Sucking correction method and system based on oral model

Abstract

The application discloses a sucking correction method and system based on an oral cavity model. The method comprises the following steps: creating a static oral cavity model of a baby; acquiring a sucking point force change in the oral cavity of the baby when the baby sucks through a first sucking device; acquiring a potential change of facial muscles of the baby when the baby sucks through a potentiometer; acquiring a dynamic oral cavity model of the baby when the baby sucks according to the sucking point force change and the potential change; analyzing a sucking problem of the baby according to the dynamic oral cavity model of the baby; and constructing a sucking correction scheme according to the sucking problem. The application simulates invisible bad sucking habits in the oral cavity of the baby when the baby sucks through the oral cavity model, and medical staff can analyze the bad sucking habits and provide a correction scheme through observation of the oral cavity model simulation.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of medical devices, and more specifically, to a sucking correction system and method based on an oral model. Background Technology

[0002] The sucking action of young children is closely related to the activity of oral muscles and is one of the neuroreflex behaviors that young children learn in their early years.

[0003] The impact of poor sucking habits on teeth and maxillofacial region in young children is related to the sucking site, muscle strength, and posture. The severity is related to factors such as the intensity, duration, and frequency of sucking.

[0004] Current technology lacks effective methods for monitoring infants' sucking activities; it also lacks comprehensive and effective sucking correction and treatment plans based on monitoring infants' sucking activities. Summary of the Invention

[0005] In view of the above, this application discloses a method for creating a static oral cavity model of a young child; obtaining changes in the force of the sucking point in the child's mouth during sucking using a first sucking device; obtaining changes in the electrical potential of the facial muscles during sucking using a potentiometer; obtaining a dynamic oral cavity model of the child during sucking based on the changes in the force of the sucking point and the changes in the electrical potential; analyzing the child's sucking problems based on the dynamic oral cavity model; and constructing a sucking correction scheme based on the sucking problems.

[0006] The present invention discloses a configuration for creating a static oral cavity model of a young child, comprising: constructing facial features of the young child based on a first scanning device, the facial features including at least the young child's facial contour and muscles; constructing oral cavity features of the young child based on a second scanning device, the oral cavity features including at least the young child's oral cavity contour and teeth; and obtaining a static oral cavity model of the young child based on the facial features and oral cavity features.

[0007] This invention discloses a configuration for acquiring the change in suction point force, comprising providing at least one first suction device, the first suction device including a first suction device body, a suction part, a plurality of pressure strain gauges, and a first control circuit deployed on the first suction device body; the suction part is provided with a plurality of suction monitoring points, and at least one pressure strain gauge is attached to the inner side of each suction monitoring point of the suction part, the pressure strain gauges are connected to the first control circuit through lines, and the first control circuit transmits the change in suction point force to the outside through an interface.

[0008] The present invention discloses a configuration for acquiring the potential change, comprising providing a plurality of potential monitoring electrodes and a second control circuit connected to the potential monitoring electrodes; the potential monitoring electrodes are respectively attached to the muscles of the child's face related to sucking action, and are connected to the second control circuit through lines, and the second control circuit transmits the potential change to the outside through an interface.

[0009] The present invention discloses a configuration for acquiring the potential change, which includes providing at least one attachment surface, wherein the potential monitoring electrode is deployed on the attachment surface.

[0010] The present invention discloses a configuration for obtaining the dynamic oral cavity model of a young child, which includes: marking the sucking movement of teeth in the oral cavity model based on the change in suction force at the sucking point; obtaining and marking the sucking movement of facial muscles in the oral cavity model based on the change in electrical potential; and constructing the dynamic oral cavity model of the young child based on the sucking movement of the teeth and the facial muscles.

[0011] The present invention discloses an analysis configuration for the sucking problem, which involves visualizing the oral cavity model of a young child; and analyzing the child's unhealthy sucking habits through the sucking actions represented in the oral cavity model.

[0012] The present invention discloses that the bad sucking habits include opening and closing the teeth during sucking, excessive force applied to the teeth, and uneven muscle force.

[0013] The present invention discloses that the sucking correction scheme is configured such that a second sucker is constructed for correcting the bad sucking habit according to the sucking problem, and the second sucker is constructed with a sucking structure that naturally hinders the bad sucking habit.

