JP3173550U - Tongue cleaning tool - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a tongue cleaning tool capable of safely cleaning a tongue by a suction method without damaging the oral cavity.
A tongue cleaning tool is composed of a bottom wall, a side wall and an upper wall, a head portion having an opening between the bottom wall and the upper wall, and a bottom wall of the head portion at one end. 21 has a cylindrical portion 1 to which suction means is connected at the other end, and tongue coating adhering to the tongue is sucked from the opening 20 of the head portion 2 by the suction means. The head portion 2 of the tongue cleaning tool is formed such that the side wall 22 is smoothly connected to the bottom wall 21 and the top wall 23 and is squeezed from the bottom wall 21 toward the top wall 23.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a tongue cleaning tool used for cleaning tongue by sucking and removing tongue coating.

  The bad breath includes systemic pathological bad breath caused by liver disease, diabetes, digestive system disease, nasal disease, etc., and oral sickness bad breath caused by periodontitis, incompatible prosthesis, etc. . In addition to such pathological bad breath, physiological factors such as tongue moss attached to the tongue and dirt attached to the teeth are a major cause of bad breath.

  In particular, tongue coating is a major source of volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs), which are the cause of bad breath. Therefore, removing tongue coating and cleaning the tongue is the most common method for preventing and treating bad breath.

  Tongue cleaning may be performed by the patient as self-care or professionally in dentistry. To remove tongue coating by the patient's own self-care includes mechanical removal using a hand tongue brush or the like, and biochemical removal with an enzyme. Mouthwashes containing disinfectants are also useful against bad breath caused by tongue coating. Professional cleaning in dentistry is a method of removing tongue coating by rubbing the patient's tongue with a brush, and no other special method has been performed.

  When the tongue is removed by rubbing the tongue with an instrument such as a brush, there is a difference between the effect of removing the tongue coating and the degree of invasion due to tongue stimulation depending on how the instrument applies pressure to the tongue mucosa. Further, by pressurizing the tongue mucosa with a brush, it is easy to reflect vomiting, and it is difficult to clean the rear part of the back of the tongue. Therefore, after tongue cleaning, tongue coating may remain as a cause of VSC in the rear part of the back surface of the tongue.

  Therefore, as a new professional tongue cleaning method in dentistry, a suction method for removing tongue coating by suction has been attempted. In the tongue cleaning method using the suction method, the mucosal surface is not pressurized and the vomiting reflection is small, so that the back part of the tongue can be easily cleaned. Actually, when the effect of tongue cleaning by the suction method is evaluated by the variation of VSC, good results are obtained. Moreover, although it does not usually clean up to the tongue base part beyond the boundary groove, in the case of the suction method, it was possible to clean up part of the tongue tonsil depending on the case.

  As described above, the tongue cleaning by the suction method has the advantages that the tongue behind the tongue can be cleaned and the invasion to the mucous membrane is less than the conventional tongue cleaning by the brush. high. It is preferable that such a useful suction method can be safely performed not only as a professional tongue cleaning in dentistry but also as a self-care in the home without damaging the oral cavity.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a tongue cleaning tool that can safely perform tongue cleaning by a suction method without damaging the oral cavity.

In order to solve the above problems, a tongue cleaning tool according to the present invention includes a bottom wall, a side wall, and a top wall, and a head portion having an opening between the bottom wall and the top wall, and a bottom wall of the head portion at one end. A tongue cleaning tool for sucking tongue coating adhering to the tongue from the opening of the head portion by the suction means, and having a cylindrical portion that is positioned and connected to the suction means at the other end;
The head portion is characterized in that the side wall is smoothly connected to the bottom wall and the top wall, and is formed so as to sag from the bottom wall toward the top wall.

  Preferably, the opening is oriented in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the cylindrical portion, and the opening surface of the opening is inclined with respect to the axis so as to approach the axis from the bottom wall toward the upper wall.

  Preferably, a through hole is formed in the upper wall of the head portion so as to communicate with the opening and allow air to pass therethrough.

  Preferably, the head portion is formed in a trapezoidal shape when viewed from the front.

  The tongue cleaning tool according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, so that the head part for sucking and removing tongue coating attached to the tongue has an edgeless shape that does not damage the mucous membrane and the pharynx, and is behind the tongue back It has a shape that makes it easy to suck tongue coating attached to the part. With such an outer shape of the head portion, the tongue can be safely cleaned without looking at the mirror, and the tongue cleaning by the suction method can be safely performed as self-care at home.

It is a figure of the tongue cleaning tool which concerns on this invention, Comprising: (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a top view. It is a figure of the tongue cleaning tool which concerns on this invention, Comprising: (a) is a perspective view of a head part, (b) is the sectional view on the AA line of Fig.1 (a).

