WO2016182226A1

WO2016182226A1 - Orthodontic device for maxillary teeth

Info

Publication number: WO2016182226A1
Application number: PCT/KR2016/004275
Authority: WO
Inventors: 남경수
Original assignee: 남경수
Priority date: 2015-05-12
Filing date: 2016-04-25
Publication date: 2016-11-17
Also published as: KR101592421B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to an orthodontic device for extracting maxillary teeth from the gums. An orthodontic device for the maxillary teeth, according to the present invention, comprises: at least one maxillary engaging member, which is integrally coupled to the maxillary teeth; at least one submaxillary engaging member, which is installed on the submaxillary teeth; an elastic member which generates elastic force by being engaged between the maxillary engaging member and the submaxillary engaging member; and a cover member which is installed on the submaxillary teeth so as to cover the submaxillary engaging member.

Description

Maxillary orthodontic device

The present invention relates to orthodontic devices for drawing maxillary teeth out of the gums.

In general, orthodontics (orthodontics) include simply arranging crooked teeth, correcting various skeletal inconsistencies that may occur during the growth process, so that normal oral function can be exerted, resulting in a healthy oral tissue and a beautiful face. It refers to making, basically functional / aesthetic treatment to move the tooth to the desired position in the alveolar bone by applying a moderate force to the tooth.

On the other hand, when a person smiles brightly, the mouth is opened, and the incisor is mainly exposed to the outside. Therefore, the incisor can greatly influence the impression of the person smiling, and the structure of the incisor is an important factor that determines the impression of the person. By the way, in some individuals, the incisors protrude less than the average value from the gum. This can be a negative factor in creating a beautiful smile because the area exposed to the outside of the gum is small. Therefore, it is necessary to perform a correction to pull the teeth out of the gums. However, the conventional dental orthodontic device is focused on the horizontal movement of the teeth, there is a problem that can not perform the correction to pull the front teeth from the gum in the vertical direction.

An object of the present invention is to provide a maxillary orthodontic device that can perform the correction to pull the tooth from the gum in the vertical direction, including the incisor in order to solve the above problems of the prior art.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, at least one maxillary engaging member coupled to the maxillary teeth; At least one lower jaw member mounted to the lower teeth; An elastic member generating elastic force by engaging between the upper locking member and the lower locking member; And it may provide a maxillary orthodontic device comprising a cover member mounted to the mandible teeth to cover the mandibular locking member.

At this time, the upper locking member may be formed with a locking portion protruding upward.

In addition, the lower jaw member may be mounted on the interdental of the lower teeth.

In addition, the lower jaw member may be formed in an arc shape extending from the front to the rear of the lower teeth.

In addition, the front end of the lower locking member may be formed with a spherical locking portion having a diameter larger than the diameter of the lower locking member.

In addition, the rear end of the lower engaging member may be formed to be bent to extend along the gum.

In addition, the cover member may be formed with a protrusion formed by protruding upward from other portions corresponding to the posterior portion.

In addition, the fixing member may be further fixed to the lower teeth in a state coupled to the cover member.

In addition, the cover member may be fixed to surround the circumference of the fixing target tooth.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, since the elastic force applied from the elastic member to the upper locking member can be transmitted to the teeth to be corrected as it is, there is an effect of performing the correction to pull the teeth to be corrected from the gum in the vertical direction. have.

In addition, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the upper engaging portion is formed in the upper locking engaging portion is formed there is an effect that the elastic member can be stably fixed to the upper locking member.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the spherical locking portion having a diameter larger than the diameter of the upper locking member is formed at the front end of the lower locking member has the effect that the elastic member can be stably fixed to the lower locking member have.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the support portion extending along the gum is bent at the rear end of the lower engaging member is formed to have the effect that the lower locking member is prevented from swinging in the state mounted on the lower teeth.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by being provided with a fixing member fixed to the mandible teeth in the state coupled to the cover member, there is an effect that can be more firmly fixed to the mandrel locking member and the cover member to the mandible teeth.

1 is a perspective view of a maxillary orthodontic appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view showing a state in which the maxillary orthodontic appliance is mounted on a tooth according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a plan view showing a state in which the maxillary orthodontic appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on the mandible teeth.

Figure 4 is a front view showing a state in which the maxillary orthodontic appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on the maxillary and mandibular teeth.