[0014] A second aspect of this invention discloses a sucking correction system based on an oral model. The system, employing the sucking correction method, includes a first sucker, a second sucker, a potentiometer, a scanning device, and a control terminal. The scanning device creates a static oral model of the child. The first sucker acquires changes in the suction point force within the child's mouth during sucking. The potentiometer acquires changes in the electrical potential of the facial muscles during sucking. The control terminal acquires a dynamic oral model of the child during sucking based on the changes in suction point force and the electrical potential changes. The control terminal displays the dynamic oral model of the child externally. The control terminal constructs the second sucker according to a sucking correction scheme.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the sucking correction method based on the oral model provided in this embodiment of the invention simulates the unseen bad sucking habits in the mouth of young children through the oral model. Medical staff can analyze the bad sucking habits and provide correction solutions by observing the simulation of the oral model.

[0016] In view of the above-mentioned solutions, the present invention will describe in detail the disclosed exemplary embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will also make other features and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clear. Attached Figure Description

[0017] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the accompanying drawings used in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. It should be understood that the following drawings only show some embodiments of the present invention and should not be regarded as a limitation on the scope. For those skilled in the art, other related drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.

[0018] Figure 1 This is a schematic flowchart of the sucking correction method based on an oral model according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the sucking correction system based on an oral model according to an embodiment of the present invention. Detailed Implementation

[0020] To facilitate understanding of this application, a more complete description will be provided below with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate embodiments of the present application. However, the present application can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. Rather, the purpose of disclosing these embodiments is to make the disclosure of this application more thorough and complete.

[0021] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application.

[0022] When used here, the singular forms of “a,” “an,” and “ / the” may also include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the terms “including / contains” or “having” specify the presence of the stated feature, whole, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof, but do not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features, wholes, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

[0023] This embodiment discloses a sucking correction method based on an oral model. This method can be used to correct hidden, undesirable sucking habits in infants, such as when sucking on a pacifier.

[0024] The bad sucking habits referred to in this embodiment include, but are not limited to, the improper use of a child's teeth and muscles when sucking, such as opening and closing the teeth, excessive force applied to the teeth, and uneven force applied to the muscles.

[0025] Open bite refers to a condition in young children where the upper and lower teeth are constantly open during biting. For example, if the upper teeth point forward and the lower teeth point backward, it can easily lead to buck teeth; or if the lower teeth point forward and the upper teeth point backward, it can easily lead to an underbite, which can affect facial growth.

[0026] Excessive force on teeth refers to excessive overall or localized biting force on the upper or lower teeth during the biting process in young children, which can easily cause teeth to loosen or become deformed.

[0027] Uneven muscle exertion refers to the fact that when a young child sucks forcefully, they rely on certain facial muscles for an extended period of time, which can cause muscle damage and affect facial growth.

[0028] This embodiment of the method collects data on the muscles and teeth of young children when they suck, and displays the changes in muscles and teeth to senior experts through a facial model. This allows senior experts to visually observe the bad sucking habits of young children that were previously invisible. Then, an orthodontic device is created based on the bad sucking habits to directly intervene in the bad sucking habits of young children in order to achieve the purpose of intervention and correction.

[0029] Figure 1 This diagram illustrates the flow chart of the sucking correction method based on an oral model in this embodiment. Figure 1 The method shown retains steps S100 to S600.

[0030] The S100 creates a static oral cavity model for young children.

[0031] This embodiment provides a first scanning device and a second scanning device for creating an oral cavity model.

[0032] The facial features of the child are constructed using a first scanning device, and the facial features include at least the child's facial contours and muscles. The oral features of the child are constructed using a second scanning device, and the oral features include at least the child's oral contours and teeth.

[0033] A static oral cavity model of a young child is obtained based on facial and oral cavity features.

[0034] Preferably, the first and second scanning devices can be configured as commercially available handheld facial 3D scanners with mature integrated functions. The handheld facial 3D scanner can acquire three-dimensional data of the child's face and also acquire dental data, accurately matching the three-dimensional data of the face and oral cavity.

[0035] The method in this embodiment can establish a digital oral model using three-dimensional data of the face and oral cavity, and can also correct the oral model to avoid data loss during scanning.