  Embodiments of a tongue cleaning tool (hereinafter simply referred to as a tongue cleaning tool) according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The tongue cleaning tool is used together with a suction device (suction means) to suck and remove tongue coating attached to the tongue, thereby cleaning the tongue.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the tongue cleaning tool includes a vertically long tubular portion 1 and a head portion 2 having an opening 20. The cylindrical part 1 and the head part 2 are integrally formed. The tongue cleaning tool is made of a material that has no harmful effect on the human body, for example, a resin such as polypropylene. The cylindrical portion 1 has a hollow cylindrical shape. The cylindrical part 1 is provided with a head part 2 at one end and a connecting part 10 for connecting the suction hose 3 of the suction device to the other end.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the head portion 2 includes a bottom wall 21, a side wall 22, and an upper wall 23, and an opening 20 for sucking tongue coating is formed between the bottom wall 21 and the upper wall 23. Is done. The bottom wall 21 of the head part 2 is located at the end of the cylindrical part 1, and the inside of the cylindrical part 1 communicates with the opening 20 of the head part 2 (FIG. 2).

  The side wall 22 does not have an edge and has a curved shape so that the cross section is substantially U-shaped. The side wall 22 is smoothly connected to the bottom wall 21 and the top wall 23. That is, the connecting portion between the side wall 22 and the bottom wall 21 and the top wall 23 has a curved shape without forming an edge, and the bottom wall 21, the side wall 22, and the top wall 23 are smoothly continuous. Yes. Thus, the head portion 2 has a shape without an edge.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the head portion 2 is formed in a trapezoidal shape with the bottom wall 21 as the bottom and the top wall 23 as the bottom as seen from the front, so as to sag from the bottom wall 21 toward the top wall 23. Has been. The opening 20 of the head portion 2 is also trapezoidal when viewed from the front.

  As shown in FIG. 2 b, the bottom wall 21 and the top wall 23 are perpendicular to the axis 11 of the cylindrical portion 1, and the opening 20 faces the direction perpendicular to the axis 11. The opening surface 20 a of the opening 20 is not parallel to the axis 11 of the cylindrical portion 1 but is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the axis 11. The opening surface 20 a is inclined with respect to the axis 11 so as to approach the axis 11 from the bottom wall 21 toward the upper wall 23.

  A through hole 24 that communicates with the opening 20 and allows air to pass therethrough is formed in the upper wall 23 of the head portion 1.

  In the tongue cleaning tool having the above-described configuration, the tongue cleaning tool is connected to the suction hose 3 by inserting the connecting portion 10 of the tubular portion 1 into the hollow hole 30 of the suction hose 3 of the suction device (FIG. 1a). When the suction device is activated, a suction force is generated in the opening 20 of the head unit 2. When the head part 2 of the tongue cleaning tool is placed in the oral cavity and the opening surface 20a of the head part 2 is brought into contact with the tongue, tongue coating attached to the tongue can be removed by the suction force generated in the opening 20.

  The shape of the tongue cleaning tool (for example, the size of the head portion 2, the area of the opening surface 20a, the inner diameter of the cylindrical portion 1, etc.) is suitable for sucking tongue coating so that it can be easily inserted into the oral cavity. It is designed to obtain the suction force.

  The above tongue cleaning tool can be applied to both a suction device used in a dental clinic and a home suction device for self-care, and sucks tongue coating adhering to the tongue regardless of which suction device is used. It is possible to obtain a suction force suitable for the operation.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cylindrical part 10 Connection part 11 Axis 2 Head part 20 Opening 20a Opening surface 21 Bottom wall 22 Side wall 23 Upper wall 24 Through-hole 3 Suction hose 30 Hollow hole

Claims (4)

A head part comprising a bottom wall, a side wall and an upper wall, having an opening between the bottom wall and the upper wall, the bottom wall of the head part being located at one end, and suction means being connected to the other end A tongue cleaning tool for sucking tongue coating adhering to the tongue from the opening of the head portion by the suction means,
The tongue cleaning tool, wherein the head portion is formed such that the side wall smoothly connects to the bottom wall and the top wall and swells from the bottom wall toward the top wall.   The opening is oriented in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the cylindrical portion, and the opening surface of the opening is inclined with respect to the axis so as to approach the axis side from the bottom wall toward the upper wall. The tongue cleaning tool according to claim 1, wherein the tongue cleaning tool is provided.   The tongue cleaning tool according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a through hole is formed in the upper wall of the head portion so as to communicate with the opening and allow air to pass therethrough.   The tongue cleaning tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the head portion is formed in a trapezoidal shape when viewed from the front.

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