KR20170094849A - Mouth Guard for Radiography - Google Patents

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KR20170094849A
KR20170094849A KR1020160016082A KR20160016082A KR20170094849A KR 20170094849 A KR20170094849 A KR 20170094849A KR 1020160016082 A KR1020160016082 A KR 1020160016082A KR 20160016082 A KR20160016082 A KR 20160016082A KR 20170094849 A KR20170094849 A KR 20170094849A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C5/00—Filling or capping teeth
    • A61C5/90—Oral protectors for use during treatment, e.g. lip or mouth protectors
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
    • A61C19/00—Dental auxiliary appliances
    • A61C19/04—Measuring instruments specially adapted for dentistry
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
    • A61N5/10—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy
    • A61N5/1001—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy using radiation sources introduced into or applied onto the body; brachytherapy
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21F—PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT; TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL; DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR
    • G21F1/00—Shielding characterised by the composition of the materials
    • G21F1/02—Selection of uniform shielding materials
    • G21F1/08—Metals; Alloys; Cermets, i.e. sintered mixtures of ceramics and metals
    • G21F1/085—Heavy metals or alloys
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
    • A61N5/00—Radiation therapy
    • A61N5/10—X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy
    • A61N2005/1092—Details
    • A61N2005/1094—Shielding, protecting against radiation

Abstract

The present invention provides effective protection of radiation that can adversely affect teeth and periodontal tissues regardless of treatment or diagnosis in radiotherapy or radiology diagnosis.
To this end, the present invention provides an arch-shaped mouth guard detachably mounted on upper and lower teeth and periodontal tissues constituting a dental arch; A mouth guard for radiation protection is provided inside the mouthguard body, in which a radiation shielding material of a radiopaque material is buried so that radiation protection against teeth and periodontal is possible.

Description

{Mouth Guard for Radiography}

The present invention relates to a mouse guard, and more particularly, to a mouse guard that can effectively protect tooth periodontal tissue in radiation therapy such as cancer treatment and radiation diagnosis.

Generally, radiation therapy for cancer treatment affects the health of the whole body. Particularly, cancer sites exposed to radiation can have a negative impact on nearby tissues, especially teeth and periodontal tissues from a dental point of view.

In addition, even in the case of radiography for diagnosis, it can have a bad influence on the adjacent tissues, especially the teeth and the periodontal tissue from the viewpoint of the dentist, irrespective of the diagnosis.

Therefore, when performing radiotherapy and radiography, it is important to protect organs with anatomical structures irrelevant to medical diagnosis or treatment, and to prevent radiation from being exposed to unnecessary areas such as diagnosis.

However, in the past, there was no equipment to protect teeth or periodontal tissues during radiation therapy, and the thyroid and chest were protected during cephalo radiography such as panoramic photographing or cephalopod photography. When the chest radiograph was taken, the chest was exposed to radiation There is only radiation protection equipment that protects the thyroid gland, but there is no protective equipment considering radiation protection of teeth and periodontal tissue.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2002-0012541 (2002. 02. 16.) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0134629 (Feb. Korean Patent No. 10-1510858 (Feb. Korean Patent No. 10-1460691 (Apr.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mouse guard which can effectively protect the teeth and periodontal tissue from radiation, regardless of treatment or diagnosis, It has its purpose.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mouth guard of an arch shape detachably mounted on upper and lower teeth and periodontal tissues constituting a dental arch; A mouth guard for radiation protection is provided on the inside of the mouth guard main body, in which a radiation shielding material of a radiopaque material is embedded so as to enable radiation protection against teeth and periodontal diseases.

In the above-described configuration, the radiation shielding material has a structure buried along the tooth row, and is formed over the entire region along the tooth row from the anterior portion to the left and right molar portions.

In the above-described configuration, the radiation shielding material is formed so as to shield the front and back surfaces of the teeth and the periodontal teeth on the maxillary side, and the front and rear surfaces of the teeth and the periodontal on the mandible side.

On the other hand, in the above-described configuration, the mouth guard main body is divided into an upper side guard body and a lower side guard body, and the radiation shielding material of the radiopaque material is contained in the separated upper side guard body and the lower side guard body And can be buried.

The radiation shielding material may be embedded in the mouthguard body as a foil, and the radiation shielding material may be at least one of lead and zirconia, or may be a nano-tungsten-based radiation shielding material.

In the above-described configuration, the radiation shielding material may further comprise a resin sheath.

The effect of the mouse guard for radiation protection of the present invention is as follows.

According to the present invention, it is possible to safely protect a patient's teeth and periodontal tissues by effectively protecting radiation, which can adversely affect teeth and periodontal tissues, regardless of treatment or diagnosis in radiotherapy or radiology diagnosis.

