Dental Bleaching Guide Plate With Deep Groove And Guide Hole
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for applying tooth bleaching agents by hand lack precision in controlling the application range and amount, leading to inconsistent results and potential damage to dental pulp and periodontal tissues, especially in cases requiring differential coloration for various tooth positions.
Innovation Solution
A dental bleaching guide plate with a deep groove structure and a guide hole, designed using patient-specific intraoral models and colorimetric data, allows for accurate placement and controlled administration of the bleaching agent, separating bleached regions from non-bleached areas and ensuring uniform coloration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If hand application method is used for tooth bleaching agent, then operation simplicity is maintained, but application precision and control over agent range and amount deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The guide plate serves as an intermediary device between the operator and the tooth surface. It includes a plate body with a groove that fits onto the tooth, and a guide hole that directs the bleaching agent precisely to the target area. This intermediary structure enables both ease of operation (simple placement and removal) and high application precision (controlled agent delivery path and distribution area).
Solution Approach 2:
The guide plate design implements local quality by creating a specific groove structure that concentrates the bleaching agent only in the required local area of the tooth. The guide hole position and groove shape are customized to match the specific discoloration region, ensuring the agent is applied precisely where needed rather than uniformly across the entire tooth surface.
2Ease of operation
If uniform bleaching is applied to all teeth, then operation simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to different tooth positions and discoloration degrees deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The guide plate is designed with customized groove shapes, sizes, and positions that correspond to specific tooth regions requiring bleaching. Each guide plate can be tailored to address different discoloration patterns, allowing differential treatment of various tooth positions while maintaining a simple overall operational process of plate placement and agent application.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide plate structure segments the bleaching treatment into specific zones through its groove design. The plate body divides the tooth surface into treated and untreated areas, enabling selective bleaching of only those regions with discoloration. This segmentation allows multiple tooth positions to be treated with different degrees of bleaching intensity as needed.
3Reliability
If increased amount of bleaching agent is applied to improve bleaching effect, then bleaching effectiveness is improved, but damage to dental pulp and periodontal tissues worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The guide plate acts as a controlled intermediary that regulates the flow and distribution of the bleaching agent. The guide hole and groove structure ensure the agent is delivered in controlled amounts precisely where needed on the tooth surface, preventing excessive agent accumulation and reducing the risk of agent penetration into the dental pulp and periodontal tissues while maintaining effective bleaching concentration at the target site.
Solution Approach 2:
The guide plate creates localized concentration of the bleaching agent only in the specific groove area that contacts the tooth surface. This localized application ensures high effectiveness in the treated zone while minimizing the total amount of agent used and preventing harmful overflow to surrounding tissues. The groove confines the agent to the intended application area, reducing exposure of sensitive tissues.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a dental bleaching guide plate, including a first plate and a second plate, wherein the first plate and the second plate are abutted to form an enclosed deep groove structure, the first plate is provided with a guide hole, a spacing between two opposite side surfaces of the first plate and the second plate is greater than an outer diameter of a neck of a tooth, and there is a gap between the side surfaces of the first plate and the second plate and side surfaces of the tooth. The guide plate can be sleeved onto an exterior of a tooth to inhibit a bleaching agent from coming into contact with other teeth. In addition, a range and an amount of applying a bleaching agent can be accurately controlled, partitioned coloration and bleaching can be implemented, and an administration position can be accurately located.