* Description of the drawing symbols *

10: upper jaw member 12: the locking portion of the upper jaw member

20: lower jaw member 22: lower jaw member

24: support portion of the lower engaging member 30: cover member

32: protrusion 40: elastic member

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are used as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a perspective view of a maxillary orthodontic appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a view showing a state in which the maxillary orthodontic appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on the teeth. 3 is a plan view showing a state in which the maxillary orthodontic device is mounted on the mandibular teeth according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a maxillary orthodontic device according to an embodiment of the present invention to the maxillary and mandibular teeth It is a front view which shows the attached state.

Referring to FIG. 1, a maxillary orthodontic appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a maxillary locking member 10, a mandibular locking member 20, a cover member 30, and an elastic member 40. In addition, the maxillary orthodontic appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a fixing member (50).

2 and 4, the upper jaw member 10 and the lower jaw member 20 is provided with at least one and are mounted on the upper and lower jaw, respectively. The elastic member 40 may generate an elastic force by engaging the upper locking member 10 and the lower locking member 20. The elastic member 40 is to provide traction to the uppermost engaging member 10 attached to the teeth to be corrected. The elastic member 40 may be a rubber band, a tooth band, or the like. When the elastic member 40 is caught by the upper locking member 10 and the lower locking member 20, the elastic force of the elastic member 40 is applied to the upper locking member 10 and the lower locking member 20, respectively. The elastic force of the elastic member 40 acts as a traction to pull the lower locking member 20 downward. The pulling force for pulling the maxillary locking member 10 downward is transmitted to the orthodontic tooth through the maxillary locking member 10, and the orthodontic tooth can be drawn out from the gum by this force.

The upper locking member 10 is attached to the teeth to be corrected to transmit the elastic force applied from the elastic member 40 to the teeth to be corrected. The upper locking member 10 may be attached to the front surface of the tooth to be corrected. For example, the maxillary locking member 10 may be attached to the incisors such as mid incisor, side incisors, and canines. If necessary, the upper locking member 10 may be attached to the premolar or molar of the maxilla.

The upper locking member 10 is preferably integrally coupled to the teeth to be corrected in order to transfer the elastic force of the elastic member 40 to the teeth to be straightened as it is. However, after the correction is completed, the upper jaw member 10 is preferably detachably coupled to the orthodontic target tooth since it should be detachable from the orthodontic tooth. The maxillary locking member 10 may be attached to the maxillary teeth by various methods. For example, the maxillary locking member 10 may be attached to the maxillary teeth by an adhesive.

The upper locking member 10 preferably has a structure capable of keeping the locking state of the elastic member 40 well. Even when the elastic member 40 is caught by the upper locking member 10 and the lower locking member 20, the patient may move the upper and lower jaw, such as opening the mouth. In this case, when the elastic member 40 is unstablely caught by the upper locking member 10 and the lower locking member 20, the elastic member 40 may be separated from the upper locking member 10 or the lower locking member 20. have. Therefore, the maxillary locking member 10 may have various structures so that the elastic member 40 can be held in the state of being locked by the maxillary locking member 10. For example, as in the present embodiment, the upper locking member 10 may be formed with a locking portion 12 to which the elastic member 40 can be caught. When the locking portion 12 is formed in the upper locking member 10, the locking state of the elastic member 40 may be stably maintained. In this embodiment, the locking portion 12 of the upper locking member 10 has a protrusion structure protruding upward from the main body of the elastic member 40, but the structure of the locking portion 12 is not limited thereto and may be modified in various forms. Do.

The lower jaw member 20 is mounted on the lower jaw teeth to support the traction force acting on the upper jaw member 10 mounted to the teeth to be corrected. When the lower locking member 20 does not provide sufficient supporting force, the elastic member 40 may not provide sufficient elastic force to the upper locking member 10. Therefore, the lower locking member 20 preferably supports the elastic member 40 firmly so that the elastic member 40 can generate a sufficient elastic force. However, unlike the upper locking member 10 is integrally attached to the teeth to be corrected, the lower locking member 20 may not be integrally attached to the lower teeth. Instead, the lower jaw member 20 may be mounted to the mandible teeth in a form spanning the interdental teeth of the mandible teeth.

