CA2097284A1 - Device to reduce or prevent night clenching and grinding of the teeth and snoring - Google Patents
Device to reduce or prevent night clenching and grinding of the teeth and snoringInfo
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices; Anti-rape devices
- A61F5/56—Devices for preventing snoring
- A61F5/566—Intra-oral devices
Abstract
A device (10) is provided to prevent or reduce night clenching and grinding of the teeth and to eliminate snoring, the device (30) being designed as an element suitable for insertion into the patient's mouth cavity. The inner surface of the device (30) fits to the tip of the patient's tongue (3) and its outer surface to the inner arch of the row of teeth (1, 2).
Description
'~ 92/09249 PCr/HU91/00049 2~9728~
DEVICE TO RE~UCE OR PREVENT NIGHT CLENCHING AND GRINDING OF
THE TEETH AND SNORING
The invention relates to a device designed for the . purpose of preventing or reducing night clenching and grinding of the teeth or snoring.
Several methods have been experimented with to impede snoring and other unarticulated sounds unconsciously uttered during one's sleep. The essential feature of these methods is to provide an unobstructed air passage between the tongue (root of the tongue) and the palate (especially the soft part of it) by means of a mechanism preventing the tongue and palate from getting shut up against each other.
Devices of such kind have been described in the patent specifications EP A 0182387, DE 407949 and US 3132647. From these methods the one mentioned first causes the least dis-comfort to the patient, but it is rather complicated.According to this method an acrylate resin bar is attached to both sides of the upper rear molars through an acrylate resin spacer in the rear region of the hard palate. This arrangement is, to some extent, capable of preventing snoring, but its use is inconvenient, and it is rather complicated and costly to prepare. Furthermore, it is un-suitable for reducing or preventing the night grinding and excessive clenching of the teeth.
The aim to be achieved is, by eliminating the above deficienciPs, to provide for a method simpler, easier to W092/09249 2 ~ ~ 7 ~ 2- PCT/~IU91/0~044 get accustomed to and more convenient in its use than thosa of earlier designs, the device being capable, at the same time or additionally, of preventiny snoring, reducing or impeding night grinding or excessive clenching of the teeth.
The devices developed for achieving the above alm is a shell-like or conchiform element convex at its outside and concave at its inner side, with its inner surface matching to the shape of the tip of the tongue and with its outer surface to the shape of the lower and upper rows of teeth and to that of the palate.
No clamping element is applied for fixing the above means either to the tongue or to the rows of tPeth or to the palate, the invention being based on the recognition that no fixing is required after a short period of getting accustomed to said properly shaped element placed into the mouth, said means being kept in place, even in the un-conscious state of sleeping, owing to the excellent innervating capability of the tongue. Even in the case of a slight displacement of said element the conditional reflex becomes active to bring about the adjustments re~uired for restoring proper position of the element. The corrective intervention of this reflex becomes increasingly effective after a not too long period of using the element.
By the same recognition, such a conchiform means is equally suitable for impeding or preventing the grinding and clenching of the teeth.
The element serving for the prevention of snoring is provided with an anti-tilting extension, preventing the element complying with the prevent intention from excessive tilting even with the mouth widely opened.
The outer arch of the element serving for impeding the grinding of the teeth is tightly fitted to the inside of the row of teeth in the direction perpendicular to that or the bite, preventing thereby lateral relative displacement between upper and lower row of the teeth (in the direction of grinding).
~'92/09249 _3_ PCT/~U91/00049 209728'1 The ~l~ment impeding the clenching of the teeth is designed to fit the cavity of the mouth being in a slightly opened state, i.e. with an arch in the plane of the direction of the bite, tightly fitting to the shape of the rows of teeth and palate in slightly opened position of the mouth. Owing to this shape of the element on clenching of the teeth an uncomfortable feeling of pressure arises in the mouth instinctively relieved by slight opening of the mouth, even while asleep.
