Device for a dental training station and dental training facility

Abstract

A device for a dental training station (4) comprises a supply station (8) with at least one dental treatment training instrument (15, 16, 17) connected thereto, a training dummy (20) held on the supply station (8), a screen (5) fastened to the supply station (8) for displaying images and / or films, and a control unit (29) having a signal connection to the screen (5).

Description

The invention relates to a device for a dental training site and to a dental training device.In dental construction, manual activities such as, in particular, the use of dental treatment instruments on an exercise doll are performed. For digital support, information can be displayed to a person to be trained via a screen. To record the information, the student must direct his gaze away from the worksite, namely an oral cavity of the training doll, and towards the screen. This deflects the designer. Unobserved body movements and / or hand movements can lead to an undesired working result. Since the performer usually handles both hands in the oral cavity, there is a risk of injury to him himself.The object of the present invention is to improve the dental design and in particular to improve the integration of digital support during manual training of a designer.The object is achieved according to the invention by a device having the features specified in claim 1 and by a dental training device having the features specified in claim 11.According to the invention, it has been recognized that digital support in dental design is improved if a screen is fastened to a supply station. The supply station is in particular a simulation unit. The device according to the invention can be used advantageously in the formation of dentists, orthodontists, orthodontists and / or assistant personnel. In particular, the screen is held directly at the supply station. In particular, the screen is located in the field of vision of the designer. In order to record digital support from the screen, the student can change his gaze between the screen and the oral cavity of a training doll by a small eye movement and / or a small head movement. In particular, a body movement, in particular a large head movement, of the designer is unnecessary. The risk of a treatment error and / or injury is minimized.The invention is based on the finding that dental treatments are carried out by a handler predominantly with a downwardly inclined head position, wherein a patient is typically in a seated and / or lying position. In particular, the handler is at least partially diffracted over the patient. The arrangement of the screen according to the invention advantageously offers digital support to the designer. It can accommodate the digital support without having to perform a rotating head movement and / or body movement. Digital support is provided effectively and practicable. The digital support is directly oriented to the typical working posture of the handler and is located in the vicinity of a typical head posture of the handler.The screen has in particular a minimum diagonal of 25 inches, in particular at least 27 inches, in particular at least 29 inches, in particular at least 31 inches, in particular at least 35 inches and in particular at least 39 inches. It has been recognized that a minimum size for the screen is advantageous in order to be able to provide image information in addition to the settings of the dental treatment exercise instruments, in particular their settings, in particular.The screen has a high reproduction quality, in particular a high resolution quality, in particular with a physical resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels or higher.The supply station is in particular substantially tower-like and has a housing. The supply station can be connected in particular to an external current source and / or has an integrated current source. The supply station has in particular one or more drives for at least one dental treatment exercise instrument. The supply station is in particular a simulator of a dental treatment site. The mechanical structure of the supply station simulates a dental treatment site. The designer can learn the manual activities of a dentist, for example, by means of the supply station and the at least one dental treatment practice instrument. In particular, the at least one dental treatment exercise instrument is connected to the supply station in a multi-articulated manner.The training doll has in particular a torso-like upper body with a head fastened thereto, with an oral cavity and a denture arranged therein, which denture is in particular designed to be removable from the oral cavity and in particular comprises a toothed upper jaw and lower jaw.The screen serves in particular for displaying images and / or movies. The screen can be designed in particular as a touch screen, which is also referred to as a touch screen, in order to enable immediate inputs to the student. The screen is connected to a control unit, in particular a bidirectional signal connection. The control unit can be used to display the images and / or movies to be displayed on the screen. The control unit is in particular designed as a computer and a part of the required hardware is arranged in particular integrated in the supply station.A device according to claim 2 enables a realistic formation. The at least one dental treatment exercise instrument can be designed as a dentist drill, which is designed in particular as a dental turbine and / or motor and can have drills and / or milling cutters. Additionally