US20190208901A1 - Polyketone Bristles And Toothbrush Comprising The Bristles - Google Patents

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US20190208901A1
US20190208901A1 US16/333,331 US201716333331A US2019208901A1 US 20190208901 A1 US20190208901 A1 US 20190208901A1 US 201716333331 A US201716333331 A US 201716333331A US 2019208901 A1 US2019208901 A1 US 2019208901A1
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Hye-Ju Yu
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  • the present disclosure relates to polyketone toothbrush bristles and a toothbrush including the same.
  • the present disclosure relates to toothbrush bristles of a polyketone material having high rigidity, high elasticity and excellent wear resistance and thus shows reduced bristle gap-widening and increased service life, and a toothbrush including the same.
  • a toothbrush is a tool used for cleaning an oral cavity including teeth and gingiva and includes a grip and toothbrush bristles, wherein the toothbrush bristles are generally made using an elastic synthetic resin.
  • toothbrush bristles have been made using a polyester polymer (e.g. polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), or the like).
  • PET polyethylene terephthalate
  • PTT polytrimethylene terephthalate
  • PBT polybutylene terephthalate
  • nylon has an advantage of suitable flexibility, it has high moisture absorbing property to provide a short service life, shows low strength, and thus is required to have a predetermined thickness or more.
  • polyester-based toothbrush bristles they have a disadvantage of low flexibility. Such conventional toothbrush bristles show a bristle gap-widening phenomenon even after 1 month to 3 months, and thus requires exchange.
  • the present inventors have conducted intensive studies to solve the bristle gap-widening problem of the existing nylon- and polyester (e.g. PBT)-based toothbrush bristles, particularly the problem of early bristle gap-widening and wearing caused by the thin ends of bristles in the case of fine bristles having a tapered shape.
  • PBT nylon- and polyester
  • toothbrush bristles having high rigidity, high elasticity and excellent wear resistance can be obtained by using a polyketone material.
  • the present disclosure is based on this finding.
  • the present disclosure is directed to providing toothbrush bristles including polyketone.
  • the present disclosure is also directed to providing a toothbrush including the toothbrush bristles.
  • toothbrush bristles including polyketone.
  • Toothbrush bristles are ultimately directed to maximizing a tooth-cleaning effect while minimizing damages upon the gingiva.
  • the tooth-cleaning effect is degraded.
  • the gingiva is damaged undesirably.
  • the present inventors have conducted intensive studies to solve the above-mentioned problem.
  • a polyketone resin is a novel type of resin developed recently, is synthesized from carbon monoxide and olefin, and has mechanical properties that belong to the category of high-performance plastics.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,843,144 discloses a linear alternate polymer synthesized from olefin, such as ethylene or propylene, with carbon monoxide.
  • the polyketone resin used therein has excellent impact resistance, high repulsion elasticity both at room temperature and low temperature and excellent creep characteristics.
  • the polyketone may have a basic structure including carbon monoxide and olefin.
  • the polyketone may be a hybrid polymer of carbon monoxide with ethylene or a terpolymer of carbon monoxide, ethylene and polyketone.
  • polyketone ingredient may be represented by the following chemical formula:
  • the polyketone polymer used for the toothbrush bristles according to the present disclosure may have a linear alternate structure, and may include carbon monoxide substantially per each unsaturated hydrocarbon molecule.
  • the ethylenic unsaturated hydrocarbon compound that may be used as a precursor of the polyketone polymer may have 1-20 carbon atoms, preferably 1-10 carbon atoms. More preferably, the ethylenic unsaturated hydrocarbon compound may be ethene or ⁇ -olefin (e.g. propene, 1-butene, iso-butene, 1-hexene or 1-octene).
  • the polyketone resin may be obtained by liquid phase polymerization of carbon monoxide with olefin using an alcohol solvent in the presence of a catalyst composition including a palladium compound.
  • a catalyst composition including a palladium compound may be recovered through filtering and purification steps after the polymerization. The remaining catalyst composition is removed with a solvent, such as an alcohol or acetone.
  • the toothbrush bristles may include a polyketone material.
  • the toothbrush bristles may further include at least one water-insoluble polymer material selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polytrimethylene terephthalate, polyurethane and nylon.
  • the toothbrush bristles according to the present disclosure may include a polyketone blend obtained by blending a linear alternate polymer containing carbon monoxide with at least one ethylenic unsaturated hydrocarbon and at least one water-insoluble polymer material described hereinabove.
  • the water-insoluble polymer material is one used for manufacturing conventional toothbrush bristles.
  • nylon has excellent heat resistance, elastic modulus and strength, but shows high moisture absorbability to cause a change in physical properties or dimension undesirably.
  • nylon is disadvantageous in that it undergoes a change in impact resistance when absorbing moisture. To solve this, it is possible to use a blend of nylon with polyketone as a material for the toothbrush bristles according to the present disclosure.
  • the polyketone blend may include 60-80 wt % of the linear alternate polyketone polymer and 20-40 wt % of at least one water-insoluble polymer as mentioned above.
  • polyketone and at least one water-insoluble polymer may be blended at a weight ratio of 9:1-7:3.
