KR102504155B1 - Button mold attachment method for orthodontic intermaxillary rubber band installation - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a button mold attachment method for using an orthodontic intermaxillary rubber band and, more specifically, to a method for attaching a button mold on a tube of an orthodontic device while a partial orthodontic device and wires are already in place so that an intermaxillary elastic band can be installed. To this end, since a button mold is installed on a tube through an eight-step method using acid corrosion, O-ring, and flowable resin, an intermaxillary elastic band can be used during partial correction. When the button mold is attached to the tube through the eight steps, elastomerics such as intermaxillary rubber bands can be used to acquire better tooth positions, the adhesive force of the button mold can be maintained when a patient wears the intermaxillary rubber band, and the button mold is formed in the same color as that of a resin covering the tube, thereby providing advantages of increasing an aesthetic feel, facilitating manufacture, and being low cost. In addition, since the button mold is attached to the tube, the wire can be easily replaced while the button is attached.

Description

Button mold attachment method for orthodontic intermaxillary rubber band installation}

The present invention relates to a method for attaching a button mold for use of an intermaxillary rubber band for orthodontics, and in detail, there is a limit in vertical movement of teeth in a state where a partial orthodontic device and a wire are already present, but a button mold is attached on a tube of an orthodontic device to intermaxillary It relates to a method for enabling vertical movement of teeth by making rubber bands usable.

Orthodontic treatment refers to a procedure that straightens crooked teeth, protruding teeth, and maloccluded teeth using fixed or removable prosthetic devices.

Among these correction procedures, MTA (Mini-Tube Appliance) type correction is a device that attaches a mini-tube and treats using a thin wire such as NiTi. Prior Document 1 (Korean Registered Patent No. 10-1565802) is an invention related to the aforementioned MTA calibration. Partial correction using such an MTA is widely used because it has advantages such as aesthetics due to its small size, ease of oral hygiene, low cost, and little discomfort during correction felt by patients compared to full correction. Prior Document 2 (Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1565802) introduces a button and an elastic belt as an invention related to a traction device for using an intermaxillary rubber band. Although the MTA has the advantages as described above, in order to obtain a better tooth position in partial orthodontic treatment and to use the intermaxillary rubber band as in Prior Document 2 for efficient orthodontic treatment, a space to attach a button mold or the like for installing the intermaxillary rubber band In many cases, it is difficult to attach the device in an appropriate position because there is no device or the surface of the device is not flat.

Prior Document 1: Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1565802 (registered on October 29, 2015) Prior Document 2: Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1109114 (registered on January 17, 2012)

A technical object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and to install a button mold in a state where there is already a partial correction device and a wire. To this end, the present invention installs a button mold through a method using acid etching, an O-ring, and flowable resin on a tube so that an intermaxillary rubber band can be used during partial correction.

The present invention is a button mold attachment method for installing and using an intermaxillary rubber band attached to an orthodontic tube installed on the surface of anterior teeth,

a) performing acid etching for 10 to 15 seconds on the button attachment site on which the button mold is to be attached on the tube, then washing the button attachment site with water and drying;

b) applying a primer to the button attachment site and light-curing;

c) stacking a paste so that the tube is covered with a bonding agent dedicated to light polymerization to a thickness of 1 to 2 mm using a syringe on the button attachment portion to which the primer is applied;

d) planarizing the surface of the stacked paste

e) temporarily fixing an O-ring on the paste

f) filling a flowable resin from the center of the temporarily fixed O-ring

g) curing the paste formed with a photopolymerization-only bonding agent in step c and the flowable resin filled in step f with a photopolymerizer for 15 to 20 seconds

h) after step g, an O-ring removal step for separating the O-ring and the flowable resin is used for orthodontic intermaxillary rubber bands, characterized in that A button mold attachment method is provided.

In addition, step d is performed by using a fine brush with a primer and contacting the surface of the paste to perform step d, wherein the paste thickness is maintained at 0.5 to 1 mm. Provides a method of attaching a button mold for use of an intermaxillary rubber band for orthodontics performed.

In addition, after performing step h,

It provides a method for attaching a button mold for use with an intermaxillary rubber band for orthodontics further comprising the step of polishing the edge of the part from which the O-ring is removed with a soft polishing tool.

