RU227682U1 - Toothbrush-massager for oral hygiene when you lose the ability to manually brush your teeth - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to dentistry and can be used for independent tooth cleaning by disabled persons who do not have upper limbs or disabled persons with injured, crippled upper limbs. The technical result of the utility model is a device in the form of a mono-product in the form of a dental arch, made of silicone with a hardness of 30-40 Shore and consisting of two side parts of an H-shape and a front arched part formed by the transition of the side parts into two parallel vertical plates with spike-like elements on all internal surfaces. The toothbrush-massager for oral hygiene in case of loss of the ability to independently manually brush teeth works as follows. The device is applied to the dental arch with the side parts on the chewing group of teeth, and the vertical part - on the frontal group of the dental arch. Since silicone is a plastic material, individual adaptation of the frontal part to the dental arch is carried out with the tongue. When performing vertical, lateral reciprocating movements of the jaws with the spike-shaped elements on the inner surfaces of the device, friction of the spike-shaped elements on the surfaces of the teeth is carried out, and thus they are cleaned from plaque. Thus, the declared toothbrush-massager, with the loss of the ability to independently manually clean teeth, in comparison with the prototype, cleans all surfaces of the chewing and frontal group of teeth.

Description

The utility model relates to dentistry and can be used for independent cleaning of teeth by disabled people who do not have upper limbs or disabled people with injured, crippled upper limbs.

The “Device for cleaning teeth and massaging gums” (US Patent No. 3504666 A1 H13/00, 04/07/1970) is known in the form of a half-arc with an H-shaped head with holders and a means of movement installed in one of the holders.

Disadvantages: allows cleaning of teeth only on one side of the dental row, and moving to the other half requires additional participation of an outsider; insufficient cleaning of teeth, especially in the front part of the dental row and the fissure surface of chewing teeth; impossibility of cleaning all teeth at the same time.

A "Device for cleaning teeth with outside assistance" is known (Patent RU No. 2707807, IPC A46B 9/04 - 29.11.2019, Bulletin No. 34), which provides the ability to clean teeth on both sides simultaneously for both dental arches. The device comprises a handle, a head with tooth cleaning agents, and a means for connecting the outer part of the head and the handle, which provides the ability to rotate the handle relative to the head. The device comprises a cassette with tooth cleaning agents and means intended to connect the head to the inner part of the cassette to provide the ability to at least vertically move the head above the teeth relative to the cassette and inside it.

Disadvantages: used for brushing teeth with help from others, not independently.

The "Bite Roll for Cleaning Teeth" (RU Patent No. 207431, IPC A61C 17/00 - 28.10.2021, Bulletin No. 31) is known for hygienic dental care in children, as well as individuals with limited health capabilities for oral care. The bite roller is made of rubber in the form of a parallelepiped 19 mm high with parallel slots along the vertical axis and has an H-shape in cross section. The depth of the slots from the top point of the protrusion is 6 mm. The lateral surfaces of the parallelepiped are smooth. The recesses of the bite roller have a corrugated surface in the form of depressions and protrusions in the longitudinal direction. The retaining arc has an elastic consistency and can wrap around the patient's head. The shape of the device is universal for both the right and left sides.

Disadvantages: passive cleaning properties - only at the location of the bite roller, difficult to insert into the mouth on your own.

The "Toothbrush" (Author's Certificate No. 4788907/13. Published: 23.05.1992 Bulletin No. 19) is known, intended for cleaning teeth of disabled people without upper limbs or disabled people with injured, crippled upper limbs and containing an H-shaped head with bristles, having the shape of a dental arch, and the movement unit is installed at the base of the head and is made in the form of an elastic element.

Disadvantages: cleaning teeth only from the vestibular and lingual surfaces of the teeth, it does not take into account that the width of the teeth - chewing and frontal groups of the dentition - is different, the incisors and canines do not have a chewing surface, there are no cleaning elements on the fissure surface of the chewing teeth.

This product is taken as a prototype.

The objective of the claimed utility model is to enable independent cleaning of teeth in the absence of upper limbs or for disabled people with injured, crippled upper limbs.

The technical result of the utility model is a device in the form of a single product made of silicone with a hardness of 30-40 Shore with spike-like elements on the inner surfaces and consisting of two H-shaped side parts and a front arc-shaped part formed by the transition of the side parts into two vertical plates parallel to each other.

The technical result is achieved by the fact that the presence of silicone spike-like elements on the occlusal and internal surfaces of the device allows, when performing chewing and reciprocating movements of the lower jaw, to clean teeth when the ability to independently manually clean teeth is lost.

The essence of the utility model is explained by drawings, which depict:

Fig. 1 – General view of the device;

Fig. 2 – Top view of the device;

Fig. 3 - Rear view of the device.

The following positions are indicated by numbers on the figures: 1 – cleaning spike-shaped elements, 2 – side parts, 3 – front part of the device, 4 – device holder, 5 – H-shaped form.

Implementation of a utility model

A toothbrush-massager for the loss of the ability to independently manually clean teeth is made in the form of a single product made of silicone with a hardness of 30-40 Shore with cleaning spike-like elements 1 on the inner surfaces, consisting of two side parts 2 of an H-shaped form 5 and a front arc-shaped part formed by the transition of the side parts into two vertical plates 3 parallel to each other and a holder 4 [Fig. 1-3].

The toothbrush-massager works as follows when you lose the ability to independently manually brush your teeth. The device is placed on the dental arch with its lateral parts on the chewing group of teeth, and the vertical part on the frontal group of the dental arch. Since silicone is a plastic material, individual adaptation of the frontal part to the dental arch is carried out with the tongue. When performing vertical, lateral reciprocating movements of the jaws with the spike-shaped elements on the inner surfaces of the device, friction of the spike-shaped elements on the surfaces of the teeth is carried out, and thus they are cleaned of plaque.

Thus, the declared toothbrush-massager, while losing the ability to independently manually clean teeth, compared to the prototype, cleans all surfaces of the chewing and frontal teeth.

Claims (1)

A toothbrush-massager for oral hygiene in the event of loss of the ability to independently manually clean teeth in the form of a dental arch, characterized in that it is made in the form of a single product made of silicone with a hardness of 30-40 Shore and with cleaning spike-like elements on the inner surfaces, consisting of two H-shaped side parts and a front arched part formed by the transition of the side parts into two vertical plates parallel to each other.