FR2588169A1 - Dental-care kit intended for introducing children to dental hygiene - Google Patents

Abstract

A dental-care kit composed of three elements (a toothbrush, a tumbler and the support for the toothbrush and the tumbler) makes it possible, by virtue of a duration reference scale on the brush and a combined reference scale on the tumbler and the support, to ensure, firstly, the quality of the toothbrush and, secondly, to monitor the regularity of brushing. The duration reference scale on the toothbrush consists of a scale of 12 holes, one of which can be closed off by means of a small press-stud in order to memorize the purchase date and the date when it will be necessary to change the toothbrush, each of the holes corresponding to a month of the year. The combined reference scale on the tumbler and on the support consists of a reference scale on the tumbler which can be positioned in 14 different ways when the tumbler is placed on the support. By virtue of the reference scale on the tumbler, the support then indicates on which day of the week, morning or evening, the dental-care kit was used most recently.

Description

 The present invention relates to a dental kit intended to initiate children into regular oral hygiene.

There have been in the trade for a very long time cups called tooth glasses, made of metal, glass or transparent or translucent plastic, capable of being used near a water point at school or at the house and which have two uses:
- the first is to be able to contain the toothbrush (standing in the glass placed on a horizontal plane, the bristles of the toothbrush outside the glass to allow drying) and the tube of toothpaste
- the second is to rinse your mouth by filling it with water after the brushing operation.

 The three elements, goblet, toothbrush and toothpaste generally ensure the function of toothbrushing which seems to have more or less generally entered the customs of civilized countries, despite the rather bad statistics (especially for France) on consumption oral hygiene.

 Sometimes, to the cup and the toothbrush is added a support making it possible to store the toothbrush between two uses and to cap it by the tumbled cup so as to avoid any pollution of the stacking of the brush still wet.

 This support is generally intended to be sealed or glued to a wall near the water point.

 Occasionally the tube of toothpaste is also contained in a receptacle secured to the aforementioned support to be within reach.

 Whether a support is provided for the cup or not, nothing fundamentally changes the fact that the oral hygiene function is mainly ensured by the toothbrush and the cup.

 In fact, scientifically it is universally proven that regular brushing of teeth is the only useful and effective hygiene for the removal of dental plaque.

From there, three consequences:
1 - the toothpaste is not of preponderant interest except in the cases of deficiencies in fluorine, calcium, mineral salts, trace elements etc ...

 For the rest, the toothpaste especially brings a pleasant taste and a pleasant freshness during and after brushing.

 2 - unsatisfactory oral hygiene is the basis of a large number of more or less serious problems of the oral cavity, but also of organs indirectly affected by chronic infections and inflammations in the teeth, their gum roots and the maxillae which are the natural supports.

 It is perfectly recognized that an untreated cavity can lead to a serious heart problem over time; Likewise, causing parotid cancer, a chronic infection can be found in the root of a tooth.

 Unquestionably, oral hygiene must be part of the education of children from kindergarten age so that good reflexes are taken as soon as possible in this area.

 30-In order to better educate children about oral hygiene, they must be taught to brush their teeth regularly, which means that giving them the useful equipment, toothbrush, cup, support is not enough. it that this material can allow by itself the control of its quality during use as well as that of the reality of this use.

Under this patent we have equipment (toothbrush, cup and cup holder) allowing
1 - to ensure the quality of the toothbrush.

 2 - to control the regularity of brushing.

I - The toothbrush:
It has on its handle lengthwise 12 holes which can cross the handle partially or completely.

Each hole corresponds to a month of the year (P1 1 fig. 1 a)
A small reference mushroom (Pl 1 fig. 1 b) can be introduced by forcing slightly into any of the holes.

 We know that in regular use, a toothbrush lasts 3 to 4 months.

 Let’s assume that we bought the toothbrush in April, the reference mushroom will have to be positioned in August. This means that a toothbrush that we will have used almost regularly since April will have to be replaced. in August so avoid prolonged use of a worn toothbrush.

 Note that the hardness of the bristles of the toothbrush has no influence on its longevity.

II - The cup and its support
The cup is fitted with a longitudinal marker of semi-circular section along a generatrix of the cup. (PI 1 FIG. 2 a)
This marker can be positioned in 14 possible ways, i.e. twice each day of the week in notches provided for this purpose on the front of the cup.

 If it is Tuesday morning, and the child has brushed his teeth in the morning before going to school, he will have placed the cup on the support so that the mark on the cup indicates M on the support to Tuesday.

In the same logic one could imagine that a mark on the toothbrush could date the last use on the support at the level of the hole provided for it. (Pl 1 fig 3 and 4 b)
Let's just say that by reasoning on the goblet we actually get a more visible location than by reasoning on the toothbrush given the compared sections of one and the other.

 In Figures 3 and 4 of the board l (d) indicates a notch; (e) indicates a day of the week with M for locating the morning and S for locating the evening, (M and S each corresponding to a notch); (c) indicates the depth of the support 1 space in which the cup comes to hang, position marker.

 The support can be sealed to the wall by 2 holes provided on the perpendicular part used to receive screws or glued to a clean, dry and flat wall surface by a transfer sticker (Pl 1 fig. 3 f).

Under this patent, we have a dental hygiene education tool for the child with a toothbrush.
which we know when to change it and a cup holder to know when he brushed his teeth the last time and thus improve the regularity of this hygiene so that the 2 essential daily brushings are ensured and become a real habit, even a real need.

 Let us add that once the quality of the toothbrush and the regularity of the brushing have been checked, the quality of the brushing and its duration still have to be checked.

 Let teachers and dentists teach brushing, but suggest that the duration of the brushing be sufficient the use of an hourglass of 3 minutes, so that the brushing action is not ba key: this being, with a toothbrush, a cup and a support as above designated and with an hourglass of 3 min, we have complete equipment allowing us to understand all the preponderant parameters of a material oral hygiene, i.e. its quality, frequency of use and duration of use.

 Nothing more can be objectively necessary for such material.

Claims (1)

 1 - The dental kit intended to introduce children to regular oral hygiene is characterized in that it includes a toothbrush with a tracking system allowing to know by direct reading when it is necessary to replace it.  20- The dental kit intended to initiate children to regular oral hygiene is characterized in that it includes a cup provided with a longitudinal marker which can be positioned on a toothbrush support capping it and indicating the date of the last brushing the mark of the cup coming to enclose in a notch of the support.