KR102190582B1 - Device for correction of wearer's smile - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smile correction apparatus. Specifically, the present invention relates to a smile correction apparatus which is installed on one side of a tooth and corrects the wearer′s mouth so that the corner of the wearer′s mouth is always raised, thereby correcting the shape of the wearer′s mouth to become a smile. The smile correction apparatus (10) is composed of: a bracket (11) adhered to a tooth; a correction cubic (12) adhered to the bracket (11) to be caught on one side on the corner of the wearer′s mouth; and an intermediate member (13) improving the correction function of the correction cubic (12).

Description

Micro-correction device {DEVICE FOR CORRECTION OF WEARER'S SMILE}

The present invention relates to a micro-orthodontic device.

Specifically, it relates to a micro-orthodontic device that is installed on one side of the tooth and can correct the shape of the wearer's mouth so that the shape of the wearer's mouth becomes a microscopic shape by correcting so that the wearer's mouth is always raised.

The teeth are arranged and lodged in the upper and lower jaws in the oral cavity in a bow shape, and are hard bone structures that aid in digestion and pronunciation.

Since the arrangement structure of these teeth is different for each person, some people have even teeth, and some people have uneven teeth.

In the modern society, as interest in beauty increases and aesthetic elements become important, dental correction has become a popular consumer item, and such orthodontic corrections have allowed them to smile with confidence.

With the ability to smile with confidence in this way, smiles have also become an aesthetic element. These smiles are formed by the synthesis of a person's living environment, usual facial expressions, and innate elements. While a specific person's smile is natural, Another person's smile is often awkward.

Accordingly, the applicant of the present invention came to conceive of a correction device capable of correcting a smile.

As a technique related to orthodontic teeth, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1701256 discloses a orthodontic bracket.

The orthodontic bracket according to the technology is formed on a body portion to which a wire for orthodontics is fixed and one surface of the body portion facing a tooth, and accommodates an adhesive for bonding the tooth to the body portion and the adhesive is applied to the body portion. It includes a receiving portion to prevent diffusion to the outside.

As another technique, registered patent publication No. 10-1943439 discloses a tooth correction bracket.

The technology includes a plate having a lower side attached to the teeth; A wire receiving portion having a wire groove for receiving the wire to be movable and disposed on the upper side of the plate; And a driving unit disposed on one side of the wire receiving unit to move the wire; thereby preventing intraoral wounds due to treatment and readjustment, excellent maintenance of orthodontic force, and unnecessary replacement parts. There is.

As another technique, a multi-bracket for orthodontic teeth is described in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1995499.

The multi-bracket for orthodontics according to the above technology is a multi-bracket for orthodontics that is attached to a tooth to be orthodontic to apply an orthodontic force toward the tooth, and an attachment surface attached to the tooth is formed and formed to have a predetermined thickness, so that the tooth side A slot into which the wire is inserted is formed through the slot to apply orthodontic force, and a plurality of brackets disposed at a certain distance and a certain angle from each other by a separate arranging means and attached to the teeth, so that the bracket is By allowing the orthodontic force applied to the teeth to be adjusted in the three-dimensional direction, it is possible to shorten the period of correction and provide comfort to the orthodontist by reducing the discomfort caused by excessive orthodontic force, and at the same time reduce the volume of the bracket so that the orthodontic bracket can be manufactured in the desired shape. There is an effect that can be done.

As another technique, a bracket for orthodontic teeth is described in Registration Utility Model Publication No. 20-0378038.

The above technology relates to a bracket for orthodontics that facilitates fabrication and improves adhesion to the tooth surface so that orthodontics can be smoothly performed, and injection molding of a bracket for orthodontics consisting of a pad and a body as an integral type, It is made by configuring the uneven portion on the front of the pad, and welding the mesh on the front of the uneven portion.

The above-described techniques are techniques related to alignment of teeth in general, and a plurality of brackets are installed for each tooth by connecting wires to brackets having respective shapes to correct the alignment.

However, the applicant's proposal is to perform correction by bonding to the teeth similarly to the above orthodontic device, but by attaching the orthodontic device to one tooth, it is possible to reduce discomfort unlike the conventional orthodontic device. There is a difference in correcting the shape of the mouth shape, not the arrangement.

