TOOTH MODEL FOR TOOTH TREATMENT PRACTICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

Abstract

A tooth model for dental treatment practice is composed of a transparent material and includes a root canal in which a hollow neural tube is formed and a crown formed on top of the root canal, wherein a coating layer is formed inside the neural tube by applying a paint based on an opaque material to an inner surface of the neural tube, so as to show the neural tube formed inside the root canal to the outside.

Claims

1. A tooth model for dental treatment practice, which is made of a transparent material, comprising: a root canal including a hollow neural tube formed therein; and a crown formed on top of the root canal, wherein a paint based on an opaque material is applied to an inner surface of the neural tube to form a coating layer so as to show the neural tube formed inside the root canal to the outside.

2. The tooth model according to claim 1, wherein the paint is composed of a non-aqueous material or an insoluble material.

3. The tooth model according to claim 2, wherein the paint is a resin based synthetic material.

4. The tooth model according to claim 1, wherein the crown includes a dentin part composed of a soft material, and an enamel part composed of a hard material and formed on top of the dentin part.

5. The tooth model according to claim 4, wherein the dentin part and the enamel part are prepared by any one among a milling process, plastic injection molding and 3D printing.

6. The tooth model according to claim 1, wherein the root canal is inserted into a mounting groove formed on the dentiform in which the tooth model is mounted, and wherein an intaglio and stepped part (“stepped part”) bent down toward an inner bottom of a mounting groove is formed on an outer surface of the bottom of the root canal.

7. A method for manufacturing a tooth model for dental treatment practice, comprising: (a) a first step of preparing a root canal based on a transparent material, in which a hollow neural tube is formed; (b) a second step of introducing a paint based on an opaque material into the neural tube which is formed inside the root canal; (c) a third step of injecting air into the neural tube, to which the paint was introduced, in order to disperse the paint, thereby enabling the paint to be applied to an inner surface of the neural tube; and (d) a fourth step of allowing the paint applied to the inner surface of the neural tube to be cured or hardened over a predetermined time, so as to form a coating layer with a predetermined thickness on the inner surface of the neural tube.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the paint applied to the inner surface of the neural tube in step (d) is used for surface-coating of the inner surface by any one process among flame heat treatment, high frequency inductive heat treatment, laser heat treatment, ultraviolet (UV) curing and infrared (IR) curing processes.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present disclosure will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0023] FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the tooth model for dental treatment practice according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0024] FIG. 2 is a photograph illustrating the tooth model for dental treatment practice according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0025] FIG. 3 is a photograph illustrating the tooth model for dental treatment practice in a state that the tooth model is mounted on a dentiform according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0026] FIG. 4 is a perspective view and a cross-sectional view illustrating the tooth model for dental treatment practice according to another embodiment of the present invention; and

[0027] FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for production of a tooth model for dental treatment practice according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DISCLOSURE

[0028] Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the tooth model for dental treatment practice according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0029] FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the tooth model for dental treatment practice according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a photograph illustrating the tooth model for dental treatment practice according to an embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 3 is a photograph illustrating the tooth model for dental treatment practice in a state that the tooth model is mounted on a dentiform according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0030] Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the tooth model for dental treatment practice according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention may be a tooth model 100 manufactured with a size and shape similar to actual teeth in order to conduct dental treatment practice.

[0031] Herein, the tooth model 100 of the present invention may include a root canal 110 and a crown 120.

[0032] The root canal 110 may be composed of a transparent material to show the inside outward. Further, there is provided a neural tube 111 in an empty hollow form inside the root canal 110 of the tooth model 100.

[0033] In this case, in order to display the neural tube 111 formed inside the root canal 110 of the tooth model 100 to the outside, an opaque material-based paint may be thinly applied to an inner surface of the neural tube 111 to form a coating layer 111a.

[0034] Herein, the paint used to form the coating layer 11a is preferably a resin-based synthetic substance consisting of a non-aqueous or insoluble material not easily dissolved in water or alcohol.

[0035] Since the opaque material-based paint stains the inner surface of the neural tube 111 formed inside the root canal 110 of the tooth model which is composed of a transparent material, the neural tube 111 may be seen out of the root canal 110 of the tooth model 100.

[0036] Further, the neural tube 111 has an empty hollow form, thereby achieving an advantage of easy endodontic treatment practice.

[0037] The crown 120 may be formed on top of the root canal 110, and may include a dentin part 121 and an enamel part 122 composed of an opaque and rigid material on top of the dentin part 121.

