KR20100009219U - Mouthpiece for tooth surface dimming applying optical waveguide principle - Google Patents

Abstract

Mouthpiece for dental surface dimming applying optical waveguide principle to allow the patient to be treated more comfortably during the dimming process of the tooth surface during the procedure of tooth whitening using photocatalyst

Mouthpiece, optical waveguide, photocatalyst, tooth dimming, tooth whitening

Description

Optical waveguided mouthpiece for dental treatment using optical waveguide principle

The present invention is intended to facilitate the process of irradiating light to the surface of the tooth for the activation of the drug using a photocatalyst during dental procedures.

In the case of using a photocatalyst in the dental treatment process, the agent is applied to the surface of the tooth and the light is activated for a certain time to activate the photocatalyst to activate the drug.

Representative procedures using such photocatalysts include teeth whitening procedures, which are recently increasing in interest in beauty and increasing demand.

The problem that the operator feels most uncomfortable in the above procedure is to expose the front surface of the tooth to a light source in order to evenly irradiate the surface of the tooth with light for activating the photocatalyst, the oral opening holder as shown in FIG. The uncomfortable posture should be maintained for longer than the exposure time of the light source.

In order to solve this problem, existing application No. 20-2005-0035853 or application No. 20-2005-0029838, etc., proposed a method of providing a compact dimmer having an LED light source attached to the shape of a mouthpiece. The large light source and the power supply are directly connected to the mouthpiece, which is still inconvenient for the operator to use, and when using multiple LEDs to evenly radiate the light on the front of the tooth, the power and light sources need to be heavier and larger. There is a limit to irradiating light evenly.

In addition, during the exposure of the light source, the operator should face the light source and remain fixed, wear safety glasses to protect the optic nerve and retina, and bear the inconvenience of wearing a protective film to protect the skin of the face.

 In order to avoid exposing the light source to such unnecessary parts, the existing application No. 10-2007-0063279 proposed a method of providing a compact dimmer in which the oral opening holder and the light source are integrated. There is a problem that should be taken.

The present invention aims to provide a method that allows the operator to proceed with the procedure more conveniently and simply by eliminating the inconveniences that the general subject feels in the dental procedure using the photocatalyst.

In the present invention to solve the above problems in the mouthpiece portion 31 made of a material that transmits the effective wavelength band of the applied light source;

Attaching the optical waveguide portion 32 integrally with the mouthpiece for light transmission and diffusion so as to effectively irradiate the front surface of the tooth;

The optical connection part 33 for injecting light into the optical waveguide is provided to solve the problem through the mouthpiece for tooth surface dimming applying the optical waveguide principle, which is made to facilitate the optical waveguide made of an optical fiber bundle from an external light source. .

Tooth surface dimming mouthpiece to which the optical waveguide principle of the present invention is applied provides a environment in which the subject can receive a very comfortable procedure while being able to irradiate a single light source evenly on the front surface of the tooth with a simple structure;

The mouthpiece part 31, the optical waveguide part 32, and the optical connection part 33 are all made of a single material and can be easily processed by a generally known extrusion method. It is possible to produce.

In the present invention, in the optical waveguide part which transmits and diffuses light evenly on the front surface of the tooth, as shown in FIG. 4, light is transmitted and diffused by internal total reflection effect due to the difference in refractive index between the optical waveguide material and the outside air. Evenly investigated.

At this time, the hole 51 is processed in the waveguide part to more uniformly spread the entire tooth surface, and the total reflection angle according to the structure of the hole is changed, so that the strong light at the center of the light emitted from the light source more effectively. It is also possible to make the structure of the waveguide so that it can reach;

The waveguide may be processed to artificially generate bubbles so that the waveguide may be efficiently diffused due to scattering caused by bubbles.

The effective application of the mouthpiece integrated with the efficient optical waveguide unit is as follows.

After applying the drug using the photocatalytic effect on the teeth in advance, the subject bites the mouthpiece 31 with the tooth or the drug applying the photocatalytic effect on the tooth contact part 34 in advance and then the subject bites the mouthpiece. After the agent is naturally applied to the surface of the tooth;

After connecting the optical waveguide consisting of the external light source and the optical fiber bundle and the opposite side of the optical waveguide to the optical connection portion 33 of the present invention;

The light is emitted for a suitable time for the procedure and light is evenly applied to the entire surface of the tooth to perform the procedure through activation of the photocatalytic agent.

By applying the present invention, the patient can receive the procedure more comfortably during the procedure using photocatalyst in dentistry, and the operator can finish the majority of the procedure by simply applying the medicine and connecting the optical connection. To provide an environment.

In addition, the mouthpiece for tooth surface dimming by applying the optical waveguide principle provided in the present invention can be manufactured for one-time use, thereby fully solving the problem of secondary infection for the operator.

1 is a mouth opening holder widely used in the past.

Figure 2 is an example photograph equipped with a conventional mouth opening holder.

3 is a perspective view of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the progress of light by the optical waveguide portion of the present invention.

5 is a perspective view in which additional holes have been processed to improve the optical waveguide structure.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

31: mouthpiece

32: optical waveguide

33: optical connection

51: Additional holes for optical waveguide improvement

Claims (4)

Mouthpiece for tooth surface dimming applying the optical waveguide principle consisting of an optical waveguide part, an optical connection part and a mouthpiece part to allow light to be irradiated to the front surface of the tooth in a dental procedure using a photocatalyst The method of claim 1, Mouthpiece for dental surface dimming by applying the optical waveguide principle configured to effectively transmit and irradiate light on the front surface of a tooth by processing one or more holes in the optical waveguide part or generating bubbles to improve light diffusion efficiency The method of claim 1, Mouthpiece for tooth surface dimming applying optical waveguide principle with reflecting film coated on the surface to improve the total internal reflection efficiency of optical waveguide part The method of claim 1, Application using photocatalyst on the tooth-adhesive contact surface of the mouthpiece. To apply the optical waveguide principle, the operator can finish the preliminary preparation necessary for the procedure only by removing the packaging and connecting the optical connection. Mouthpiece for Surface Dimming

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