or alternatively, the at least one dental treatment exercise instrument can be designed as an intraoral camera. The training person can thus generate image and / or video recordings, in particular from the oral cavity of the training doll. These recordings can be stored in the control unit, in particular in an integrated data memory, and / or in an external data memory. Additionally or alternatively, the recordings can be made available via a data connection to third parties, in particular a lecturer and / or other students, in particular in real time. In addition, the images of the intraoral camera can be displayed on the screen. As a result, the designer has an important self-control both for his own treatment activity and for the contents that he provides to third parties. This ensures a controlled transmission of the visual information.An apparatus according to claim 3 enables a particularly advantageous information recording for the designer. The supply station has a placement surface with which it is placed on the ground. With respect to this placement surface, the screen is arranged with a mean vertical height which is between 0.5 m and 1.5 m. The mean vertical height is understood to mean the vertical distance from the placement surface to the vertical center point. This distance is in particular at most 1.2 m and in particular at most 1.0 m. In particular, the distance is at most 0.9 m and in particular at most 0.87 m.An arrangement of the screen according to claim 4 enables the designer to intuitively grasp information. In the vertical direction, the screen is arranged below a working height defined by the training doll. The working height is defined in particular by the vertical position of the oral cavity of the training doll. The screen is arranged in particular spaced apart from the training doll in the horizontal direction, i.e. laterally next to the training doll. In particular, the screen is arranged in the horizontal direction between the training doll and the supply station.An inclined arrangement of the screen according to claim 5 facilitates intuitive information acquisition for the designer. An angle of inclination of the screen with respect to a horizontal plane is at least 1°, in particular at least 5°, in particular at least 10° and in particular at least 15°. The angle of inclination is at most 30°, in particular at most 45° and in particular at most 60°. In particular, the angle of inclination can be variably fixed. As a result, the angle of inclination can be adapted to an individual viewing angle situation of the designer. In particular, the screen faces the training doll with its image surface. In particular, the image surface of the screen is directed at least partially upward. A surface normal of the image surface is directed at least partially vertically upward. The surface normal corresponds to a perpendicular emission direction of an image emitted by the image surface.It has been found in particular that the inclined arrangement of the screen ensures advantageous accessibility both for left-handed hands in a so-called 3 o'clock position and for right-handed hands in a so-called 9 o'clock position. The use of the device has proven to be particularly advantageous if the performer is in a so-called 12 o'clock position, i.e. behind the training doll, on a side of the training doll facing away from the supply station. The digital support can be recorded from the screen exclusively by moving the eyeballs of the student. Head movement can be avoided.The design of the supply station with the inclined screen is mechanically robust and advantageous for use in training operation.An apparatus according to claim 6 is made compact. In particular, the screen is arranged directly on a housing of the supply station.A device according to claim 7 allows an advantageous arrangement of the screen. An overhanging arrangement at the supply station allows an additional work surface at an upper side of the supply station. The upper side of the supply station can serve in particular as an additional placement surface for instruments, in that the additional placement surface is designed as a depression in order to avoid rolling away instruments and / or small objects. In particular, it has been recognized that the screen can be arranged in an overhanging manner in a region between the supply station and the exercise doll. If the screen is formed overhanging at the supply station, lateral protection elements, in particular lateral stainless steel sheets, can be attached for stabilization in order to avoid a mechanical impairment of the overhanging screen and / or to absorb lever forces due to mechanical stresses, in particular as a result of an careless handling. The lateral protective elements are in particular designed as stainless steel brackets and in particular are arranged substantially flat and integrated at the supply station. The laterally overhanging arrangement of the screen is mechanically robust.Alternatively, the screen can be arranged on the supply station and in particular on its housing in an integrated manner, in particular on the upper side. The supply station with the integrated screen is particularly compact.It is particularly advantageous if the screen is installed at the supply station in a watertightly sealed manner. For this purpose, the screen can be enclosed in a water-resistant plate.An arrangement of the exercise doll according to claim 8 enables different exercise positions. In addition, the device can be brought into a space-saving parking position. In particular, an angle of inclination of the training dummy