On the other hand, with regard to micro-correction, a micro-correction mechanism of Public Utility Model Publication No. 20-2013-0003793 is described.

The technology relates to a micro-correction mechanism having a function of raising both ends of the lips in a diagonal upward direction through a support member formed to be branched into two, and more particularly, a handle part held by a user; A support part formed by branching into two branches upward from the handle part; It is formed at the end of the support, and the user's mouth angle is located between the inside of the pedestal and the outside of the pedestal, relates to a micro-correction device including a support having a structure to support the user's mouth angle.

As another technique related to micro-correction, the micro-corrector of Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0071819 is described.

The technology relates to a micro-corrector, comprising: a hook portion (10) surrounding and supporting the user's mouth (1); A joint part 20 extending from the hook part 10; One end is connected from the joint 20, and the other end is made of a fastening part 30 fixed to the joint 20 after wrapping the user's ear, and the claw part abuts the corner 1 The inner part of (10) has a U-shaped or curved shape.

As yet another technique related to micro-correction, there is disclosed a micro-correction mechanism of Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1206186.

As for the above technique, a micro-correction mechanism is disclosed. A micro-orthodontic appliance that is used by being installed in the oral cavity and induces a user to smile on the face of a user, comprising: a main body mounted between teeth; A support part provided on the lower side of the main body and positioned in an inner space of the lower lip to support the main body in the oral cavity; It is provided on each side of the body, and includes a pair of locking portions configured to one end to support the user's lips. Accordingly, there is an advantage that it is easy to keep a smile for a long time since the user is easily installed in the oral cavity to induce a smile, and since it is fixed by the teeth and the support member in a state mounted in the oral cavity.

As another technique related to micro-correction, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1302959 discloses a micro-lip line correction orthodontic appliance.

The smile-shaped lips that are easy to use and that only the lip line can be maintained in a small shape, and the thickness of the lips can be corrected thickly, not only improves the first impression as a smiling face, but also keeps the thick and pretty lips. It relates to a correction tool for line correction,

Based on the lip line retaining piece, an outer support plate is formed in the front, and an inner support plate is formed at the rear, but the lip line retaining piece that connects the inner and outer support plates is composed of a molded concave portion having a thick lip shape, and the lip line is maintained. By forming a microline with both ends of the side protruding upward in a curved shape based on the center of the side, if the inner support plate is positioned between the lips and the gums by inserting the orthodontic tool between the user's lips, the lips naturally up and down. It is located in the molding concave portion, the lip line is maintained as a microline by the lip line retaining piece, and the side end portion of the lip is made to maintain a shape in a thicker shape by the curved surface of the concave portion.

However, the techniques related to the above-described micro-correction have a problem in that it is difficult to wear at all times and the operation for separate wearing must be continued. In other words, it is difficult to wear at all times due to the problem expressed in appearance during calibration.

Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1701256 (announced on Feb. 03, 2017) Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1943439 (announced on January 29, 2019) Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1995499 (announced on July 2, 2019) Registered Utility Model Publication No. 20-0378038 (announced on March 11, 2005) Public Utility Model Publication No. 20-2013-0003793 (2013.06.26.) Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0071819 (2017.06.26.) Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1206186 (announced on November 28, 2012) Registered Patent Publication No. 10-1302959 (2013.09.03. Announcement)

An object of the present invention is to provide a micro-orthodontic device that is installed on one side of the teeth and can correct the shape of the wearer's mouth so that the shape of the wearer's mouth becomes a microscopic shape by correcting so that the wearer's mouth is always raised.

As conceived to achieve the above-described object, the micro-orthodontic device according to the present invention is installed on one side of the tooth, as a micro-orthodontic device 10 that corrects the wearer's mouth to rise,

The micro-orthodontic device 10 is characterized in that it comprises a bracket 11 adhered to the teeth and an orthodontic cubic 12 adhered to the bracket 11 so as to be caught on one side of the wearer's mouth.

At this time, the micro-orthodontic device 10 is characterized in that it is configured to include bonding to the upper teeth adjacent to the wearer's mouth tail.