[0036] The S200 uses the first sucker to detect changes in the suction point force within the infant's mouth during sucking.

[0037] The device includes at least one first suction device, comprising a first suction device body, a suction part, several pressure strain gauges, and a first control circuit deployed on the first suction device body. The suction part has several suction monitoring points, and at least one pressure strain gauge is attached to the inner side of each suction monitoring point. The pressure strain gauges are connected to the first control circuit via wiring, and the first control circuit transmits changes in suction force at the suction point to the outside via an interface.

[0038] Preferably, the first sucker is constructed as a pacifier, the body of the first sucker is a rigid structure of a pacifier, the sucking part is a hollow and deformable biting gel of the pacifier, a number of pressure strain gauges are deployed inside the biting gel, the first control circuit is deployed inside the rigid structure, and the first control circuit is connected to each pressure strain gauge through a line passing through the biting gel.

[0039] The S300 uses a potentiometer to detect the electrical changes in the facial muscles of a young child when they suckle.

[0040] The system includes several potential monitoring electrodes and a second control circuit connected to the potential monitoring electrodes.

[0041] Several potential monitoring electrodes are attached according to the relationship between the facial muscles and sucking of the child, so that the potential monitoring electrodes can monitor the electrophysiological signals generated by the nerve cells of the muscle system, and are connected to an external second control circuit through a circuit. The second control circuit transmits the changes in electrophysiological signals to the outside through an interface.

[0042] Preferably, several potential monitoring electrodes can be integrated into a provided attachment mask, which is designed with attachment positions for the potential monitoring electrodes according to a standard infant facial model, in order to reduce the difficulty of use for medical staff.

[0043] The S400 obtains a dynamic oral cavity model of a child during sucking based on changes in suction force and electrical potential at the sucking point.

[0044] Specifically, the suction movement vectors of the teeth in the oral cavity model during sucking are marked based on the changes in suction force at the suction point. The suction movement vectors of the facial muscles in the oral cavity model are obtained based on changes in electrical potential.

[0045] Based on the sucking movement vector, a dynamic oral model of the infant is constructed to simulate the movement of various parts of the oral model during sucking, so that medical staff can observe the sucking process of the infant's oral cavity.

[0046] Preferably, during the simulation of the movement of the oral cavity model, unreasonable parts of the oral cavity model movement simulation, such as model misalignment, can be adjusted according to the sucking movement vector, the sucking movement vector, and the physiological structures such as muscles and teeth.

[0047] The S500 analyzes children's sucking problems based on a dynamic oral model of the child.

[0048] Among these methods, medical staff can observe and analyze the sucking movements of young children by visually simulating the movement of a simulated oral cavity model, in an attempt to discover previously unseen bad sucking habits.

[0049] The S600 develops a sucking correction solution based on sucking problems.

[0050] Among them, a second sucker is constructed to correct bad sucking habits based on sucking problems. The second sucker is constructed with a sucking structure that naturally hinders bad sucking habits.

[0051] Preferably, the second sucker is a pacifier, and the gel part of the pacifier can be constructed into a special sucking structure according to bad sucking habits.

[0052] For example, to address sucking problems such as open bite, the gel part of the second suction device can be designed with grooves that naturally prevent the upper or lower teeth from protruding during biting.

[0053] For example, to address sucking issues such as excessive force from teeth, the gel part of the second suction device can be designed to be a softer part that is bitten by teeth.

[0054] Based on this, the sucking correction method based on an oral model provided in this embodiment simulates the unseen bad sucking habits in the mouth of young children through an oral model. Medical staff can analyze the bad sucking habits and provide correction solutions by observing the simulation of the oral model.

[0055] Figure 2 This diagram illustrates the structure of the sucking correction system based on an oral model, as shown in this embodiment. This embodiment discloses a sucking correction system and method based on an oral model. The system includes a first sucker, a second sucker, a potentiometer, a scanning device, and a control terminal. The scanning device creates a static oral model of the child; the first sucker acquires the changes in suction force at the sucking point within the child's mouth during sucking; the potentiometer acquires the changes in electrical potential of the facial muscles during sucking; the control terminal acquires a dynamic oral model of the child during sucking based on the changes in suction force and electrical potential; the control terminal displays the dynamic oral model of the child externally; and the control terminal constructs the second sucker according to the sucking correction scheme.

