Gentle Probing Training Kit
The training kit with gingiva-like material in a tray addresses the inadequacies of current training models by allowing dental hygienists to practice probing techniques non-invasively and accurately simulate clinical scenarios, reducing training time and invasiveness.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2025000302U
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-01-08
- Publication Date
- 2025-05-23
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-01-08
AI Technical Summary
Current training models for dental hygienists using silicone gums are inadequate as they do not accurately replicate the hardness of real gums, making it difficult for trainees to master probing techniques and requiring extensive training time.
A training kit containing a tray filled with a material resembling healthy gingiva, allowing trainees to practice probing techniques with light pressure and simulate various clinical situations without using a living subject.
Enables non-invasive acquisition of clinical skills by replicating the feel of real gums and various clinical scenarios, allowing for repeated training without the need for a living subject.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical field]
[0001] This device is intended to be used to train dental hygienists to acquire the probing techniques necessary when performing periodontal tissue examinations, which are essential for basic periodontal treatment. [Background technology]
[0002] In the models currently used for training, the gums are made of silicone and other materials, which have a significantly different hardness from real gums, and the force control techniques and clinical situations required were not taken into account, making the techniques difficult to master and requiring a long period of training time. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0003] For dental hygienist school students and those with little clinical experience after obtaining dental hygienist qualifications, using the oral cavity of a living subject during training to acquire the probing techniques necessary for periodontal treatment is thought to be highly invasive to the participants. By using the kit of this invention during this training, it is possible to obtain a feel close to that of actual gums without using a living subject, and since various clinical findings can be experienced, there is no invasion of the living subject and the training can be repeated anywhere. [Means for solving the problem]
[0004] This device contains a tray in a kit filled with a material that resembles healthy volunteers' gingiva, allowing training in the operation of a probe (a dental instrument used to explore the depth of the gingival sulcus and periodontal pockets and the root surface) with light pressure (approximately 15g to 20g).It also recreates the same various situations that occur during actual treatment, making it possible to train in evaluating them. Effect of the Invention
[0005] By conducting training without using living bodies as described above, there is no need for participants to provide oral cavity samples, and clinical skills can be acquired non-invasively. [Brief description of the drawings]
[0006] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a front view of the training kit of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0007] The kit is contained in a tray, which is filled with a healthy subject's gingival material. Various training exercises are assumed in the tray, and the training exercises reproduce situations that may be encountered in actual clinical practice. EXAMPLES
[0008] The following examples are explained with reference to the attached drawings. 1 shows the tray in which the kit is stored. 2 is filled entirely with a material that reproduces healthy gums. 3 to 7 reproduce various clinical findings as shown below.
[0009] 3 has a "ladder game" drawn on the bottom, and the patient must operate the probe by sliding it over the gum-like material without damaging it, aiming for the goal. This training allows the patient to learn the technique of operating the probe with gentle pressure (15g-20g: gentle probing).
[0010] 4. The protrusions attached to the side of the tray are likened to teeth, and the gap between the protrusions and the gum-like material is likened to a periodontal pocket, making it possible to practice judging SBI (Sulcus Bleeding Index: a test used to evaluate inflammation in the gingival sulcus).
[0011] With No. 5, the gap between the side of the tray and the gingival material is likened to a periodontal pocket, making it possible to practice root surface exploration and PD (probing depth: gingival sulcus depth) evaluation. In addition, by going around the inside of the tray using the walking method (a technique in which you move forward while exploring the root surface), you can practice operation at any angle.
[0012] Items 6 and 7 reproduce the findings actually encountered in clinical practice, and provide training in evaluating the properties of the root surface by palpation alone. Items 6 allow training in feeling fine cracks on the root surface, and items 7 allow training in feeling the roughness of the root surface (calculus deposits and the properties of contaminated cementum) with the tip of the probe. It is Noh. [Explanation of symbols]
[0013] 1 Kit body 2. Healthy gingiva-like material 3. Amidakuji area 4. SBI Training Area 5. Walking Method Area 6 Root surface exploration area 7 Crack Palpation Area
Claims
1. This training kit is made of a material similar to real living gums, allowing repeated training in the same way as when using a living organism.
2. The training tasks envisioned in this kit are similar to actual clinical findings, and this training can be applied in clinical practice.