33 results about "Oral function" patented technology

A removable intraoral apparatus for improving airway patency is described. Wearing the apparatus alters the position, configuration and freedom of movement of the tongue, the muscles of mastication, as well as the pharyngeal and facial muscles. The apparatus is useful for correcting snoring and / or obstructive sleep apnea due to intermittent closures or partial obstructions occurring in the oropharynx during sleep. The apparatus of the invention can improve various types of airway disorders and improve oral functions by changing the position, configuration and freedom of movement of selected portions of the tongue and mouth, reducing the resistance to air flow in the mouth and pharynx, re-orienting and reprogramming the muscles of the mouth and tongue, and maintaining a proper oral systemic balance.

An exercise tool 1 for improving oral function inserted and used in an oral cavity includes: a base 10 inserted in the oral cavity; and a hollow bulge 20 which is made of an elastic body and protrudes from the base 10. Level difference portions 41-43 and 51-53 are provided in a vertically intermediate region of at least one of an outer surface and an inner surface of the bulge 20.

An oral function and dysfunction quantification method that automatically records the amount of time required for a laboratory animal to gnaw through multiple obstructions in a tube includes a confinement tube and spring-loaded polymer dowels that actuate timers to precisely record the time required for a rodent to complete a discrete gnawing task. The investigation of human orofacial pain requires an animal test that objectively measures impairment secondary to pain during an oral function (gnawing) that is analogous to behavior that elicits pain in human patients (chewing). The method can also evaluate behavioral change secondary to complex disorders such as anxiety and depression and facilitate evaluation of molecular mechanisms and pharmacologic therapies relevant to chronic orofacial pain and behavioral disorders.

An oral function device. The oral function device may include an elongated hollow handle with a flange disposed around a first opening of the elongated hollow handle. The oral function device may include an elongated chew piece fixated by the end plug to prevent the elongated chew piece from falling off the elongated hollow handle. The elongated chew piece may rotate freely inside the elongated hollow handle.

The invention discloses a method for directly preparing oral functional dental and maxillary pads by combining hot-pressed film and 3D printing. Connect the 3D printer to print and solidify the dentition model, and use the positive pressure hot-pressed membrane technology to make the retention device of the jaw pad and other steps. The invention combines the advantages of elasticity, thinner thickness and better tooth fit of the diaphragm made by hot-pressed film technology, and the advantages of high precision in preparing oral function jaw pads by 3D printing to prepare dental jaw pads, which has the advantages of rapid and direct molding , short production cycle, high precision, low cost, less difficulty, etc., and the manufactured jaw pad can effectively solve the rare problem of reserving gaps for missing teeth in the process of manufacturing jaw pads for dentition.

The invention discloses a full denture plastic splint type transparent tooth holder. The full denture plastic splint type transparent tooth holder comprises two parts, i.e., an inner rack body and an outer rack body, wherein the inner rack is fixedly connected with the outer rack body through stainless steel wires; the inner rack body and the outer rack body are held close to the buccal and lingual surfaces of teeth and the lingual dental socket mucous membrane; a cavity between the inner rack body and the outer rack body is made according to the size of the teeth; the tooth occlusal surface is fully exposed. The full denture plastic splint type transparent tooth holder is held close to the teeth; the holder is tailored; the inner rack body and the outer rack body are closely attached to each tooth on both buccal and lingual sides without gap in order to provide guarantee for achieving the treatment purpose; the holder is stable to wear, tight, non-leveraging, and comfortable and attractive for a patient to wear, and the temporal-mandibular joint can be effectively protected; the holder is small in size and does not affect the pronunciation or the normal oral function; the inner rack body and the outer rack body of a functional part of the holder are made of plastic and have certain hardness and slight elasticity, the occlusal surface contains no plastic, no wear is caused by the occlusion, and four steel wires for connecting the inner rack body and the outer rack body have certain elasticity, so the holder is firm and difficult to damage.

The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine composition for oral care of critically ill patients and a traditional Chinese medicine oral care liquid containing the same. The traditional Chinese medicine composition is prepared from the following raw materials in proportions by weight: 6-30 parts of honeysuckle, 20-40 parts of dandelion, 3-8 parts of new licorice, 10-20 parts of trichosanthes, 3-7 parts of mint, white fresh 7-15 parts of skin, 5-15 parts of Peilan, 4-8 parts of coptis. The composition of the invention and the oral care solution containing the same have multiple functions of antibacterial, antibacterial, oral mucosa protection and wound healing promotion. It has been proved by clinical trials that when using the traditional Chinese medicine oral care solution of the present invention to perform oral care for patients with orotracheal intubation, it has a significant effect on improving the oral function state and inhibiting the number of oral bacteria. At the same time, the frequency of traditional Chinese medicine oral care has certain advantages in implementation, which provides a safety guarantee for clinical practice and provides a standardized implementation plan for traditional Chinese medicine oral care for clinical nurses.

The invention discloses a magnetism guide functional oral appliance, which comprises a maxilla tooth set and a mandible tooth set, wherein elastic stainless steel wires wrapping outside the maxilla tooth set or the mandible tooth set are arranged between the outer sides of the molar teeth at two sides of the maxilla tooth set or the mandible tooth set, a first magnet is arranged in the middle of the elastic stainless steel wire, the first magnet arranged on the mandible tooth set corresponds to a second magnet arranged in the middle of the outer side of the maxilla tooth set, or the first magnet arranged on the maxilla tooth set corresponds to a second magnet arranged in the middle of the outer side of the mandible tooth set, and the first magnet and the second magnet are used for traction of malocclusion of the maxilla tooth and the mandible tooth. Due to the use of the first magnet and the second magnet as well as attracting traction of the maxilla tooth set and the mandible tooth set connected with the magnets, the magnetism guide functional oral appliance has a good correcting effect, has a simple structure, and is easy to manufacture; and patients wearing the oral appliance have less oral foreign body sensation and less anabrosis.

The present invention provides a system and method for correcting facial features and oral function in a subject. Also provided are a plurality of intra-oral appliances, which make up the system. The intra-oral appliances each include an appliance body configured for engaging one or more of the gingival-buccal area, the gingivolabial area, and the vestibular area of the subject's mouth, and include one or more extensions for at least partly defining the cavity in the vestibule of the subject's mouth.