TWM586600U - Orthodontic component - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an orthodontic component including a dental brace, a connecting member, and an elastic member. The dental brace has a body, an accommodation space is surrounded by the body, and a notch is formed on one side of the body. A recess and an extension portion extend from one side of the sleeve body, a fixing block protrudes from the outer edge of the extension portion, the connecting member has a fixed portion and a traction portion extends from the fixed portion, Two ends of the elastic member are respectively connected to the fixing block and the traction portion. Therefore, during the correction process, only the teeth to be corrected can be moved to reduce the sequelae of the correction. Through the design of the notch, the teeth to be corrected can be moved in a predictable and long distance without the need to frequently change the braces.

Description

Orthodontics kit

This creation is about a medical device, especially an orthodontic component.

In the process of dental treatment or correction, there are many situations that require tooth extraction, such as treatment-related conditions such as tooth decay, broken teeth, or periodontal disease, or conditions related to orthodontics, such as insufficient gum space and dentition. Neatness or other aesthetic considerations. After the tooth extraction is completed, other teeth need to be moved to fill the gap left after the tooth extraction, or to start the correction process. Because people are looking for beauty nowadays, in the subsequent process of moving teeth, invisible braces are mostly selected as the main tool for moving teeth.

However, the invisible braces on the market can only move about 0.3 to 0.4 mm at a time during the movement of the teeth. On average, each patient needs to use about 50 to 100 invisible braces during the movement of the teeth, which makes the patient spend a lot of money. It also causes unnecessary waste. In addition, in the process of moving teeth, invisible braces often cause multiple teeth to move together, so that the teeth that do not need to be moved are moved, resulting in many complications such as tooth tilting or rotation.

In view of this, the purpose of this creation is to provide an orthodontic component that can complete the treatment or correction of tooth movement without frequent replacement of the braces, and that only certain teeth can be moved during the orthodontic process to reduce orthodontic sequelae.

In order to achieve the foregoing object, the present invention provides an orthodontic component including a dental brace, a connecting member, and an elastic member. The dental brace has a body, an accommodation space is surrounded by the body, and a notch is formed by the body. One side of the sleeve body is recessed, and an extension portion extends from one side of the sleeve body. An outer edge of the extension portion is provided with a fixing block, the connecting member has a fixed portion and a traction portion is fixed by the fixed portion. The two ends of the elastic member are respectively connected to the fixing block and the traction portion.

Through the above-mentioned structure and technical features, the orthodontic component provided by this creation can complete the treatment or correction of tooth movement by using at least one pair of braces during the entire treatment and orthodontic process, without frequent replacement of the braces, which can save Many costs are reduced, material waste is reduced, and only specific teeth can be moved during the correction process. Other teeth that serve as fulcrum ends will not move together, reducing post-correction sequelae, and eliminating the need to install bone nails as a fixing method, which can effectively reduce patients. Discomfort.

Please refer to Figs. 1 to 3, which is an orthodontic component 10 provided by a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which includes a dental mouthpiece 20, a connecting member 30, and an elastic member 40. In order to facilitate the description of the technical features of the orthodontic assembly 10, the upper and lower views of the orthodontic assembly 10 are taken as the upper and lower parts of the orthodontic assembly 10, and the orthodontic assembly 10 is preset for the lower part of the patient. It is understandable that when the orthodontic assembly 10 is used for the upper row of teeth of a patient, the upper and lower positions describing the technical features of the orthodontic assembly 10 should be mutually reversed.

The dental mouthpiece 20 has a body 22, an accommodation space 24 is surrounded by the body 22, a notch 26 is recessed upward from one side of the body 22, and an extension 28 is formed by the body One side of 22 extends downward. The cover 22 covers the lower teeth of the patient, so that the lower teeth of the patient are accommodated in the accommodation space 24. The cover 22 has a wall edge 222 adjacent to the At the notch 26, in other words, the wall edge 222 is located at the boundary between the sleeve body 22 and the notch 26. In addition, as shown in FIG. 1, one section of the sleeve body 22 (that is, the figure A displacement track 221 is formed by a dotted line in the formula. One side of the displacement track 221 is the wall edge 222. The position of the extension 28 corresponds to the center of resistance point of the tooth. A fixing block 282 protrudes from an outer edge of the extending portion 28. In practice, in order to facilitate the correction operation, the positions of the notch 26, the extension 28, and the fixing block 282 are preferably located outside the patient's teeth, but not limited thereto. The sleeve body 22 is made of transparent and hard materials, such as PET, PET-G, TPU-PET-G, PE, EVA, PC, or PVC, but any other transparent materials can be used for production. The cover body 22 has a thickness between 0.25 and 0.6 inches, which is equal to between 0.625 and 1.5 cm, thereby making the cover body 22 more rigid and stable.

