WO2000047126A1 - A method and an apparatus for increasing the dissolving rate of carious dentine - Google Patents
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- WO2000047126A1 WO2000047126A1 PCT/SE2000/000251 SE0000251W WO0047126A1 WO 2000047126 A1 WO2000047126 A1 WO 2000047126A1 SE 0000251 W SE0000251 W SE 0000251W WO 0047126 A1 WO0047126 A1 WO 0047126A1
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- A61C3/00—Dental tools or instruments
- A61C3/02—Tooth drilling or cutting instruments; Instruments acting like a sandblast machine
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- a method and an apparatus for increasing the dissolving rate of carious dentine are provided.
- the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for increasing the dissolving rate of carious dentine in a chemo-mechanical treatment method for removing caries by means of a caries dissolving preparation which is applied on the carious lesion for dissolving the carious dentine.
- the two-component liquid consists of a sodium hypochlorite component and an amino acid component.
- Sodium hypochlorite has a strong dissolving effect on the caries attacked substance and is the active component in the liquid.
- the amino acids reduce the reactivity, and thereby the aggressivity against sound tissue, of the sodium hypochlorite component.
- the two components are mixed together just before use and then applied directly to the carious lesion.
- the caries dissolving effect starts when the liquid with the active component comes into contact with the carious attacked tooth surface.
- the two-component liquid is dispersed by means of diffusion in the carious substance and in order to increase the velocity of the caries dissolving effect and thereby reduce the treatment period of time it is desirable to increase the diffusion rate by reducing the diffusion distance and/or the diffusion velocity, see below.
- the biological treatment method is usually not painful at all. Neither does it require any investments in expensive equipments. It only requires an excavator instrument to remove softened carious dentine material.
- the instrument specifically made for removing softened carious dentine is previously disclosed in SE 96.04626-3.
- This instrument makes it possible to manually scrape in different directions and the scraping edges of the tool head of the instrument are adapted to all types of caries lesions.
- the instrument comprises a star-shaped tool head having four symmetrically arranged scraping edges with a curved, preferably spherical, outer contour (periphery) for scraping away softened carious substance.
- the instrument can also be used for catching drops of the liquid solution used for the chemo-mechanical treatment method and carry these drops to the site of the caries attacked tooth part. This is possible because of the open, empty spaces which are located between the scraping edges of the tool head of the instrument and this function of the instrument is facilitated as the liquid solution which is used has a viscous, gel form.
- SE 98.03057-0 it is illustrated an instrument which is able to roughen the surface so that it takes less time for the solution to soften the carious lesion, which means that the softened caries substance then can be removed more quickly.
- the scraping edges By designing the scraping edges with transverse grooves so that they are able to scratch and roughen the hard surface, the effective surface area for the treatment solution is increased and the treatment period of time is shortened.
- a common feature of these instruments is the fact that they are made for manually scraping away softened, carious dentine, i e. the scraping motion is fully made by hand.
- the scraping motion should be carried out in different directions and repeated until all carious dentine has been removed, it might be a hard work for the dentist from an ergonomically point of view to carry out the caries treatment procedure.
- the dentist has to position the instrument as well as he must control the instrument with respect to the scraping direction.
- the scraping motion should not affect any of the healthy teeth. It should not be allowed to apply too heavy pressure from the instrument on the tooth.
- the instrument is equipped with, or connected to, for instance an electric motor for driving the tool head of the instrument ac- cording to a predetermined motion pattern.
- an electric motor for driving the tool head of the instrument ac- cording to a predetermined motion pattern.
- the instrument could be a rotating, low-speed motion, a reciprocating motion, a pendulating, wobbling or oscillating motion.
- the instrument has a star-shaped tool head and a shaft for connecting the in- strument to a rotating machine (power tool).
- the scraping instrument In addition to just having a scraping function, i e scraping away softened carious dentine, the scraping instrument also fulfils an important function by stiring in the carious lesion so that more and larger contact surfaces between the two-component liquid and carious dentine are formed.
- the diffusion path for the active component up to the carious lesion surface can then be shortened. This is also the case for the period of time for dissolving all the caries material .
- the caries dissolving rate substantially depends on:
- Type of caries Some caries is re-mineralized by for instance saliva. This type of caries is more difficult to stir and remove.