  • the polyketone blend may be prepared by melting each of the ingredients at high temperature, followed by compounding.
  • additional ingredients such as an antioxidant and UV stabilizer, may be further incorporated.
  • the toothbrush bristles may further include an ingredient favorable to the tooth health and selected from the group consisting of an anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial agent, whitening agent, sensitive tooth-alleviating agent, anti-plaque agent, fragrance, bad breath-preventing agent, gingiva health-aid, tooth decay-preventing agent, oral cavity cleaner, xylitol, bamboo salt, bay salt, prepared salt, refined salt, pine salt, steamed salt, molten salt, processed salt and phosphate salt.
  • an ingredient favorable to the tooth health selected from the group consisting of an anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial agent, whitening agent, sensitive tooth-alleviating agent, anti-plaque agent, fragrance, bad breath-preventing agent, gingiva health-aid, tooth decay-preventing agent, oral cavity cleaner, xylitol, bamboo salt, bay salt, prepared salt, refined salt, pine salt, steamed salt, molten salt, processed salt and phosphate salt.
  • toothbrush bristles further include the ingredients favorable to the tooth health as described above, such ingredients are released by tooth cleaning pressure and moisture upon tooth brushing, and act on the teeth or gingiva so that they may help effects of preventing various oral diseases, such as anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-plaque and anti-sensitive effects.
  • toothbrush bristles according to the present disclosure may be provided in the form of fine bristles.
  • fine bristles In the case of fine bristles, they are soft and touch teeth everywhere to clean all corners of teeth, and particularly they show a high cleaning effect between teeth and the gingiva. On the contrary, in the case of general fine bristles, they are worn rapidly and end portions thereof are bent easily, and thus require exchange every 1-2 months. Therefore, it is required to conduct studies to improve the durability of toothbrush bristles, especially fine bristles.
  • the polyketone fine bristles according to the present disclosure has high rigidity, high elasticity and excellent wear resistance, and thus is advantageous in that they can be used for a period of use while maintaining the initial state.
  • the toothbrush bristles may be provided in the form of general bristles having the same diameter even at the end and round-shaped end portions, or in the form of needle-like fine bristles having tapered end portions.
  • bristles In the case of general bristles, they may have a diameter of 0.1-0.13 mm. In the case of fine bristles, they may be ultrafine bristles having a diameter of 0.02 mm or less, or 0.1 mm or less, at the end portions thereof.
  • the general bristles having a diameter of 0.1-0.13 mm may have at least three times larger number of bristles planted densely as compared to general bristles having a diameter of 0.16-0.20 mm, and thus show high elasticity and softness to provide a good cleaning effect to the gingiva and teeth and a high effect of massaging the gingiva. Thus, they can provide a tooth cleaning effect in combination with a gingiva massaging effect, which cannot be provided by general bristles.
  • fine bristles having a diameter of 0.02 mm or less at the end portions thereof they are thinner than the gap between the gingiva and teeth, and thus can clean plaque between the gingiva and teeth with ease and provide an effect of preventing gingivitis.
  • the toothbrush bristles according to the present disclosure may be obtained by forming fine bristles having a tapered shape and planting them in a toothbrush head in a ‘V’-like shape.
  • the toothbrush bristles may be planted so that the length of planted bristles, which is the distance from the head top surface to the ends of bristles, may be 5-25 mm, but are not limited thereto.
  • the planted fine bristles may have a total length of 10-30 mm or 15-25 mm, a thickness of 0.01-0.1 mm and a planted portion length of 1-15 mm.
  • the height of fine bristles from the top surface of toothbrush head after planting may be 5-20 mm, but is not limited thereto.
  • the toothbrush bristles obtained by using polyketone according to the present disclosure have excellent elasticity and are suitable for removal of plaque on the severely indented tooth surfaces. Therefore, it is possible to remove plaque on the tooth surfaces and between teeth, where the conventional toothbrushes cannot function well.
  • the toothbrush bristles can also perform suitable massaging on the gingiva without irritation or bleeding. Therefore, it is possible to carry out tooth care continuously without a need for performing massage for the health of teeth and gingiva requiring additional time and labor.
  • a toothbrush including the polyketone toothbrush bristles.
  • the toothbrush according to the present disclosure may be provided in the form of a product including a toothbrush head made of an elastic member such as rubber or silicone so as to impart the effects of physical cleaning and gingiva massaging.
  • the toothbrush according to the present disclosure may include: a grip portion having a predetermined thickness and width and a toothbrush head portion linked thereto; polyketone toothbrush bristles formed on the top surface of the toothbrush head portion; and a tip provided in the toothbrush head portion.
  • the toothbrush according to the present disclosure may be provided with two or more types of toothbrush bristles made using different materials.
  • the toothbrush according to the present disclosure may include: a grip portion having a predetermined thickness and width and a toothbrush head portion linked thereto; the first toothbrush bristles fixed to one part of the head portion and the second toothbrush bristles fixed to the other part of the head portion, wherein the first toothbrush bristles include a polyketone material, and the second toothbrush bristles include at least one water-insoluble polymer material selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polytrimethylene terephthalate, polyurethane and nylon.