relative to the horizontal plane can be variably defined between 0°, i.e. horizontally, and + 90°, i.e. vertically.An apparatus according to claim 9 simplifies data transfer. A data transmission / reception module is used for transmitting and / or receiving data. In particular, the data transmission / reception module is arranged integrated in the control unit. The data transmission / reception module is designed in particular wirelessly for data transmission and has in particular an interface for wireless data transmission or wired data transmission. As a result, the device can advantageously be integrated into an, in particular bidirectional, data transmission network.A communication system according to claim 10 enables the designer to communicate, in particular audio communication, with third parties, in particular with a lecturer. The communication system is in particular configured bidirectionally. The communication system is integrated in particular in the control unit.A dental training device according to claim 11 has the advantages of a device according to the invention, to which reference is hereby made.Such a dental training device for dentists comprises at least one dental training site and in particular a plurality of dental training sites. The at least one dental forming site is connected by signal technology to at least one accent work site.This makes it possible for a lecturer at the lecturer workplace to track the actions of the performer, in particular in real time. For this purpose, the designer can record and transmit his activities by means of an intraoral camera. This transmission can also make the lecturer and / or the performer available to other performers at their work station. The lecturer may transmit image and / or video data from his lecturer workstation to one or more students. The care outlay for a plurality of students by the placentae directly at the respective student is reduced. The quality of the formation is improved. Training contents, in particular know-how of the placentae, can be divided and thus made available quasi simultaneously with a plurality of students and / or other training institutions.Both the features specified in the patent claims and the features specified in the following exemplary embodiment of a device according to the invention are each suitable, alone or in combination with one another, for further developing the subject matter according to the invention. The respective combinations of features are not restrictive with respect to the developments of the subject matter of the invention, but essentially have only exemplary character.Further features, advantages and details of the invention will become apparent from the following description of the exemplary embodiment with reference to the drawing. The following are shown: FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a dental training device with a accent workplace and a plurality of dental training sites, each of which has a device, FIG. 2 shows a side view of a device according to the invention in a parking position, FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the device according to the invention in an exercise position of an exercise doll, FIG. 4 shows a perspective illustration of the device according to FIGS. 2 and 3 with a designer looking in the direction of an oral cavity of the training doll, FIG. 5 is a view corresponding to FIG. 4, the eye of the designer being directed at a screen of the device.FIG. 1 shows a highly schematic representation of a dental training device 1, in particular for dentists. The dental training device 1 comprises a redundant work station 2 and a plurality of dental training sites 3. It is essential that at least one dental formation site 3 is present. However, more or fewer than four dental formation sites 3 can also be present. The dental formation sites 3 are in particular identical.Each dental training station 3 has a device, denoted as a whole by 4, on which a designer can carry out manual training, in particular for the dentist's occupation. Each device 4 has a screen 5. The screen is used to display images and / or movies.The Lecturer workstation 2 has an input / output device 6.The accent workstation 2 is connected to the dental training sites 3 by means of a data network 7 in terms of signal technology. The data network 7 enables, in particular bidirectional, data transmission between the lecturer and the student and among the various students, in particular between the screens 5 of the devices 4 and the input / output device 6. A lecturer can enter information at his workstation 2 by means of the input / output device 6, in particular read in image or movie files and / or access a library with corresponding files. Via the data network 7, the lecturer can transmit these data to one or more dental training sites 3. The dopant can specifically contact individual formed ends or several formed ends. It is also possible, for example, to define groups of students who are each in communication with the lecturer. Accordingly, individual information or several information to be formed can be transmitted from their forming station to the Lecturer workstation 2.The dental training device 1 can be arranged in a building, in particular in a room. Due to the data network 7, which can in particular also comprise a public data network, in particular the Internet, a spatially remote arrangement of the workstation 2 and the training sites 3 is also possible.A dental forming station 3 with a device 4 is explained in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.The device 4 has a supply station 