The invention and its further features and advantages will be described with reference to the embodiments shown as examples in the attached drawings. In the drawing:
Fig. 1 is an embodiment of the invention to impede clenching of the teeth, Fig. 2 is an embodiment of the invention serving for preventing the grinding of the teeth, Fig. 3 is an embodiment of the invention to impede snoring, Fig. 4 is the embodiment of the invention provided with in retaining member shown inserted in the mouth with the rows of teeth in slightly opened position.
Fig. 5 shows relative position of the device complying with the invention and that of the tongue and rows of teeth during use, in the plane perpendicular to the direction of the bite, Fig. 6 is an embodiment of the device complying with the invention serving for the prevention of snoring.
Fig. 1 shows a device 10 impeding the clenching of the teeth, enclosing 1/3-1/4 part of the user's tongue at its frontal end or tip. The device 10 fits closely to the user's upper and lower rows of teeth 1, 2 and, respective-ly, the inner frontal part of the rows of teeth 1, 2 in the ~outh cavity in slightly opened position of the rows of W092/~249 2 0 9 7 2 8 ~ PCT/HU91/00~4~-`
teeth l and 2. It is easy to see that the rows of teeth l and 2 could only be clenched unhindered after withdrawing backwards the device lO and the tongue 3 to a considerable extent. In that case, however, on the one hand, the device lO would come into contact with parts of the mouth cavity causing an uncomfortable feeling and, on the other hand, a withdrawal of the tongue to such an extent would also cause inconvenience to the user, therefore the patient does not entirely close his rows of teeth l and 2 even when asleep, so the required effect can be achieved. The device shown in Fig. l can be used also for preventing the grinding of the teeth, but for this purpose a smaller device 20 is just as well suitable. This device 20 fits in lateral direction to the inside of the rows of teeth, with the jaws kept clamped or slightly opened correspondlng to an increased height of bite (i.e. the upper and lower teeth are slightly displaced from their closed position in vertical dircetion).
Lateral displacement of the rows of teeth l and 2 from biting position and thus the grinding of the teeth is prevented by the lateral fit. During sleep, the device 20 is maintained in the desirad position by the user's tongue.
An anti-snoring device 30 is shown in Figures 3, 5 and 6. The inner surface of the device fits to the frontal l/3-l/4 part of the patient's tongue 3, its outer surface to the closed rows l and 2 of the teeth and to the part of the mouth cavity adjacent to said rows. The device 30 is provided with an anti-tilting extension 31, with an indentation 32 at its middle part to receive the ligament of the tongue. The tongue 3 of the patient is enclosed almost equally from below and from above by the device 30, i.e. one half of the latter is located over the tongue 3 and the other half under it.
Figs. 5 and 6 show the device 30 of the invention in-serted in the user's mouth. Especially from Fig. 6 it can clearly be seen that the shape of the device 30 fits well into the mouth cavity, and its displacement from the desired position is effectively prevented by the anti-~``92/09249 -5- PCT/HV91/00049 tilting extension 3l. 2 0 9 7 2 g ~
The devices lO, 20, 30 of the invention are made of an innocuous elastic or rigid material, e.g. some kind of plastic used in dentistry, preferably acryl resin. Wall thicknesses are between approx. 2 and 3 mm, depending on the strength of the material used and on the physiological endowments of the patient. An impression can be taken from the respective parts of the mouth cavity to enable individual forming of the device, because this i5 the safest way to obtain the desired result and, at the same time, accommodation problems can also be minimized.
The use of the devices lO, 20, 30 complying with the invention can easily be accustomed to, since they do not modify the position of the patient's tongue. Before starting with the night use of the device, it is expedient to wear it in waXing state for the sake of accomodation through a period of few days, pre~erably in the evenings before going to bed. In the accommodation period the wRar ~ ng time can be increased gradually, while the~f~reign body in the mouth becomes more and more tolerated. The night use can be attempted after a few days and on wakening from the first sleep (even half asleep) the device may be taken out.