According to the micro-orthodontic device according to the present invention, it is installed on one side of the teeth and corrects the wearer's mouth so that the tail of the wearer's mouth is always raised, thereby having the effect of being able to correct the shape of the wearer's mouth to become a microscopic shape just by wearing.

1 shows an example in which a micro-correction device according to the present invention is installed.
Figure 2 shows a micro-correction device according to the present invention.
3 and 4 are views for explaining a micro-correction device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Terms and words used in this specification and claims should not be construed as being limited to their usual or dictionary meanings, and that the inventor can appropriately define the concept of terms in order to describe his own invention in the best way. Based on the principle, it should be interpreted as a meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention, and various equivalents that can replace them at the time of application And it should be understood that there may be variations.

Hereinafter, prior to the description with reference to the drawings, matters that are not necessary to reveal the gist of the present invention, that is, known configurations that can be obviously added by those skilled in the art are not shown or specifically described. Make the note clear.

The present invention relates to a micro-orthodontic device.

Specifically, it relates to a micro-orthodontic device that is installed on one side of the tooth and can correct the shape of the wearer's mouth so that the shape of the wearer's mouth becomes a microscopic shape by correcting so that the wearer's mouth is always raised.

This invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 shows an example in which a micro-correction device according to the present invention is installed, and FIG. 2 shows a micro-correction apparatus according to the present invention.

First, according to FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawings, the micro-orthodontic device 10 according to the present invention may be adhered to the upper tooth fourth tooth with an adhesive. In this case, as the adhesive, an adhesive used for ordinary calibration is used.

Further, the fourth upper tooth described above based on the drawing is a tooth at a position corresponding to the position of the tail of the mouth, for example, as canine. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the position to which the micro-orthodontic device 10 according to the present invention is adhered may be changed based on the wearer's teeth, mouth shape, or mouth size.

The micro-orthodontic device 10 according to the present invention includes a bracket 11 in contact with a tooth and a cubic orthodontic 12 adhered to the other side of the bracket 11, as shown in FIG. 2.

In this case, the shape of the bracket 11 is not limited to the drawings and may be formed in various shapes. In addition, in the case of the orthodontic cubic 12, it is sufficient to have a protrusion size such that it can be caught in the mouth of the wearer.

According to this configuration, the wearer will change the shape of the mouth so that the corner of the mouth is raised in order to relieve the discomfort, as the orthodontic cubic 12 is caught in the corner of the mouth, and accordingly, the correction can be performed so that the shape of a smiling mouth .

Meanwhile, depending on design conditions, an intermediate member 13 may be further included in order to improve the calibration function of the calibration cubic 12.

This intermediate member 13 is located between the bracket 11 and the orthodontic cubic 12, and functions to always push the orthodontic cubic 12 in the direction of the molar. Accordingly, the wearer can further raise the tail of the mouth, and as well as the orthodontic cubic 12 is automatically pushed into the state of being caught in the tail of the mouth, thereby maintaining the rise of the tail of the mouth unconsciously.

This will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.

3 and 4 are diagrams for explaining a micro-correction device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The intermediate member 13 according to the accompanying drawings may further include an auxiliary layer 13a on one surface adhered to the bracket 11. An adhesive is applied to a surface of the auxiliary layer 13a that contacts the teeth, and the auxiliary layer 13a may be formed of a flexible material. Accordingly, even if various bends exist on the bonding surface with the intermediate member 13, which is changed as the shape of the bracket 11 is diversified, easy bonding may be possible.

One side of the intermediate member 13 is formed in one direction and includes a guide groove 131 penetrating in a direction perpendicular to the one direction.

A side groove 132 having a relatively small size is formed on the sidewall of the guide groove 131.

The guide portion 133 is coupled to the guide groove 131 and the side groove 132 so that it can be moved along the guide groove 131.

This guide part 133 has a first surface 1331 having the same direction as the guide groove 131 and protruding in a direction perpendicular to the first surface 1331, as shown in FIG. 3 of the accompanying drawings. It is configured to include a second surface 1332 and a guide protrusion 1333 protruding from the first surface 1331 to one side and inserted into the side groove 132.