According to the present invention, a method for easily attaching a button mold on a tube orthodontic device so that elastomerics such as intermaxillary elastics can be used to obtain a better vertical tooth position in a partial orthodontic device is provided, so that the rubber band is attached to the tube. can be used, the patient can maintain the adhesive force of the button mold when the rubber band is attached, and the button mold is formed in the same color as the resin covering the tube, so it has an aesthetic sense, can be easily manufactured, and has advantages of low cost.

In addition, since the button mold is attached on the tube, it is possible to easily replace the wire with the button attached.

1 is a block diagram illustrating performing steps according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view showing a state in which a flowable resin is filled in an O-ring and an O-ring according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view showing a button mold installed through an embodiment of the present invention and (a) a shape (b) in which an intermaxillary rubber band is installed in the button mold.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. However, the present invention may be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below. In addition, in order to clearly disclose the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the present invention are omitted, and the same or similar numerals in the drawings indicate the same or similar components.

The objects and effects of the present invention can be naturally understood or more clearly understood by the following description, and the objects and effects of the present invention are not limited only by the following description.

Objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description that follows. In addition, in the description of the present invention, if it is determined that the detailed description of the known technology related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating performing steps according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the method of attaching the button mold 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method of performing eight steps of steps a to h, and will be provided to further perform steps to reduce user's discomfort. can

Hereinafter, a method of attaching the button mold 10 on the tube attached to the anterior surface will be described step by step in detail.

Step a is a step in which acid etch is performed on the surface of the button attachment part to attach the button mold 10 to the tube to finely roughen the surface to increase the adhesion of the surface.

Step a is carried out by performing acid etching for 10 to 15 seconds on the button attachment site on which the button mold 10 is to be attached on the tube, then washing the button attachment site with water and drying. explain clearly.

The button attachment portion is provided with a tube and teeth around the tube to position the button mold 10 on the tube. Acid etching used in step a generally uses 37% phosphoric acid, which makes the surface finely rough, and various acids other than 37% phosphoric acid can be used. After acid corrosion is performed, residual acid is removed by washing with water and dried. In addition, the reason why the acid etching is performed for 10 to 15 seconds is that if the acid corrosion proceeds too much, the tube may be damaged and the correction may be disrupted, and if the acid etching is performed too short, the surface is not appropriately roughened, so that the button mold ( 10) may be too weak.

In this way, when step a is performed, it is possible to prevent the button mold 10 from being adhered and separated by increasing the adhesive force on the button attachment site through the process of roughening the surface of the button attachment site.

Step b is a step of pre-processing for applying a bonding agent by applying a primer to the button attachment site that has gone through step a.

In step b, a primer is applied to the button attachment site, and then cured by photopolymerization with a photopolymerizer. At this time, the primer is provided with hydrophilicity and applied after surface treatment with acid corrosion, and the bonding agent to be described later may be provided with hydrophobicity for complete containment after application of the primer.

In this way, when step b is performed, a primer is applied on the button attachment portion to help attach the button mold 10 together with a bonding agent to be described later.

Step c is a step of preparing the button mold 10 to be attached to the corresponding button attachment site by stacking a paste using a bonding agent dedicated to light polymerization on the button attachment site to which the primer is applied.

Step c is carried out by stacking a paste so that the tube is covered with a bonding agent dedicated to light polymerization to a thickness of 1 to 2 mm using a syringe on the button attachment site to which the primer is applied. At this time, in addition to the syringe, it may be carried out using other tools capable of discharging a bonding agent for photopolymerization and covering the tube, and considering the thickness of the tube or the size of the button mold 10, etc. Stacking is also possible. However, since the method of stacking the bonding agent using a syringe is common, and commercially available products are often provided with a syringe, it is preferable to use a syringe. In addition, the bonding agent should be stacked as a paste by limiting the thickness to 1 to 2 mm so that the bonding agent is applied excessively thick to prevent the bonding agent from being wasted or spreading to the surroundings, and to prevent the button mold 10 to be attached later from protruding. Since it can be done, the method of stacking the paste in 1 to 2 mm will be described as a standard.