The lower locking member 20 may have various structures that are not integrally coupled to the lower teeth but can stably support the elastic member 40. For example, the lower jaw member 20 may extend from the front of the lower teeth to the rear as in the present embodiment may have an arch shape, and may have a shape corresponding to the shapes of the lower teeth and the gums. The lower locking member 20 may be manufactured in a desired shape by bending the linear member.

The lower locking member 20 may be made of stainless steel. However, the material of the lower locking member 20 is not limited thereto, and may be made of a material that is harmless to the human body and has moldability such as a nickel-titanium alloy and a cobalt-chromium alloy.

When the lower locking member 20 is mounted to the patient, the lower locking member 20 may be located outside the side incisors. If the lower locking member 20 is located outside the lateral incisor, the lower locking member 20 may not be exposed to the outside during the correction period, thereby reducing the external activity of the orthodontic patient.

In addition, in order to stably fix the elastic member 40, the front end of the lower locking member 20 may be provided with a locking portion 22 to which the elastic member 40 is caught. The locking portion 22 of the lower locking member 20 may be formed in a spherical shape having a diameter larger than that of the lower locking member 20 as in the present embodiment. When the locking portion 22 of the lower locking member 20 is formed in a spherical shape, while stably fixing the elastic member 40, the foreign body felt by the patient can be minimized, and the mouth is closed by the locking portion 22. The occurrence of a wound inside can be prevented. However, the structure of the locking portion 22 of the lower locking member 20 is not limited thereto and may be modified in various structures.

In addition, a support part 24 that is bent and extended along the gum may be further formed at the rear end of the lower locking member 20 so that the lower locking member 20 may be stably mounted on the lower teeth. The lower jaw locking member 20 is not integrally coupled to the lower jaw teeth but is inserted into the interdental area, and thus can be moved in a state where it is mounted on the lower jaw teeth. Therefore, when the support part 24 is formed in the lower locking member 20, the lower locking member 20 may be prevented from swinging while being mounted on the lower teeth.

The elastic member 40 is caught by the upper locking member 10 and the lower locking member 20 while the upper locking member 10 and the lower locking member 20 are mounted on the upper and lower teeth, respectively. The elastic force of) acts on the upper locking member 10 and the lower locking member 20 at the same time. At this time, the lower locking member 20, even if the elastic force is applied because the lower locking member 20 is not integrally coupled to the lower teeth, the impact of the elastic force on the lower teeth is insignificant. On the other hand, because the maxillary locking member 10 is integrally coupled to the teeth to be corrected in the upper jaw, the force to be pulled downward continuously to the teeth to be corrected by the elastic force of the elastic member 40. The teeth to be orthodontic are gradually drawn out by the continuous pulling force such that the orthodontics can be corrected.

The cover member 30 may be mounted on the lower teeth so as to cover the lower locking member 20 to maintain the lower locking member 20 mounted on the teeth. In addition, the cover member 30 may perform a chewing function of the food in addition to the function of fixing the lower locking member 20. The cover member 30 may be formed in an area and a length when the cover member 30 corresponds to a portion on which the lower locking member 20 is mounted to cover the lower locking member 20. For example, it can be formed continuously from the lower left molars to the lower right molars as in this embodiment. However, according to the exemplary embodiment, the cover member 30 may have a structure corresponding to another tooth part and may be discontinuously formed. The cover member 30 may preferably cover more portions of the lower locking member 20 within a range in which the lower locking member 20 does not impair the function of fixing the elastic member 40. Therefore, the cover member 30 may extend from the front to the rear of the lower teeth to match the shape of the lower locking member 20. The cover member 30 may be made of a material that is harmless to the human body and flexible, such as plastic and silicon.

The cover member 30 may be formed with a protrusion 32 in which a portion corresponding to the posterior portion protrudes upward from other portions. This is so that the patient wearing the maxillary orthodontic device according to an embodiment of the present invention does not touch the orthodontic teeth or the cover member 30 while the mouth is closed so that the traction force acting on the orthodontic teeth is not canceled out. For sake. When the protrusion 32 is not formed on the cover member 30, when the patient closes his or her mouth, the tooth to be corrected touches the cover member 30, and thus the traction force acting downward on the tooth to be corrected may be offset. However, when the protrusion 32 is formed, a traction force acting on the tooth to be corrected may not be offset because a space may be formed between the tooth to be corrected and the cover member 30 even if the patient closes his mouth.

