CN1091621A

CN1091621A - Periodontal toothbrush

Info

Publication number: CN1091621A
Application number: CN 93103492
Authority: CN
Inventors: 埃德瓦·L·克尔森
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1993-03-01
Filing date: 1993-03-01
Publication date: 1994-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 2013-03-01
Also published as: CN1050987C

Abstract

A kind of toothbrush and its profile by anatomical design can be removed deblurring or calculus from the gap between the teeth space that is difficult for entering, these brushing clusters embed brush by traditional approach cluster bunch ground and handle combines.Brushing cluster be arranged to 12 laterally or side direction arrange, except that farthest horizontally-arranged only comprises two bunches of bristles that all the other each rows comprise four bunches of bristles.Odd number is arranged each bunch bristle lengths to be increased gradually, the brushing cluster of the even number horizontally-arranged at brush outer end place than close handle orientations on the size of even number horizontally-arranged lack.Another end has an attached brush, particularly uses this attached toothbrush to remove food debris and spot from the gums bag.

Description

Periodontal toothbrush

The present invention relates to a kind of toothbrush, it removes deblurring or calculus to reach effectively efficaciously by anatomy principle design and structure in the adjacent interdental space that is difficult to enter, and mildly massages gingival tissues and cleaning teeth effectively simultaneously.This toothbrush is being arranged unique and novel bristle at an end of inclined to one side handle and is being arranged, bristle be by traditional approach cluster bunch ground embedding bury type be fixed on the brush on the handle.Bristle is arranged to 12 horizontally-arrangeds or side row, and removing outermost horizontally-arranged bristle is outside two bunches, and each horizontally-arranged comprises four bunches of bristles.Odd number row brush staple length equates and the even rows bristle is shorter than odd number row brush hair.The even rows bristle has shorter and progressively increase length than the even rows bristle lengths of close handle with the even rows bristle from the toothbrush outside.All bristles and brushing cluster head are circular, to prevent to damage the gums gingival areas.In the other end neither one form of handle is that paying of cluster bristle belongs to brush, because tooth position relation needs zone additional separately or that pay special attention to, and is used in particular for removing in the gingival pocket food debris and spot to prevent the generation of periodontal disease to enter.

At age more than 30 years old among the people, the gum periodontal disease is the one of the main reasons of infringement tooth.In the U.S. with there is the people more than 1,000,000 all to endure the worry that periodontal disease is brought to the fullest extent all over the world.Cause being the formation of spot on tooth and gathering to main cause of periodontosis.Spot generally be viscosity material, it invests dental surface particularly on the gum line.When point on duty gathered, owing to be the deposit of insoluble calcium salt, this stickum became hard.These hard material are built up under gum and are developed to teeth roots, and destroy being connected of a tooth fiber and a support bone.Gingival tissues can be infected, and makes odontoseisis, has at last be taken out.This disease is called as pyorrhea or periodontitis.

For reducing the generation of periodontitis or pyorrhea, people have done various effort.By dailyly brushing teeth, use dental floss, wash tooth with a press water by nozzle, and scale removal that the expert removes spot and calculus attempts obtaining better teeth caring to allow occupation clean one's teeth at interval in a period of time.

In various teeth caring methods, the best tooth method of protecting is to use by the toothbrush of the bristle of certain orientation arrangement cluster arrangement and brushes teeth with cleaning teeth.Below several pieces of patent disclosures the structure of attempting in this respect: 1,059,426; 1,657,450; 2,042,239; 2,797,424; 3,007,491.

The length of all bristles of traditional toothbrush is identical; different places in chewing just can not arrive between the teeth space that different depth is arranged in the mouth; for giving tooth and their support gingiva tissue, reaching the protection that underlying bone structure is given maximum; must from teeth space, remove deblurring and food fragment; therefore prevent gathering and hardening of spot calculus; because conventional toothbrush can not brush interdental space effectively, caused gingiva tissue undermined and bleed.Spot will gather hardening and expansion to teeth roots below gingiva tissue, therefore gingiva tissue be peeled off out from the support bone middle part and the oral pocket that adhere to, and these oral pockets are understood infected and tooth can become flexible the periodontal situation that causes being commonly referred to pyorrhea.Existing toothbrush does not comprise such structure, promptly can provide desired and remove the deblurring reliability from zone between teeth space.

Different with existing toothbrush, toothbrush of the present invention can enter and effectively clean those teeth space gaps that is difficult for entering, and therefore reduce the formation of spot and calculus and tooth kept clean and healthy state.

