to keep it stretched during rest and delay the appearance of the well-known "bar code" in middle-aged women.

Igualmente otra característica de novedad es que la parte de la pantalla que se sitúa dentro de la cavidad bucal, es decir la que está orientada hacia el interior, incorpora un faldón amplio para reposicionar la lengua hacia arriba, pegada contra el paladar, de manera tal que el pasillo entre la lengüeta correspondiente a ese faldón, donde precisamente se albergan los dientes inferiores, tiene la amplitud suficiente para que quepan dichos dientes con los brackets puestos, con la intención de poder utilizar la pantalla oral durante el tratamiento de ortodoncia simultáneamente a la aparatología fija, aspecto éste imposible de conseguir con las pantallas convencionales. Likewise, another characteristic of novelty is that the part of the screen that is placed inside the oral cavity, that is to say that which is oriented inwards, incorporates a wide skirt to reposition the tongue upwards, glued against the palate, in such a way that the corridor between the tongue corresponding to that skirt, where precisely the lower teeth are housed, is wide enough to fit said teeth with the braces on, with the intention of being able to use the oral screen during orthodontic treatment simultaneously with the fixed appliances, this aspect is impossible to achieve with conventional screens.

Por último decir que mediante la pantalla descrita se pueden tratar problemas tan frecuentes como la sobremordida o el bruxismo, debido precisamente al material en el que está constituida. Finally, say that through the described screen you can treat problems as frequent as overbite or bruxism, due precisely to the material in which it is constituted.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Para complementar la descripción que seguidamente se va a realizar y con objeto de ayudar a una mejor comprensión de las características del invento, de acuerdo con un ejemplo preferente de realización práctica del mismo, se acompaña como parte integrante de dicha descripción, un juego de dibujos en donde con carácter ilustrativo y no limitativo, se ha representado lo siguiente: To complement the description that will then be made and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical implementation thereof, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description. where, for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, the following has been represented:

La figura 1.-Muestra una representación correspondiente a una vista frontal en perspectiva de la pantalla oral realizada de acuerdo con el objeto de la invención. Figure 1 shows a representation corresponding to a front perspective view of the oral screen made in accordance with the object of the invention.

La figura 2. -Muestra una vista en planta superior de la pantalla representada en la figura anterior. Figure 2. - Shows a top plan view of the screen represented in the previous figure.

La figura 3. -Muestra una vista en alzado lateral de la misma pantalla, permitiendo ver los abultamientos extremos a modo de escudos. Figure 3. - It shows a side elevation view of the same screen, allowing to see the extreme bulges as shields.

La figura 4.-Muestra, finalmente, una vista en perspectiva de la pantalla representada en las figuras anteriores. Figure 4.- Finally shows a perspective view of the screen represented in the previous figures.

REALIZACIÓN PREFERENTE DE LA INVENCIÓN PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

A la vista de las figuras reseñadas puede observarse como la pantalla de la invención se constituye a partir de una placa convexa (1), cuyos extremos presentan sendos abultamientos (2) a modo de escudos proyectados hacia el exterior, mientras que la cara orientada hacia el interior de la cavidad bucal en la aplicación de la pantalla sobre la boca del paciente, incorpora una lengüeta (3) con un faldón (4) que permite reposicionar la lengua hacia arriba pegada contra el paladar. In view of the figures outlined, it can be seen how the screen of the invention is constituted from a convex plate (1), the ends of which have bulges (2) as shields projected outwards, while the face oriented towards The interior of the oral cavity in the application of the screen on the patient's mouth, incorporates a tongue (3) with a skirt (4) that allows to reposition the tongue upwards glued against the palate.

Por otro lado, cabe decir que la pantalla incorpora en su parte central una curvatura convexa hacia fuera determinando un relieve tanto su borde superior como su borde inferior, tal y como se muestra claramente en las figuras 1 y 2, lo que da soporte al labio superior para que se mantenga estirado durante el tiempo que la placa está situada en el interior de la boca del paciente. On the other hand, it should be said that the screen incorporates in its central part a convex curvature outwardly determining a relief both its upper edge and its lower edge, as clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2, which supports the lip upper to keep it stretched for as long as the plaque is located inside the patient's mouth.

En cuanto al faldón (4) correspondiente a la lengüeta (3) prevista en la cara interna de la placa que constituye la pantalla (1), permite reposicionar la lengua hacia arriba y pegarla hacia el paladar, con la especial particularidad de que al estar la placa o pantalla (1) constituida en polipropileno inyectado en caliente, con una textura agradable para los dientes, al entrar en contacto dichos dientes con la propia lengüeta (3), en el caso de estar algo sueltos, como ocurre en muchas ocasiones, se corrige ese defecto y se ponen fuertes al entrar en contacto dichos dientes con la As for the skirt (4) corresponding to the tongue (3) provided on the inner side of the plate that constitutes the screen (1), it allows you to reposition the tongue up and stick it to the palate, with the special feature that being the plate or screen (1) constituted in hot-injected polypropylene, with a pleasant texture for the teeth, when said teeth come into contact with the tongue itself (3), in the case of being somewhat loose, as occurs many times, that defect is corrected and they become strong when these teeth come into contact with the

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Claims

1.-Oral screen for orthodontic and similar treatments, which being constituted from a plaque that is applied inside the patient's mouth, and may be applicable both in pre-orthodontic treatments, as in overbite or bruxism, among others, characterized in that it is constituted by a plate (1) of pleasant texture when coming into contact with the teeth, plate (1) that has a convex configuration and incorporates a curvature in correspondence with its upper and lower edges, determining two flanges to provide an optimum support to the upper lip of the patient, while the ends of the plate (1) have bulges (2) as a shield that provide dilation to the soft tissues of the nasogenian grooves, facilitating the entry of air through the nose; It is further provided that in correspondence with the internal or convex face of the plate (1) there is a tongue (3) with a large skirt (4) for repositioning the tongue upwards, glued against the palate.

2. Oral screen for orthodontic treatments and the like, according to claim 1, characterized in that the material in which the plate (1) of the screen is constituted is hot injected polypropylene.

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