In this way, through steps a to c, the adhesiveness of the surface to which the button mold 10 is to be attached is increased so that the O-ring 100 to be temporarily placed can be well placed, and the button mold 10 to be installed later facilitates adhesion. In addition, since the bonding agent used in step c can utilize products most commonly used in dental clinics, such as 3M transbond XT, it has the advantage of being simple and inexpensive.

On the other hand, in the case of using an all in one system in which acid etchant, primer, and bonding agent are all mixed and used, it is also possible to proceed in one step by integrating steps a b c.

Step d is a step of flattening the surface of the stacked paste.

In step d, the surface is formed while trimming so that undercuts do not occur vertically, and the primer is smeared with a fine brush. At this time, the paste thickness is maintained at 0.5 to 1 mm. After that, the surface is formed flat so that the step e of placing the O-ring 100 can be performed.

At this time, the reason why the undercut is not formed vertically is that if an angled shape exists, it may cause discomfort to the user. In this way, in step d, the surface of the paste is trimmed to prevent the undercut from being created vertically, so that the user The surface of the paste is prepared to be flat so that the discomfort of can be prevented, and the O-ring 100 can be placed on it in the subsequent step e.

Step e is a step of temporarily fixing an O-ring 100 serving as a formwork for creating the button mold 10 on the paste stacked up in step d.

After the surface of the paste is trimmed and the O-ring 100 is placed on a flat surface to place the O-ring 100 on using a tool such as tweezers, it is temporarily fixed. In detail, after placing the O-ring 100 on the paste, it can be temporarily fixed by holding it so that it does not move from the placed position with tweezers, etc. Temporary fixation is also possible.

In this way, if the O-ring 100 is temporarily fixed by lifting it, the button mold 10 can be created by filling the flowable resin 200 in a later step. That is, the O-ring 100 serves as a mold to make the shape of the button mold 10.

In step f, the flowable resin 200 is filled from the center of the temporarily fixed O-ring 100 so that the upper part of the O-ring 100 forms the shape of the button mold 10 with the flowable resin 200. It is a step. 2 is a view showing an O-ring 100 and a state in which the flowable resin 200 is filled in the O-ring 100, and referring to FIG. 2, before and after filling the O-ring 100 with the flowable resin 200 status can be checked.

In step f, the flowable resin 200 is filled from the center of the temporarily fixed O-ring 100 to the extent that the top of the O-ring 100 is not completely covered. At this time, the top of the O-ring 100 is completely covered. The extent to which it is not covered means the extent to which the flowable resin 200 escapes from the upper portion of the O-ring 100 and does not overflow, and must be filled to sufficiently cover the upper portion of the O-ring 100. This is because the position where the O-ring 100 was located is a groove in which the intermaxillary rubber band 400 is installed, so if the upper part of the O-ring 100 is not covered at all, the intermaxillary rubber band 400 can come out to the outside, and the intermaxillary rubber band 400 The flowable resin 200 should be sufficiently filled up to the upper side of the O-ring 100 in order to prevent the separation of the O-ring 100. At this time, the extent to which the flowable resin 200 covers the upper side of the O-ring 100 is preferably greater than the thickness of the intermaxillary rubber band 400 to be used, and the thickness of the O-ring 100 is adjusted by adjusting the thickness of the O-ring 100. It is also possible to make the area covering the upper side wider.

In this way, when the flowable resin 200 is filled through step f, the button mold 10 can be formed into a grooved shape in the form of the O-ring 100.

Step g is a step in which the button mold 10 is formed by curing the paste and the flowable resin 200 with a photopolymerizer for 15 to 20 seconds.

In step g, the button mold 10 is formed by curing the paste formed in step c with a bonding agent for photopolymerization and the flowable resin 200 filled in step f with a photopolymerizer for 15 to 20 seconds. will form At this time, the paste and the flowable resin 200 may be simultaneously cured, or separately cured so that the paste and the flowable resin 200 may be cured intensively. However, it is preferable to proceed with curing at the same time in order to save time and efficiency of the step.

In this way, when step g is performed, the shape of the button mold 10 having a middle portion concave in the shape of the O-ring 100 can be hardened and fixed.

Step h is a step of removing the O-ring 100 to separate the O-ring 100 and the flowable resin 200.