An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of toothbrush, it can remove deblurring effectively in the interval of tooth that traditional toothbrush is difficult for entering, and has prevented that therefore spot from gathering the grievous injury to gum and the support bone structure below it that causes.Toothbrush of the present invention comprises a brushing cluster arrangement of finishing the uniqueness of this function.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of toothbrush, and wherein brushing clusters arrangement will be removed deblurring from the zone that spot may gather effectively.These zones are the tongue bent face of nipper down and premolar teeth and the molar tooth surface in the lower jaw.In the upper jaw, gathering of spot be removed and be prevented to toothbrush will in the interior cheek of premolar teeth and molar and tongue bending.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of toothbrush, and it is in the brushing cluster profile and arrange to be configured and can make things convenient for and clean the established dental surface of institute's spottiness effectively.Toothbrush of the present invention can not only be from removing deblurring and food debris between teeth space, and can mildly massage gum and cleaning and scrub tooth, therefore prevented gingivitis or periodontitis significantly, and created the oral environment of a health.

The present invention also has another purpose to provide a kind of toothbrush, it have cluster at handle away from the bristle on brush one end.This attached brush will easily enter owing to oral pocket greatly or tooth dislocation or rotate and needs additional independent or the special zone of being noted, for from the gum gap area that is difficult for entering, removing food debris and spot and preventing the generation of periodontal disease, this brush is relatively little, and the annex of an additional effect is provided.

All these purposes and advantage will be below to Tooth-brush structure and operation further specify with claim in simultaneously with reference to seeing clearlyer as the accompanying drawing of an invention part, wherein same numeral is represented same section.

Fig. 1 is a lateral plan of periodontal toothbrush of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an amplification vertical view of head toothbrushes, and it has shown the arrangement of each bunch bristle.

Fig. 3 is that of brush amplifies lateral plan, and it shows the structure of each bunch bristle.

Fig. 4 is a plane amplification view of cutting open along Fig. 3 section line 4-4, and it has further shown the detailed structure of the brush that comprises each bunch bristle arrangements.

Fig. 5 is one of periodontal toothbrush of the present invention and amplifies plan view, and it shows the relation between the teeth space of this toothbrush bristle and common teeth arrangement.

Fig. 6 is the amplification plan view of a conventional toothbrush, and it has shown the relation between bristle and tooth and the teeth space.

Explain in conjunction with the accompanying drawings now, generally with label 10 indications, it comprises the brush of label 12 indications to periodontal toothbrush of the present invention, and it is extending to form on the elongate handle shown in the label 14, and this handle is having one by the attached brush shown in the label 15 away from brush 12 ends.

Handle 14 generally is rectangular cross section, and it is a hard elongated member of being made by plastics or similar material mold pressing basically, as shown in the reference numeral 16, and the inclined to one side head part 18 that elongated member has a head base 20 and elongated member 16 to couple together.

Brush 12 comprises the brushing cluster 22 of 12 horizontally-arrangeds, the bristle that comprises many plastic materials in every bunch of bristle, it has elasticity and flexibility, as employed material on the traditional toothbrush and by traditional approach each bunch bristle is contained on the brush 20 also each other near arranging, shown in Fig. 1～4.Each bunch bristle of 12 horizontally-arrangeds is arranged by next number shown in Figure 3 and particular form.All odd number row (1,3,5,7,9 and 11) bristles have same length 13mm the most.The bristle 22 of No. 1 horizontally-arranged comprises two bunches of bristles, and all other horizontally-arranged bristles all have four bunches of bristles, and every row brush hair is arranged in a straight line also adjacent one another are but little gap is arranged, as shown in Figure 3.

Each bunch bristle of each of even rows bunch bristle (2,4,6,8,10 and 12) and relative odd number row and has short length alternately, but the bristle of even rows is not same length.Even number horizontally-arranged bristle 22 supports contiguous each bunch bristle 22 and also prevents their bendings, and it is clean and enter on the position in the teeth space to keep them can clean tooth effectively.Each bunch bristle lengths in horizontally-arranged 2 and No. 4 is 9mm, and it makes brushing cluster in horizontally-arranged 1,3 and 5 for inserting the darkest bristle, so as they can be more greatly and the Background Region that enters the mouth more deeply in have in the teeth space gap 24 in the zone of molar 26.The length of each bunch bristle 22 is 11mm on horizontally-arranged 6 and 8, and it makes contiguous bristle insertion oral pocket 28 zones not too dark.The length of each bunch bristle 22 is 12mm on horizontally-arranged 10 and 12, and it makes the degree of depth that bristle inserts oral pocket zone 30 still less.