The connecting member 30 has a fixed portion 32 and a traction portion 34 protruding from the fixed portion 32. The fixed portion 32 is fixed to the outside of a crown of a tooth T to be corrected. In practice, the connecting member 30 can use common dental equipment, such as buttons, but it is not limited thereto.

The two ends of the elastic member 40 are respectively connected to the fixing block 282 and the traction portion 34, and the retracting force of the elastic member 40 is used to pull the tooth T to be corrected toward the fixing block 282. In this embodiment, the elastic member 40 is a rubber band, and two ends of the elastic member 40 are respectively sleeved on the fixing block 282 and the traction portion 34. In other possible embodiments, the elastic member 40 can be replaced with other tools. An elastic element with the same effect.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the vertical distance α between the wall edge 222 of the sleeve body 22 and the top of the crown of the tooth T to be corrected is about 2 to 4 cm, so that the outer side of the crown of the tooth T to be corrected is not It is completely covered by the sleeve body 22, but is partially exposed from the notch 26. The vertical distance β between the central position of the traction portion 34 and the wall edge 222 is about 2 cm, which is convenient for the doctor to fix the connecting member 30 to the crown of the tooth T to be corrected, and to subsequently set the elastic member 40, etc. Corrective work.

In this embodiment, the tooth T to be corrected is a canine tooth, and the first small molar tooth behind the canine tooth has been removed. The canine tooth can be pulled in the sleeve body in the direction of the second small molar tooth by the pulling force of the elastic member 40. The displacement in the displacement track 221 of 22, in this case, the notch 26 is opened next to the canine tooth and is located below the displacement track 221, and the extension 28 is located on the resistance center of the molar, because of the fixed The block 282 is fixed to the outer edge of the extension portion 28, so the tensile force of the elastic member 40 does not affect the molars. In other possible embodiments, the notch 26 may be opened beside any tooth to be moved, and the extension 28 may be correspondingly arranged beside any tooth at a corresponding fixed point.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which is an orthodontic assembly 50 provided by another embodiment of the present invention. The structure is substantially the same as the orthodontic assembly 10. The only difference is that the orthodontic assembly 50 has a connecting member 60. The piece 60 has a fixed portion 62 and a traction portion 64 extending downward from the fixing portion 62. The fixing portion 62 is fixed to the outside of the crown of the tooth T to be corrected. The traction portion 64 has a hook shape. There is a predetermined distance between the fixing portion 62 and the end of the traction portion 64, so that when the fixing portion 62 is fixed on the crown of the tooth T to be corrected, the traction portion 64 can be positioned exactly on the tooth T to be corrected Center of resistance, the distance γ between the end of the traction part 64 and the crown of the tooth T to be corrected is about 3 to 5 cm, and the elastic member 40 is actually hooked on the traction part 64 The distance between the position and the end of the traction part 64 is not more than 1 cm. In this way, when the traction portion 64 is pulled by the elastic member 40 to pull the tooth T to be corrected, the pulling force can be evenly distributed to the tooth T to be corrected for translation, thereby reducing the tooth T to be corrected during the displacement process. The chance of dumping. In practice, the connecting member 60 can use common dental equipment, such as a crimpable hook, but it is not limited thereto.

The orthodontic method using the orthodontic components 10 and 50 provided in this creation is shown in FIG. 5 and includes the following steps.

First, according to the teeth before the patient's correction, the above-mentioned braces 20 are made, wherein the notch 26 is opened beside the tooth T to be corrected and the size of the notch 26 corresponds to the displacement path of the tooth T to be corrected. The extension portion 28 is correspondingly arranged beside the tooth corresponding to the fixed point. In more detail, the correction method further includes the following steps: firstly taking a stereoscopic image of the dentition before correction of the patient, as shown in Annex 1; then based on the stereoscopic image of the dentition before the correction, using computer software to simulate the patient The stereoscopic image of the dentition after the correction is completed; the stereoscopic image of the dentition before the correction of the patient and the stereoscopic image of the simulated dentition after the correction are compared, and the movement route of the tooth T (canine teeth as an example) to be corrected is formulated Figure, as shown in Attachment 2, this movement route map is a movement trajectory formed by combining at least 40 teeth movement points; finally, according to the movement route map, the displacement trajectories 221 and The position and size of the notch 26 to be reserved are opened, and when the tooth T to be corrected is pulled according to the elastic member 40, the extension 28 and the fixing block 282 are set at the required fixed ends. Among them, the above-mentioned dentition stereoscopic image map, moving route map, simulated stereoscopic image map, or comparison map can be drawn using commercially available software, such as 3Shape or inteware.