On the other hand, maxillary orthodontic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a fixing member (50). The fixing member 50 performs a function of fixing the cover member 30 to the lower jaw. The fixing member 50 is fixed to the mandible teeth in a state coupled to the cover member 30 so that the cover member 30 and the mandatory locking member 20 can be more firmly fixed to the mandible teeth. The fixing member 50 may have various structures. For example, the fixing member 50 may have a form surrounding the circumference of the tooth to be fixed as in the present embodiment. At this time, the left side of the fixing member 50 may be inserted into the interdental of the mounting target tooth and the left tooth adjacent to the tooth, the right side may be inserted into the interdental of the mounting target tooth and the right tooth adjacent to the tooth, The interruption may be wrapped along the circumference of the front portion of the fixation tooth, and the left and right ends may be wrapped along the circumference of the back portion of the fixation tooth, respectively. However, the structure of the fixing member 50 is not limited to this, it is fixed to the teeth in the state coupled to the cover member 30 can be modified into various structures that can fix the cover member 30 to the teeth.

Hereinafter, a method of correcting orthodontics using the maxillary orthodontic appliance according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the above-described components.

Attach the maxillary locking member 10 to the maxillary teeth to be corrected. In this case, the maxillary locking member 10 may be attached to only one tooth as needed, or the maxillary locking member 10 may be attached to two or more teeth. In other words, only one maxillary tooth may be corrected at a time, or several maxillary teeth may be corrected simultaneously.

The lower jaw is equipped with a lower jaw member (20). At this time, according to the coupling structure of the lower locking member 20, the cover member 30, the fixing member 50, the lower locking member 20, the cover member 30, the fixing member 50 is individually mounted to the lower teeth Alternatively, the lower locking member 20, the cover member 30, the fixing member 50 may be assembled to the lower jaw teeth at one time the assembly combined.

When the mounting of the upper locking member 10 and the lower locking member 20 is completed, the elastic member 40 is fastened to the upper locking member 10 and the lower locking member 20. At this time, the elastic member 40 may take one or two or more depending on the required amount of traction force. In addition, the elastic member 40 may be caught one-to-one between one upper locking member 10 and one lower locking member 20, one upper locking member 10 and two or more lower locking members 20 Alternatively, or vice versa, one or more may be caught between the two or more upper locking members 10 and one lower locking member 20. In addition, a plurality of hooks may be caught between the two or more upper locking members 10 and the two or more lower locking members 20.

When the patient wants to eat or talk while the elastic member 40 is installed, the elastic member 40 may be temporarily removed. After the food intake or conversation is completed, the elastic member 40 may be installed on the upper locking member 10 and the lower locking member 20 to continue the calibration.

After the correction of the orthodontic tooth is completed, that is, after the orthodontic tooth is drawn out from the gum to the desired length, the maxillary orthodontic appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention may be separated from the patient's tooth.

After the correction process is completed, if there are additional teeth to be corrected, the correction process may be applied in the same manner.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications, changes, and substitutions without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. . Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

At least one maxillary engaging member integrally coupled to the maxillary tooth;

At least one lower jaw member mounted to the lower teeth;

An elastic member generating elastic force by engaging between the upper locking member and the lower locking member; And

The maxillary orthodontic device comprising a cover member mounted to the mandible teeth to cover the mandibular locking member.
The method of claim 1,

The maxillary orthodontic appliance is formed in the maxima locking member protruding upward.
The method of claim 1,

The lower jaw member is a maxillary orthodontic appliance is mounted on the interdental of the mandible teeth.
The method of claim 1,

The lower jaw member is a maxillary orthodontic appliance formed in the shape of an arch extending from the front to the rear of the lower teeth.
The method of claim 1,

The upper orthodontic orthodontic appliance is formed in the front end of the lower engaging member is a spherical engaging portion having a diameter larger than the diameter of the lower engaging member.
The method of claim 1,

The maxillary orthodontic appliance is formed at the rear end of the lower engaging member is bent to extend along the gum.
The method of claim 1,

The cover member is a maxillary orthodontic appliance is formed with a protrusion formed to protrude upward than the other portion corresponding to the molar portion.
The method of claim 1,

The maxillary orthodontic device further comprises a fixing member fixed to the lower teeth in a state coupled to the cover member.
The method of claim 8,

The cover member orthodontic orthodontic appliance is fixed to surround the circumference of the target tooth.