[0056] Based on the above description of the implementation methods, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be implemented with the aid of software and necessary general-purpose hardware, and of course it can also be implemented with hardware, but in many cases the former is a better implementation method.

[0057] Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, or the part that contributes to the prior art, can be embodied in the form of a software product. This computer software product can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer floppy disk, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory, hard disk, or optical disk, etc., including several instructions to cause a computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) to execute the methods of the various embodiments of the present invention.

[0058] Note that the above description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention and the technical principles employed. Those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described herein, and various obvious changes, readjustments, and substitutions can be made without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention. Therefore, although the present invention has been described in detail through the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and may include many other equivalent embodiments without departing from the concept of the present invention, the scope of which is determined by the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A sucking correction method based on an oral model, characterized in that, Create a static oral cavity model of a young child; wherein the configuration for creating the static oral cavity model of the young child is as follows: The facial features of the child are constructed based on the first scanning device, and the facial features include at least the child's facial contours and muscles; The oral cavity features of the child are constructed using a second scanning device, and the oral cavity features include at least the child's oral cavity outline and teeth; A static oral cavity model of the infant is obtained based on the facial and oral cavity features. The changes in suction force at the sucking point in the infant's mouth during sucking are acquired using a first sucker. The configuration for acquiring these changes in suction force includes providing at least one first sucker, which comprises a first sucker body, a sucking portion, several pressure strain gauges, and a first control circuit deployed on the first sucker body. The sucking portion has several sucking monitoring points, and at least one pressure strain gauge is attached to the inner side of each of the sucking monitoring points. The pressure strain gauges are connected to the first control circuit via wiring, and the first control circuit transmits the changes in suction force to the outside via an interface. The changes in electrical potential of a child's facial muscles during sucking are obtained using a potentiometer; The oral cavity model of the child during sucking is obtained based on the changes in suction force at the sucking point and the changes in electrical potential; wherein the configuration for obtaining the oral cavity model of the child's dynamics is as follows: the amount of sucking movement of the teeth in the oral cavity model is marked based on the changes in suction force at the sucking point; the amount of sucking movement of the facial muscles in the oral cavity model is obtained and marked based on the changes in electrical potential; and the oral cavity model of the child's dynamics is constructed based on the amount of sucking movement of the teeth and the facial muscles. The sucking problem of young children is analyzed based on the oral cavity model of the children's dynamics; the analysis of the sucking problem is configured to visualize the oral cavity model of the children's dynamics; and analyze the children's bad sucking habits through the sucking actions represented in the oral cavity model. A sucking correction solution is constructed based on the sucking problem; wherein the sucking correction solution is configured to construct a second sucker for correcting the bad sucking habit based on the sucking problem, the second sucker having a sucking structure that naturally hinders the bad sucking habit.

2. The sucking correction method based on an oral model according to claim 1, characterized in that, The potential change is configured to be obtained as follows: A plurality of potential monitoring electrodes and a second control circuit connected to the potential monitoring electrodes are provided; The potential monitoring electrodes are attached to the muscles of the child's face related to sucking movements, and are connected to the second control circuit through a circuit. The second control circuit transmits the potential changes to the outside through an interface.

3. The sucking correction method based on an oral model according to claim 2, characterized in that, The configuration for acquiring the potential change is as follows: At least one attachment surface is provided, wherein the potential monitoring electrode is deployed on the attachment surface.

4. The sucking correction method based on an oral model according to claim 1, characterized in that, The aforementioned bad sucking habits include opening and closing the teeth while sucking, excessive force applied to the teeth, and uneven muscle force.

5. A sucking correction system based on an oral model, employing the sucking correction method based on an oral model as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The system includes a first suction device, a second suction device, a potentiometer, a scanning device, and a control terminal; A static oral cavity model of a young child is created using the scanning device. The first sucker is used to obtain the changes in the suction point force in the infant's mouth during sucking; The potentiometer is used to obtain the electrical potential changes of the facial muscles when the child sucks. The control terminal obtains the dynamic oral cavity model of the child during sucking based on the changes in the force at the sucking point and the changes in the electrical potential. The control terminal displays the child's dynamic oral cavity model to the outside world; The control terminal constructs the second suction device according to the suction correction scheme.

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