All bristles are all made rounded tip, to prevent to scratch and damage the gingiva tissue of tooth.Long bristle can deeper insert teeth space and remove, and can cause the spot and the food crumbs of injury and disease at these regional inner product coalescences.When brushing incision or engages tooth edge forward when brushing teeth from gum by described mode, the teeth space 24,28 and 30 that is difficult for entering before long bristle can easily enter, and remove still harmful spot of soft cement state.As shown in Figure 5 by described teeth brushing way from the tooth back to the mobile periodontal toothbrush in front portion, the zone that was difficult in the past entering has all quite easily entered now, has so just removed spot, to have protected gingiva tissue to escape injury and issuable gingival atrophy in the future.

Provided the graph of a relation of toothbrush of the present invention and dental surface 32 and gingiva tissue among Fig. 5.It has shown these than long brush hairs with than between the short bristles and relation, is that the conventional toothbrush of same length is compared than all bristles in long brush hairs and the prior art shown in Figure 6 design, more easily enters and clean to be difficult for the teeth space that enters usually.In Fig. 6 structure, brush and bristle are the conventionally forms with same bristle lengths, so bristle lengths difference of the present invention, and it makes the part of going out of long brush hairs have more elasticity and flexibility, and can enter between tooth the zone cleaning and to remove deblurring effectively, thereby the generation of minimizing periodontosis.

Be contained on handle 14 opposite ends independent cluster bristle with extend in brush 20 on the opposite face of each bunch bristle 22, this bristle can arrive effectively owing to oral pocket greatly, tooth dislocation or rotate those zones that are difficult for entering that need to increase special attention.This attached brush has constituted an effective toothbrush accessory, and it can be used for removing food crumbs and spot in each gingival pocket zone, has prevented the harm of periodontosis.Owing to used periodontal toothbrush of the present invention, and honor is according to the processing to periodontosis, comprises in the daily life control of spot is adhered to keeping a close eye on processing such as oral hygiene, and the generation of periodontosis just can reduce effectively.

The above antirepresentation several main aspects of the present invention.Yet, owing to be easy to occur many conversion and remodeling in this area, therefore do not wish to limit the present invention to certain structure, operating instruction, and on the describing mode.And all suitable conversion and equal distortion, all will fall into protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1, a kind of periodontal toothbrush comprises a handle; One is supported on handle one end and the brush that extends to form on handle one end; Described brush comprises many bunches of bristles, each bunch bristle is in horizontal expansion, vertically be spaced, described bristle also is arranged to longitudinal extension, laterally be spaced the horizontal expansion line of bristles different length is respectively arranged, with engagement and cleaning teeth gap and to safeguard gingiva tissue except that the deblurring mode, thereby the spot accumulation that has prevented to cause periodontosis and tooth mobility and infringement gum and supported bone structure, each bunch bristle of horizontal expansion row begins from described handle farthest by very, even number is arranged, the length of each bunch bristle is identical on all odd number horizontally-arrangeds, each bunch bristle lengths that even rows is extended is shorter than odd number row brush tuft, from beginning near the short bristles of handle row away from arranging than short bristles of handle, each bristle lengths than whisk broom tuft row increases gradually.

2, by the described periodontal toothbrush of claim 1, wherein the line of bristles of each described horizontal expansion is less than four bunches of bristles except that comprising away from the horizontal bristle tufts of handle, and all the other row brush tufts include four bunches.

3, by the described periodontal toothbrush of claim 2, wherein said handle is included in away from the independent bristle of the cluster of brushhead end, and this bunch bristle is stretching out from handle on each bunch bristle bearing of trend rightabout on the handle with on the brush.

4, a kind of toothbrush, comprise an elongate handle, the brush that extends to form at handle one end, described brush comprises many bunches of bristles, their general and brush vertical direction stretch out from brush, described bristle is arranged to horizontal expansion and arranges, vertically has at interval, and arranges, laterally has at interval by longitudinal extension; Described brush comprises that by the bristle tufts of totally 12 horizontal expansions strange, that even number is arranged, No. 1 row away from handle is drawn together in the odd number package, and even rows comprises No. 12 rows near handle; Described all odd number row brush staple lengths are identical, and it is longer than arbitrary even rows length, described even rows is shorter than odd number, and beginning length forward from the even rows 2 of being close to odd number row 1 increases gradually, until even rows 12 to close handle, therefore, be provided with longer at each bunch bristle of arranging No. 1 away from the odd number of handle end than the brushing cluster of adjacent with it even rows 2, the even number bristle of each bunch long brush hairs of the contiguous odd number row 11 of close handle brushhead end only is arranged to short slightly, therefore, away from handle handle brushhead end, bigger at long row's bristle and the length difference between shorter row brush hair than the length difference of the longer row brush hair of close handle and shorter row brush hair, so that bigger than the elasticity of long brush hairs bunch, make and to mesh effectively with supporting between gingiva tissue at interval of tooth away from handle end; And clean to remove deblurring effectively.