After completing the above steps, the dental mouthpiece 20 can be inserted into the patient's teeth, and the fixing portions 32 and 62 of the connecting members 30 and 60 can be fixed to the crown portion of the tooth T to be corrected.

Finally, the two ends of the elastic member 40 are respectively inserted into the fixing block 282 and the traction portions 34 and 64, and the retraction force of the elastic member 40 is used to pull the tooth T to be corrected. Orthodontics The use state diagram after the assembly 10 is completed. The stereo image of the dentition after treatment and correction is shown in Annex 3.

Through the above structure and technical features, the orthodontic components 10 and 50 provided in this creation can move only the teeth that need to be moved during the orthodontic process, while maintaining the other teeth that are the fulcrum ends will not move together during the orthodontic process, and further Reduce the sequelae after correction, and do not need to install bone nails as a fixation during correction, which can effectively reduce the discomfort of patients. Please refer to Annex 4. According to the applicant's research, after superimposing the stereoscopic image of the dentition before and after the correction (Annex 1, Annex 4), it can be found that only the tooth T (grey) to be corrected is indeed moved, and other The tooth has almost no displacement (the displacement is less than about plus or minus 1 cm). Through the notch 26 on the dental mouthpiece 20 and the displacement track 221, the tooth T to be corrected can rely on the guidance of the displacement track 221 during the movement, so that the tooth T to be corrected can be moved for a predictable and long distance. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the braces frequently as in conventional techniques. During the entire treatment and correction process, at least one pair of braces can be used to complete the treatment or correction of tooth movement, which can save many costs and reduce the cost of materials. waste.

It must be stated here that the detailed description above in conjunction with the drawings is only an implementation mode provided to explain the technical content and characteristics of this creation. Those who have general general knowledge in this creative field are aware of this creation. After the technical content and characteristics, without departing from the spirit of this creation, all the simple modifications, replacements or reductions of components should fall within the scope of the patent application disclosed in this creation.

10‧‧‧ Orthodontics Kit

20‧‧‧ Braces

22‧‧‧ Body

221‧‧‧ displacement orbit

222‧‧‧Wall

24‧‧‧ accommodation space

26‧‧‧ notch

28‧‧‧ extension

282‧‧‧Fixed block

30‧‧‧Connector

32‧‧‧Department

34‧‧‧Towing Department

40‧‧‧elastic

50‧‧‧Orthodontics kit

60‧‧‧Connector

62‧‧‧Department

64‧‧‧Towing Department

T‧‧‧Tooth Orthodontics

α‧‧‧ Distance

β‧‧‧ Distance

γ‧‧‧ distance

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of the orthodontic component provided by an embodiment of the creative work; Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the use of the orthodontic component provided by an embodiment of the creative work; Fig. 3 is an illustration of the notch provided by an embodiment of the creative work Partially enlarged schematic diagram; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of using an orthodontic component provided by another embodiment of the creation; and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an orthodontic method using the orthodontic component provided by the creation. Attachment 1 is the stereoscopic image of the dentition before correction of the patient; Attachment 2 is a schematic diagram of the movement path of the teeth to be corrected; Attachment 3 is the stereoscopic image of the dentition after the patient has completed the correction; Attachment 4 is the stereoscopic image of the dentition before and after the patient is corrected Overlapping comparison chart.

Claims (9)

An orthodontic component includes: a dental mouthpiece having a body, an accommodating space surrounded by the sleeve body, a recess recessed from one side of the sleeve body, and an extension portion formed by the sleeve body One side extends out, and a fixing block protrudes from the outer edge of the extension portion; a connecting member has a fixed portion and a traction portion extends from the fixed portion; and an elastic member, the two ends of which are respectively connected to the The fixed block and the traction part. The orthodontic component according to claim 1, wherein the braces are made of any one or more materials of PET, PET-G, TPU-PET-G, PE, EVA, PC or PVC. The orthodontic component according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the sleeve is between 0.25 and 0.6 inches. The orthodontic component according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve has a wall edge adjacent to the recess, and the vertical distance between the wall edge and the top of a crown of a tooth to be corrected is 2 to 4 cm. The orthodontic component according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve has a wall edge adjacent to the recess, and a vertical distance between the center position of the traction portion and the wall edge is 2 cm. The orthodontic component according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve body has a wall edge adjacent to the recess, and a section of the sleeve body forms a displacement track, and one side of the displacement track is the wall edge. The orthodontic assembly according to claim 1, wherein the anchoring portion is fixed to a crown of a tooth to be orthodontic, and the traction portion is located at a center of resistance of the tooth. The orthodontic assembly according to claim 7, wherein the distance between the end of the traction part and the crown of the tooth to be corrected is 3 to 5 cm. The orthodontic component according to claim 1, wherein the extension is located at a center of resistance of the tooth.