8. The supply station 8 has a base plate 9, on which a housing 10 is arranged, which is closed on its upper side opposite the base plate 9 by a cover 11.On an underside of the base plate 9 a plurality, in particular three, of feet 12 are arranged, each of which is designed to be height-adjustable. The feet 12 allow the supply station 8 to be placed on a ground reliably and in particular levelly. An unintentional displacement of the supply station 8 relative to the ground is prevented.In particular, a plurality of running rollers 13 are also arranged on the base plate 9. The supply station 8 can be moved by the travel rollers 13. The supply station 8 is in particular embodied as mobile.The feet 12 make it possible to arrange the supply station 8 in such a way that the running rollers 13 are arranged vertically spaced apart from the underlying surface.The feet 12 or the travel rollers 13 define a placement surface of the supply station 8. The placement surface is in particular a horizontal plane.The supply station 8 comprises a purely schematically illustrated power connection 14, with which the supply station 8 can be connected to a power grid. The power connection 14 can be designed in particular as a mains plug. In addition or as an alternative to the power connection 14, a mobile power source, in particular a battery and in particular a rechargeable battery, can be present in the supply station 8.A plurality of dental treatment exercise instruments are connected to the supply station 8. According to the exemplary embodiment shown, different dental drills 15, a saliva ejector 16 and an intraoral camera 17 serve as dental treatment exercise instruments. The swivel arms 18 allow a horizontal displacement of tool holders 19 in which the dental treatment exercise instruments 15, 16, 17 can be arranged.At least one supply connection 28, not shown in detail, is arranged in the supply station 8. Serving as supply connection 28 is in particular a drive for the dental treatment exercise instruments 15, 16, 17.An exercise doll 20 is held at the supply station 8. The training dummy 20 simulates a dental patient. The exercise doll 20 has an oral cavity 21 with a denture 22 therein. The denture 22 comprises a toothed upper jaw and a toothed lower jaw, which are in particular configured independently of each other and in particular configured removable from the oral cavity 21.A holding lever 23 serves to fasten the exercise doll 20 to the supply station 8, which holding lever is fastened by a first end in the supply station 8. The holding lever 23 is led out through a slot-shaped opening 24 in the housing 10 of the supply station 8. The slit-shaped opening 24 extends vertically. The holding lever 23 is arranged in the supply station 8 in a height-adjustable manner by means of an adjusting device, not shown in detail.At a second end of the holding lever 23, the exercise doll 20 is held. The exercise doll 20 is arranged on the holding lever 23 such that it can be pivoted about a pivot axis 25, in particular with an upper body body portion. The holding lever 23 is substantially L-shaped. The holding lever 23 has a horizontal arm with the first end, which is arranged in the supply station 8, and a vertical arm, on which the pivot axis 25 is arranged.In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the vertical arm has a curved contour which has a recess which faces away from the supply station. The recess has a circular arc contour, the center of which is arranged on the pivot axis 25. On the side facing away from the supply station 8, the recess on the vertical arm forms a concave contour. On an underside of the exercise dummy 20, a complementary element, not shown in more detail in the figures, is arranged in the region of the retaining lever 23. The complementary element has an outer contour which is designed convex. The convex outer contour of the complementary element corresponds to the concave outer contour of the vertical arm. During a pivoting movement of the exercise dummy 20 about the pivot axis 25, in particular from the substantially vertical arrangement of the exercise dummy 20 in FIG. 2 into a horizontal arrangement of the exercise dummy 20 in FIG. 3, the exercise dummy 20 is pivoted with the complementary element into the recess on the vertical arm. This prevents an object, in particular a finger of the performer, from being unintentionally placed in the recess and being squeezed between the training doll 20 and the vertical arm. The risk of injury to a designer is minimized. In particular, the risk of crushing between the exercise doll 20 and the holding lever 23 is prevented. The application of the device 4 is failsafe. The risk of handling for the designer is minimized.The pivot axis 25 is oriented perpendicular to a holding plane defined by the holding lever 23. The pivot axis 25 is in particular oriented horizontally. The pivot axis 25 is oriented in particular parallel to the placement surface. In particular, the pivot connection between the holding lever 23 and the exercise doll 20 is designed such that the exercise doll 20 can be arranged and fixed in defined pivot positions. This allows different body orientations of a patient to be adjusted. For example, the exercise doll 20 may be arranged in a substantially horizontal arrangement as shown in Figs. 3-5. An essentially upright arrangement according to FIG. 2 serves for a parking position that is as space-saving as possible. However, the exercise doll 20 may also be arranged in intermediate positions, for example with a 30° inclination upwards.The screen 5 is held at the supply station 