1 is a perspective view showing a mouth guard according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a front view seen from the direction of "
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional schematic view showing the structure of the radiation shielding material embedded in the mouth guard according to the first embodiment of the present invention and the wearing state thereof, taken along the line I-I in FIG.
4 is a perspective view showing a mouth guard according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
5 is a front view seen from the direction of "
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional schematic view showing the structure of the radiation shielding material embedded in the mouth guard according to the second embodiment of the present invention and the wearing state thereof, taken along the line II-II in FIG. 5;
7 shows a third embodiment of the mouth guard according to the present invention. It is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure and the wearing state of the radiation shielding material of the mouth guard,

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to the description of the embodiments of the present invention, the present invention has been given the same name as the mouth guard for protecting the teeth and the jaw joint from the conventional external impact in terms of the intraoral structure, but the functional side and structural features It is presumed that the mouse guards of the present invention can be manufactured in a customized manner in accordance with the ready-made products and individual oral structures as in the conventional mouse guards.

[Example 1]

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the mouth guard according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes an upper and lower teeth T1 and T2 and an arch-like shape detachably mounted on the periodontal As a mouth guard, a radiation shielding material 200 of a radiopaque material is embedded in the inside of the mouth guard main body 100 so as to be able to protect radiation against teeth and periodontal disease.

At this time, it is preferable that the radiation shielding material 200 is embedded along the teeth, and it is formed over the entire region along the tooth row from the anterior portion to the left and right molars.

The radiation shielding material 200 is formed to shield the teeth T1 on the upper side and the front and rear surfaces of the periodontal surface and shield the teeth T2 and the periodontal surfaces on the mandible side. Here, the teeth T1 and T2 and the entire surface of the periodontal surface are defined as the lateral and medial sides irrespective of the maxillary and mandibular sides, and the rear surface of the teeth T1 and T2 and the periodontal surface is defined as the lingual side.

Therefore, the radiation shielding material 200 of this embodiment shields the teeth T1 and T2 of the upper and lower jaws and the rear region of the periodontal from the radiation while the teeth T1 and T2 of the maxillary and mandibular teeth, The area is shielded from radiation at the same time, thereby safely protecting the oral teeth and periodontal part from radiation.

More specifically, the mouth guard of the present embodiment is a case where there is no through hole (refer to Figs. 4 to 6) for assisting breathing in the mouth guard main body 100, and the radiation shielding material 200 is disposed on the front side of teeth and periodontal In addition, they are arranged on the rear side of the teeth and periodontal, and are arranged in a side-by-side configuration facing each other.

The radiation shielding member 200 embedded in the mouth guard main body 100 of the present embodiment is preferably in the form of a foil.

The radiation shielding material 200 may be made of, for example, lead or zirconia, or may be made of other nano-tungsten-based radiation shielding materials.

The nano-tungsten-based radiation shielding material is produced by uniformly dispersing a nano-sized radiation shielding material on a polymer substrate, and then molding the nano-tungsten-based radiation shielding material by dispersing the surface-treated nanotungsten powder in a polymer resin in a high density.

The radiation shielding material 200 may be a thin foil. The radiation shielding material 200 may be coated with a hard or soft resin to cover the outer surface 210, and a hard silicone resin may be used as the hard resin. Specific examples of the hard dental resin include PETG (Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol). Specific examples of the soft resin include EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).

Particularly, when the radiation shielding material 200 is made of a material having harmful properties such as lead, the outer skin 210 doubles the possibility of leakage of harmful components such as lead harmful to the human body, .

In the present embodiment, the mouth guard main body 100 may be made of a soft resin, for example, a soft silicone resin material, which is a soft layer, that is, a soft layer made of a cushion material. Various resins such as dental resin sold by various companies such as ERKODENT and FORESTADENT in Germany are known. Specific examples of the soft dental resin include EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) and thermoplastic poly Urethane (TPU) or the like may be used.

The operation of the mouse guard for radiation protection according to the first embodiment of the present invention constructed as described above is as follows.

The radiological guard mouth guard of the first embodiment of the present invention is intended to be worn by the patient in the oral cavity during radiotherapy or radiology diagnosis and thus, unlike the conventional one, a bad influence on the teeth and periodontal tissue It is possible to effectively protect the radiation that can give the radiation.

That is, in the case of conventional radiation therapy and radiography, regardless of medical diagnosis or treatment, teeth and periodontal tissues may be exposed to radiation and adversely affect tooth and periodontal tissue.

However, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, since the radiation shielding material 200 embedded in the mouth guard body 100 is applied to the mouth guard mouth cavity of the radiation protection, it is protected without being exposed to radiation to teeth and periodontal tissue, Thus, the patient's teeth and periodontal tissue can be safely protected.

[Example 2]

4 to 6, the mouse guard according to the second embodiment of the present invention basically follows the configuration of the mouse guard according to the first embodiment described above. However, the mouse guard according to the present embodiment is a mouse guard Due to the difference in the configuration of the main body 100, there is a difference in the buried structure of the radiation shielding member 200 of the mouth guard.

Specifically, the mouth guard of this embodiment is different from the mouth guard of the first embodiment in consideration of the case where the mouth guard body 100 is provided with a through hole 120 for facilitating respiration of the wearer. Referring to FIG. 5, It can be seen that the radiation shielding member 200 is formed to avoid the region of the through hole 120.