- the stiring technique The stiring with the scraping instrument should be performed in such a way that new gel is continuously transferred to the carious lesion surface, that many and large contact surfaces are formed from which the diffusion path to the reaction place is short.
- a further object of the invention is to provide an instru- ment which adds energy to the liquid in order to increase the diffusion rate of the active component without any-undesirable heating of the tooth and the carious lesion.
- the instrument could be used separately or combined with an existing scraping instrument.
- the apparatus comprises a vibration transmitting element which is brought into contact with the caries dissolving preparation which has been applied to the carious lesion and transmits vibration energy to the preparation, the transmitted vibration energy having a frequency within the range from audible sound to ultrasonic frequencies .
- the vibration transmitting element is made as a tool head with a scraping function.
- the instrument then also comprises a connecting part for connecting the instrument to vibration generating means .
- figure 1 is an overall view of the instrument for caries treatment
- figure 2 illustrates the carious lesion and the vibration transmitting element more in detail
- figure 3 illustrates another embodiment of the instrument.
- the instrument comprises a tool head or working member 1 having a spherical outer contour.
- the tool head is intended to be used for scraping a caries lesion 2 in a tooth 3 in a chemo-mechanical caries treatment procedure by means of a caries dissolving preparation 4 applied to the caries lesion.
- the tool head has in this case a star-shaped geometry formed by three symmetrically arranged scraping edges 5 having a circular periphery, see figure 2.
- the scraping edges 5 are extending radially outwards in three different directions and thanks to the cir- cular periphery both the bottom and the sides of the cavity can be scraped with one and the same star-shaped tool head 1.
- the tool head itself could have the same form as in the instrument illustrated in SE 9604626-3 and in which the scraping motions are made out completely by hand. Similar to the previously known instrument, of course also this instrument could have more or less than three symmetrical- ly arranged scraping edges .
- the instrument according to the present invention has a bent connecting part (shaft) 6 for connecting the instrument to an oscillator 7 for vibrating the tool head 1.
- the tool head is also the vibration transmitting element or body which is brought into contact with the caries dissolving preparation 4 applied to the caries lesion and transmitting the vibrations into the solution.
- the oscillator 7 is for instance a piezo-electric element or a magnetostriction oscillator.
- the oscillator itself is connected to a driving unit 8 with the necessary electronics for generating oscillations in the frequency range from audible sound up to ultrasonic frequencies, i e in the frequency range of 1000 Hz - 20 kHz for the audible sound and frequencies over 20 kHz for supersonics.
- vibration energy in the frequency range from audible sound up to supersonic frequencies is known per se in many applications, for instance for increasing the diffusion in a detergent solution in a supersonic bath.
- ultrasonic instruments for removing dental deposits and plaque. Then the instrument has a sharp cutting edge which is chopped into the dental plaque by means of the vibrations and breaks up the hard plaque.
- the vibration energy is transferred to the preparation, the two-component solution, which has been applied to the tooth, by dipping the vibration transmitting element down into the preparation in order to increase the diffusion rate and the stirring effect in the preparation itself in order to speed up the dissolution of the carious dentine.
- the scraping and removal of the soft carious dentine can then be effectuated by means of the scraping instrument according to the previous treatment procedure and without the addition of vibration energy in this stage.
- the oscillating means 7 and 8 for the instrument consists of components which are known per se and will not be described in any detail here.
- the instrument has a handle 9 or connecting shaft to a rotary machine in case a machine instrument is used.
- the instrument also has a cable 10 for the electricity supply to the vibration generating components 7 and 8.
- FIG 3 it is illustrated another embodiment of the instrument in which the vibration generating element comprises a sleeve-shaped member 11 connected to the vibration generating components (not shown) and which is arranged coaxially with the tool part 12 of the scraping in- strument.
- the vibrations in the preparation improve the stirring effect and increase the diffusion rate for the active component in the preparation. In this way it is possible to shorten the treatment period of time substantially.
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AU29544/00A AU2954400A (en) | 1999-02-15 | 2000-02-09 | A method and an apparatus for increasing the dissolving rate of carious dentine |
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US8047841B2 (en) | 2003-02-13 | 2011-11-01 | Dentsply International, Inc. | Application dental materials to the oral cavity |
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