[0038] In this regard, the dentin part 121 is preferably made of a resin-based synthetic substance, may be prepared by means of any one among a milling process, plastic injection-molding and 3D printing, however, the preparation method is not particularly limited to the above listed means.

[0039] Further, the enamel part 122 may be made of a specific material such as resin, zirconia and ceramics, etc., and may be prepared by means of any one among a milling process, plastic injection-molding and 3D printing, however, the preparation method is not particularly limited to the above listed means.

[0040] Meanwhile, the crown 120 may also be transparent wherein an upper side of the crown may be open.

[0041] FIG. 4 is a perspective view and a cross-sectional view illustrating the tooth model for dental treatment practice according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[0042] Referring to FIG. 4, there is further provided a stepped intaglio part (“stepped part”) 112 on an outer surface of the bottom of the root canal 110 in the tooth model 100 for dental treatment practice.

[0043] Meanwhile, a dentiform 10, on which the tooth motel 100 of the present invention is mounted, may include a mounting groove 11 into which the root canal 110 is inserted, and a sill (jaw) may be formed on an inner surface of the bottom of the mounting groove 11.

[0044] In other words, since the stepped part 112 bent down toward the inner bottom of the mounting groove 11 formed in the dentiform 10 is formed on an outer surface of the bottom of the root canal 110, a mounting direction of the tooth model 100 can be marked and the tooth model 100 mounted on the dentiform 10 may be easily fixed when the root canal 110 is inserted into the mounting groove 11.

[0045] In this regard, a binding method between the above-described dentiform 10 and the tooth model 100 is illustrated only as an example, but is not particularly limited to any one binding way. Instead, the tooth model 100 may be bonded to the dentiform 10 by many different methods.

[0046] FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for production of a tooth model for dental treatment practice according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0047] Referring to FIG. 5, the method for production of a tooth model for dental treatment practice according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention may firstly include preparing a root canal 110 made of a transparent material, in which a hollow neural tube 111 is formed.

[0048] Herein, the root canal 110 may be formed by any one method of a milling process, plastic injection molding and 3D printing.

[0049] Then, an opaque material-based paint may be introduced inside the neural tube 111 formed in the root canal 110

[0050] Then, air is injected into the neural tube 111 containing the paint introduced therein, so as to uniformly distribute and thinly apply the paint to the inner surface of the neural tube 111.

[0051] Lastly, the paint applied to the inner surface of the neural tube 111 may be cured or hardened over a predetermined time to form a coating layer 111a with a predetermined thickness on the inner surface of the neural tube 111, thereby completing a tooth model.

[0052] In this regard, the paint applied to the inner surface of the neural tube 111 to form a coating layer 111a with a predetermined thickness on the inner surface of the neural tube 111 may be used for surface-coating of the inner surface of the neural tube 111 by any one among flame heat treatment, high frequency inductive heat treatment, laser heat treatment, ultraviolet (UV) curing and infrared (IR) curing processes, without particular limitation thereto.

[0053] Herein, the opaque material-based paint may stain the inner surface of the neural tube 111 formed inside the root canal 110 of the tooth model 100 composed of a transparent material.

[0054] The coating layer 111a stained on the neural tube 111 is formed of a resin-based synthetic material consisting of a non-aqueous or insoluble material not easily dissolved in water or alcohol and, therefore, is not easily removed and may improve durability.

[0055] According to the present invention, a paint made of an opaque material stains an inner surface of a neural tube formed inside a root canal of the tooth model composed of a transparent material, thereby attaining effects of expressing the neural tube out of the root canal in the tooth model.

[0056] Further, the tooth model of the present invention has a neural tube having an empty, hollow form, and may be easily used for practice of endodontic treatment.

[0057] Further, according to the present invention, a non-aqueous or insoluble resin-based paint is applied to the inner surface of a neural tube so as to easily confirm whether nerves were desirably eliminated after practice of nerve removal, and attain effects of clearly confirming a condition of treatment after irrigation.

[0058] Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments thereof, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments and various modifications and improvements by those skilled in the art using the basic concept of the present invention defined in the appended claims are also within the scope of the present invention.

TABLE-US-00001 [Description of Symbols] 10: Dentiform 11: Mounting groove 100: Tooth model 110: Root canal 111: Neural tube 111a: Coating layer 112: Stepped part 120: Crown 121: Dentin part 122: Enamel part