6, the radiation shielding member 200 is disposed on the upper and lower sides of the mouthguard body 100 with respect to the through-hole 120 in the region of the through- Shielding material is disposed on the upper side of the mouth guard main body 100 in a substantially ∪ shape in cross section and a shielding material is disposed in a substantially ∩ shape on the lower side.

The action of the mouse guard for radiation protection according to the second embodiment of the present invention thus constructed is the same as that of the mouse guard for radiation protection of the first embodiment of the present invention described above.

That is, the radiological guard mouth guard of the second embodiment of the present invention is also applicable to radiation therapy or radiology diagnosis, in which the patient can wear radiation in the oral cavity, which may adversely affect the teeth and periodontal tissue, Can be effectively protected.

In doing this, radiotherapy for cancer treatment or radiography for diagnosis can more safely protect the patient's teeth and periodontal tissue from the radiation to be irradiated.

[Example 3]

7 is a cross-sectional schematic view showing a third embodiment of the mouth guard according to the present invention, in which the guard main body is of a vertically-separated type mouth guard and in which the radiation shielding member is embedded and worn. Referring to Fig. 7, The mouse guard according to the embodiment also follows a technical configuration to basically perform a radiation shielding action like the mouse guard according to the first and second embodiments, There is a difference in the buried structure of the radiation shielding member 200 of the mouth guard.

 Specifically, unlike the mouth guards of the first and second embodiments described above, the mouth guard of the present embodiment is configured such that the mouth guard main body itself is divided into the upper side guard body 100a and the lower side guard body 100b, The upper shield body 100a and the radiation shield 200 for shielding radiation against teeth and periodontal fibers are separately installed in the lower guard body 100b.

7, the mouth guard main body is divided into an upper guard body 100a and a lower guard body 100b, and a substantially ∪ shaped shielding material is buried in the upper guard body 100a. Shielding material is embedded in the lower guard body 100b.

The radiation guarding mouse according to the third embodiment of the present invention configured as described above performs the same radiation protection function as the radiation guarding mouth guard of the first and second embodiments of the present invention described above.

That is, the mouth guard for radiation protection according to the third embodiment of the present invention is attached to the teeth (T1, T2) and periodontium of the maxillary and mandibular teeth forming the dental arch, And is different from the second embodiment in that it is separated into the upper guard body 100a and the lower guard body 100b and there is no need to separately form the ventilation holes 120 (see FIGS. 4 to 6) In the same manner as in the first and second embodiments described above. However, in the case of the radiation therapy or the radiation diagnosis, when the patient wears in the oral cavity, irrelevant to the treatment or diagnosis, It is possible to effectively protect the radiation that can give the radiation.

In doing this, radiotherapy for cancer treatment or radiography for diagnosis can more safely protect the patient's teeth and periodontal tissue from the radiation to be irradiated.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. It is self-evident to those who have knowledge of.

For example, in the case of the second embodiment of the present invention, the radiation shielding member 200 has a structure in which the radiation shielding member 200 is integrally formed while avoiding the through hole 120. However, Side shielding member and the through-hole lower-side shielding member. That is, the radiation shielding material 200 is disposed so as to be separated into an upper shielding material for shielding radiation on the upper teeth T1 and periodontium, and a lower shielding material for radiation shielding on the lower teeth T2 and periodontium Lt; / RTI >

In the above-described embodiment, the cover 210 surrounding the radiation shielding member 200 is provided. However, the cover 210 is not necessarily required and may be omitted.

Therefore, it should be understood that the above-described embodiments are to be considered as illustrative rather than restrictive, and the present invention is not limited to the above description, and can be modified within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof

M: Mouse guard 100: Mouse guard body
100a: upper side guard body 100b: lower side guard body
120: through hole 200: radiation shielding material
210: skin T1: maxillary tooth
T2: mandibular tooth

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An Arch-shaped mouthguard detachably mounted on maxillary and mandibular teeth and periodontal tissues constituting a dental arch;
Wherein a radiation shielding material of a radiopaque material is embedded in the inside of the mouthguard body so that radiation protection against teeth and periodontal is possible. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the radiation shielding material has a structure buried along the teeth, and is formed over the entire region along the teeth from the anterior portion to the left and right molars. 3. The method of claim 2,
The radiation shielding material
The front and back sides of the maxillary teeth and periodontium, and
Wherein the mouthguard is formed to shield the front and back surfaces of the teeth and the periodontium of the mandibular side. The method of claim 3,
Characterized in that the mouth guard main body is divided into an upper side guard body and a lower side guard body, and a radiation shielding material of a radiopaque material is embedded in the upper side guard body and the lower side guard body, respectively Mouse guard. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
Wherein the radiation shielding material is embedded in the inside of the mouth guard body in the form of a foil. 6. The method of claim 5,
The radiation shielding material
Lead, and zirconia. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 > 11. < / RTI > 6. The method of claim 5,
The radiation shielding material
Wherein the radiation shield is a nano-tungsten-based radiation shielding material. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the radiation shielding material comprises a resin sheath.
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