8. According to the exemplary embodiment shown, the screen 5 is arranged overhanging at the supply station 8. Specifically, the screen 5 protrudes from the housing 10 on the side where the slit-shaped opening 24 is disposed.Starting from the cover 11 of the supply station 8, the display screen 5 is arranged with its display surface 26 facing the training dummy 20. The screen 5 is oriented inclined with respect to a horizontal plane at an angle of inclination n. The angle of inclination n is in particular in a range between 5° and 45°. The image surface 26 accordingly has an image emission direction oriented perpendicularly to the image surface, which is directed at least partially upward and in particular not downward. The image emission direction corresponds substantially to the typical viewing direction of a designer 27 on the device 4.The screen 5 has a center point M. The screen 5 is arranged with a mean vertical height h m with respect to the placement surface of the supply station 8. The mean vertical height h m is defined as the vertical distance of the center M of the screen 8 from the placement surface. In particular, the mean vertical height h m is between 0.5 m and 1.2, in particular at most 1.0 m and in particular at most 0.87 m.It is advantageous if the screen 5 is arranged below a working height defined by the training doll 20 in the vertical direction. Such an arrangement is illustrated in particular in FIGS. 4 and 5. A designer 27 can direct the view from the oral cavity 21 onto the screen 5 by a short eye movement or a slight raising and / or turning of his head.The device 4 has a control unit 29 which is shown purely schematically. The control unit 29 is arranged in particular integrated in the supply station 8. The control unit 29 is in signal connection, in particular bidirectional, with the screen 5. The control unit 29 can have an integrated data memory or be connected to an external data memory. Films and / or images can be displayed on the screen 5 by means of the control unit 29.The control unit 29 can have a data transmission / reception module 30, to which the control unit 29 and in particular the device 4 is connected to the data network 7 for transmitting and / or receiving data.The device 4 has, in particular, a communication system 31, which is designed, in particular, bidirectionally. The communication system 31 is used in particular for video communication, in particular between the dental training station 3 and the lecturer workstation 2. The communication system 31 can be integrated in the control unit 29 or can be embodied separately therefrom. In particular, the communication system 31 can be part of the data transmission / reception module 30.The supply station 8 has a treatment lamp 32 which serves for illuminating, in particular the oral cavity 21 and the upper and lower jaw 22. The treatment lamp 32 is fastened to the supply station 8, in particular to its cover 11, by means of a lamp holder 33 which is known per se.The device 4 according to the invention enables the designer 27 to support his manual training by means of digital content in a particularly uncomplicated manner. For this purpose, the screen 5 is integrated into the device 4 in a particularly advantageous manner and is arranged with respect to the natural field of vision of the designer 27.

Claims

Device for a dental training site comprising a. a supply station (8) with at least one dental treatment exercise instrument (15, 16, 17) connected thereto, b. an exercise dummy (20) held on the supply station (8), c. a display screen (5) fastened to the supply station (8) for displaying images and / or films, d. a control unit (29) which is in signal connection with the display screen (5).Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the at least one dental treatment exercise instrument comprises an intraoral camera (17) and / or a dentist's drill (15).Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the screen (5) is arranged with an average vertical height (h m) with respect to a placement surface of the supply station (8) of at most 1.5 m, in particular of at most 1.2 m, in particular of at most 1.0 m and in particular of at least 0.5 m.Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the screen (5) is arranged below a working height defined by the training doll (20) in the vertical direction.Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the screen (5) is arranged inclined with an angle of inclination (n) with respect to a horizontal plane.Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the screen (5) is arranged directly at the supply station (8).Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the screen (5) is arranged at the supply station (8), in particular at its housing (10), in an overhanging manner or integrated therein.Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the exercise doll (20) is arranged on the supply station (8) in a height-adjustable and / or inclination-adjustable manner.Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control unit (29) has a data transmission / reception module (30) for transmitting and / or receiving data.Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized bya, in particular bidirectional, communication system (31).Dental training device comprising at least one accent workplace (2) and at least one dental training site (3) with a device (4) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one accent workplace (2) and the at least one dental training site (4) are connected to one another by signal technology.

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