  • toothbrush bristles and ingredients known to those skilled in the art may be applied to the toothbrush according to the present disclosure, except that the toothbrush bristles according to the present disclosure uses polyketone instead of conventional materials, such as nylon and PBT.
  • novel toothbrush bristles according to the present disclosure have higher rigidity and elasticity as compared to the conventional toothbrush bristles, are more helpful to tooth cleaning, show high wear resistance, and can be used for a long time.
  • FIG. 1 is a graph illustrating the plaque removal rate between teeth as a function of diameter of toothbrush bristles.
  • FIG. 2 shows polyketone toothbrush bristles and nylon toothbrush bristles right after brushing.
  • both ends of one strand of toothbrush bristle were fixed by a fixing member and the strand was drawn along the axis of the specimen. Then, the force upon the cutting, i.e. tensile strength, was determined.
  • polyketone toothbrush bristles were planted to a toothbrush head to obtain a toothbrush. Then, the toothbrush was compared with toothbrushes using Nylon 612 and PBT in terms of elasticity loss.
  • the elasticity loss indicates durability (bristle gap-widening) during the use of a toothbrush.
  • the gap-widening was determined according to the following mathematical Formula 1. As the value of elasticity loss is decreased, the difference of a gap in the bristles between before and after brushing is reduced, suggesting that the toothbrush bristles show lower gap-widening.
  • Table 1 shows the results of tensile strength (Kgf) and elasticity loss (%) of each type of toothbrush bristle.
  • polyketone toothbrush bristles show a tensile strength (kgf) 2.0 times higher than the tensile strength of nylon and 1.13 times higher than that of PBT (Table 1), which demonstrates that polyketone maintains high rigidity when it is applied to toothbrush bristles.
  • Polymers having high rigidity and excellent wear resistance like polyketone, include fluoro-resin (PTFE, PVDF), POM, PBT, PES, or the like.
  • fluoro-resin it is difficult to manufacture toothbrush bristles due to its high melting point.
  • POM it is not suitable for toothbrush bristles due to its brittleness.
  • PBT and PES are materials having sufficiently high rigidity and excellent wear resistance, like polyketone.
  • toothbrush bristles having a diameter of 0.18 mm were produced by using them in the same manner as the above-described example.
  • the end portions of bristles were planted without any separated processing for fine bristles to obtain toothbrush bristles.
  • the toothbrush bristles using three types of materials were evaluated by professional panels through a survey about gingiva irritation.
  • the survey was carried out by allowing 20- to 40-aged 20 females and 20 males to use test toothbrush for 7 days and then comparing the test toothbrush with one another. Before using a new toothbrush, the panels were allowed to have a quiescence of 3 days and to care their teeth as usual during the quiescence. The survey results are shown in the following Table 2 (multiple choices allowed).
  • nylon toothbrush bristles and polyketone toothbrush bristles each having a diameter of 5 M (0.127 mm) were planted to provide test toothbrushes. Then, 20- to 40-aged 20 females and 20 males were allowed to use each toothbrush and compared the toothbrushes with each other. Before using a new toothbrush, the panels were allowed to have a quiescence of 3 days and to care their teeth as usual during the quiescence.
  • the survey included questions capable of evaluating the elasticity and cleaning effect of each toothbrush and evaluation was carried out in a 5-point scale (higher point means higher satisfaction).
  • the polyketone bristles show high elasticity to provide a significantly higher effect of cleaning the tooth surface and interdental portion as compared to the nylon bristles.
  • Bacterial film coating on the artificial tooth surface was used after the tooth portion of a gnathostatic model was dipped in a colored polymer for about 10 seconds, taken out therefrom, dried in an isothermal-isohumidity chamber (25° C., 55%) maintaining a predetermined temperature and humidity for 60 minutes, and dried completely. Then, the toothbrushes, to which bristles having a diameter of 10 mils, 8 mils, 7 mils and 6 mils were planted, were used so that the section of bristles of the toothbrush and the narrower surface of the coated gnathostatic model were positioned horizontally with each other to cover the surfaces as much as possible during brushing.
  • a pressure of 300 g was applied to all types of toothbrushes and each toothbrush product was subjected to vertical brushing for 30 seconds alternately with horizontal brushing for 30 seconds, 8 times. Then, the area of the artificial tooth surface was measured before and after removing the bacterial film through a microscope and the rate of plaque removal was evaluated as a percent (%) value. The results are shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the top end/bottom end of one strand of toothbrush bristle were gripped to a universal test machine (UTM) with an interval of 1 cm and the top end was drawn at a rate of 200 mm/min to measure the force when the strand was cut.
  • UTM universal test machine
  • toothbrush bristles To evaluate elasticity (softness) of toothbrush bristles, one strand of toothbrush bristle was hang on a wire, which allows measurement of applied force at the point corresponding to 1 ⁇ 3 of the strand, and the force was measured.
  • polyketone (0.56 kgf) has a tensile strength improved by 40% as compared to nylon (0.40 kgf).

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