Since the O-ring 100 is temporarily placed to form a concave portion into which a concave intermaxillary rubber band 400 can be inserted in the shape of the O-ring 100 in the process of curing the flowable resin 200, it is necessary to remove the O-ring 100. . Therefore, in step h, the O-ring 100 is carefully removed in one direction from the button mold 10 formed by curing the flowable resin 200 using an explorer tip, tweezers, or the like.

When the O-ring 100 is removed through step h, the button mold 10 that can utilize the intermaxillary rubber band 400 by hanging the intermaxillary rubber band 400 is completed.

On the other hand, after performing step h, the edge of the part from which the O-ring 100 is removed is softened by using a soft polishing tool to reduce user discomfort. there is.

If the edge of the part where the O-ring 100 is located is sharp, it can cause discomfort to the patient because it gets caught on the lips, etc. Sharp edges can be smoothed.

3 is a view showing a button mold 10 installed through an embodiment of the present invention and (a) a shape (b) in which an intermaxillary rubber band 400 is installed in the button mold 10. Finally like this

When the button mold 10 is attached on the tube through the above-described steps, an elastomerics such as an intermaxillary rubber band 400 can be used to obtain a better vertical tooth position, and the tooth tooth surface and the tube and manufacturing Since air bubbles or undercuts do not occur between one button mold 10, the adhesive force of the button mold 10 can be maintained when the patient attaches the intermaxillary rubber band 400, and the button mold 10 is made of a flowable resin ( 200), so that it is formed in the same color as the resin covering the tube, it has an aesthetic sense, and it can be easily manufactured because there is no process such as attaching to an existing tube and manufacturing a new button mold 10, and cost This has the advantage of being cheap. In addition, since the button mold 10 is attached on the tube, it is possible to easily replace the wire 300 with the button attached.

The preferred embodiment of the present invention described above has been disclosed for illustrative purposes, and various modifications, changes and additions will be possible to those skilled in the art with ordinary knowledge of the present invention within the spirit and scope of the present invention, and such modifications, changes and additions will be considered to fall within the scope of the above claims.

Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various substitutions, modifications and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention, so the present invention relates to the above-described embodiments and accompanying drawings is not limited by

In the exemplary system described above, the methods are described on the basis of a flow chart as a series of steps or blocks, but the invention is not limited to the order of steps, some steps may occur in a different order or concurrently with other steps as described above. can Further, those skilled in the art will understand that the steps shown in the flowcharts are not exclusive, and that other steps may be included or one or more steps of the flowcharts may be deleted without affecting the scope of the present invention.

10: button mold 100: O-ring
200: flowable resin 300: wire
400: intermaxillary rubber band

Claims (3)

In the method of attaching a button mold (10) for installation and use of an intermaxillary rubber band (400) attached to an orthodontic tube installed on the surface of anterior teeth,
a) performing acid etching on the button attachment site on which the button mold 10 is to be attached on the tube for 10 to 15 seconds, then washing the button attachment site with water and drying;
b) applying a primer to the button attachment site and light-curing;
c) stacking a paste so that the tube is covered with a bonding agent dedicated to light polymerization to a thickness of 1 to 2 mm using a syringe on the button attachment portion to which the primer is applied;
d) planarizing the surface of the stacked paste;
e) temporarily fixing an O-ring (100) on the paste;
f) filling a flowable resin 200 from the center of the temporarily fixed O-ring 100;
g) curing the paste formed with a photopolymerization-only bonding agent in step c and the flowable resin 200 filled in step f with a photopolymerizer for 15 to 20 seconds;
h) after step g, removing the O-ring 100 to separate the O-ring 100 and the flowable resin 200; Button mold 10 attachment method for using the intermaxillary rubber band 400 for orthodontics.
According to claim 1,
Step d is performed by using a fine brush with a primer and contacting the surface of the paste to perform step d, wherein the paste thickness is maintained at 0.5 to 1 mm. A method of attaching a button mold (10) for using an intermaxillary rubber band (400) for orthodontics.
According to claim 1,
After performing step h above,
A method of attaching a button mold (10) for use of an intermaxillary rubber band (400) for orthodontics, further comprising the step of polishing the edge of the portion from which the O-ring (100) is removed with a soft polishing tool.

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