As the guide protrusion 1333 is coupled, the guide part 133 can move along the guide groove 131.

In addition, the second surface 1332 is to be bonded to the orthodontic cubic 12 by adhesive or the like, and for this purpose, a groove for insertion of the second surface 1332 is formed on one side of the orthodontic cubic 12. I can.

At least one guide groove 131 may be formed on the intermediate member 13. The number of the guide portions 133 may be determined to correspond to the number of the guide grooves 131 formed.

In addition, a groove 14 is formed on one side wall of the intermediate member 13 according to FIG. 4 of the accompanying drawings. It should be understood with reference to the accompanying drawings that one of these grooves 14 may be configured on both side walls of the intermediate member 13, and the following configurations may also be composed of two (pull part 15). except).

The intermediate member 13 further includes a pulling part 15 configured in a'C' shape, and both ends of the pulling part 15 are positioned adjacent to each of the grooves 14, and the pulling part ( The hinge 16 penetrates the end of 15) and is positioned in the groove 14, so that the pulling portion 15 is fixedly coupled to the groove 14 of the intermediate member 13.

In addition, an end portion of the groove portion 14 may be connected to the hinge 16 (coupled, welded, etc.), and the other end portion may include a spring 17 connected to the inner wall of the groove portion 14.

In addition, although not shown in the drawing, a torsion spring is provided between the head of the hinge 16 and the pulling part 15 so that the pulling part 15 always receives a force in a direction adjacent to the intermediate member 13. Configurable.

In this case, a cubic for correction 12 coupled to the intermediate member 13 may be located inside the pulling unit 15.

Accordingly, the fixing member 15 may always push the orthodontic cubic 12 in the direction in which the spring 17 is expanded, and at this time, the orthodontic cubic 12 includes a guide configuration 131, 132, Since it can be easily guided and moved by 133), it is pushed to the maximum range that can be moved within the guide configuration, so that the effect of fine correction can be increased.

It is apparent that what has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings in the above is only the main matters of the present invention, and is not limited to the configuration of the accompanying drawings of the present invention as various designs are possible within the technical scope.

10: micro-correction device
11: bracket
12: cubic for calibration
13: intermediate member
13a: auxiliary layer
131: Guide groove
132: side groove
133: guide part
1331: first side
1332: second side
1333: guide protrusion
14: groove
15: pulling part
16: hinge
17: spring

Claims (2)

In the micro-orthodontic device 10 installed on one side of the tooth and correcting so that the wearer's mouth tail rises,
The micro-correction device 10,
Adhered to the upper teeth adjacent to the tail of the wearer's mouth,
The bracket 11 adhered to the teeth and the orthodontic cubic 12 bonded to the bracket 11 to be caught on one side of the mouth of the wearer, and an intermediate member 13 for improving the orthodontic function of the orthodontic cubic 12 ), and
The intermediate member 13,
It is positioned between the bracket 11 and the orthodontic cubic 12, and serves to keep the orthodontic cubic 12 always pushed in the molar direction, so that the wearer can further raise the tail of the mouth, and the orthodontic cubic 12 ) Is automatically pushed against the tail of the mouth so that the rise of the tail of the mouth can be maintained unconsciously,
The adhesive is applied to the surface contacting the teeth, and it is made of a flexible material, so that even if there are various bends on the adhesive surface with the intermediate member 13, which varies according to the shape of the bracket 11, It includes an auxiliary layer (13a),
Is formed in one direction of one side of the intermediate member 13 and includes a guide groove 131 penetrating in a direction perpendicular to the one direction,
A side groove 132 having a relatively small size is formed on the sidewall of the guide groove 131,
In the guide groove 131 and the side groove 132, a first surface 1331 having the same direction as the guide groove 131 and a second surface protruding in a direction perpendicular to the first surface 1331 A guide portion 133 configured to include a guide protrusion 1333 protruding from the first surface 1331 to one side and inserted into the side groove 132 is combined with the 1332,
As the guide protrusion 1333 is coupled, the guide part 133 moves along the guide groove 131.

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