In spite of getting accustomed to it easily and of its safety, some patients feel fear of using the device comply-ing with the invention. To avoid this psychic inhibition and in order to increase safety by means of an elastic or rigid coupling me~ber 34 shown in Figure 4 or by e.g.
dental floss, a large-size light-weight restraining element 35, non-ohstructing the breathing, can be attached that may be discarded after ceasing of psychic inhibition. This be-comes soon possible due to the excellent innervation of the tongue, rendering it capable, even when the patient is asleep, of keeping the device in the desired position, while the slightest displacement will give rise to an immediate corrective reaction. The coupling element may though increase the height of bite (generally this is the W092/09249 2a9728~ -6- PCT/~1U91/0004 case with all embodiments), but this increase is not disturbin~.
According to the evidence of several hundred cases, the device complying with the invention and if properly used can safely be applied, easily be accustomed to, without disturbing the sleep of the user.
Not a single case of swallowing or inhaling (sucking into the trachea) has occured. Obviously, the device complying with the invention cannot be used if the mouth cannot be kept closed, i.e. in all cases when breathing through the nose is hampered with caughing, sneezing, nasal discharge, in febrile condition, with facial paralysis, in states following an attack of apoplexy, with epilepsy, asthma, in the case of Sjorgren syndrome (chronic dryness of the mouth) but its use should be avoided under alcoholic influence, while being under the effect of dormitives or narcotics, by pateints having cerebral sclerosis or being other~ise mentally retarded and, generally, in all cases when ~ ~is~ would be involved with its use. The risk can, of course, be reduced or excluded by means of a retaining element 35, making the device l0, 20, 30 of the invention act like a baby comforter.
Experience has also shown that the device complying with the invention prevents the tongue from sliding back as a shapeless mass obstru~ting passage of the air. That is why the condition close to suffocation does not develop -otherwise characteristic of snoring that may several times, night by night - overburdening the heart and blood circulation. The patients' sleep becomes restful and they awake more nimbly than before. After prolonged use, conditional reflexes acting also while asleep develop, and in certain cases the device can be applied less frequently, or it may be fully omitted. In some cases the size of the device can be reduced after one or two months, and it has to be kept in the mouth every other night only.
Removing the device on awakening from first sleep or being haIf asleep, the spastic compression or grinding of U ~ 92/09249 7_ PC~r/H U91/00049 2~9728~
the teeth do no more reoccur - at least in the majority of cases - during the rest of the night. This observation does not apply to snoring, since in the case of such complaint the device 30 complying with the invention has, generally, to be kept inserted during the entire period of the sleep.
of course, the success of using the devices 10, 20, 30 is also dependent on the posture assumed during sleeping.
The most favourable position is to lie on the side, whereas lying on one's back, the snoring, and in the case of lying prone, the clenching and grinding of the teeth are those most probably occuring, due to the stretched state of the masticatory muscle.
Experience has shown that in some cases the application of the devices 10, 20, 30 can be omitted once for all, after some period of time. The time of omission cannot be determined in advance, because this will depend, among other factors, on the patient's age, severity of complaints and on how long the complaints subsisted. Omission should be attempted gradually, or the size of ~.he device can be reduced. However, especially, in the case of snoring, frequent relapse can occur. In such cases the conditional reflexes can quickly be reactivated by repeated use of the device through a period of few successive nights.
DEVICE TO RE~UCE OR PREVENT NIGHT CLENCHING AND GRINDING OF
THE TEETH AND SNORING
The invention relates to a device designed for the . purpose of preventing or reducing night clenching and grinding of the teeth or snoring.
Several methods have been experimented with to impede snoring and other unarticulated sounds unconsciously uttered during one's sleep. The essential feature of these methods is to provide an unobstructed air passage between the tongue (root of the tongue) and the palate (especially the soft part of it) by means of a mechanism preventing the tongue and palate from getting shut up against each other.
Devices of such kind have been described in the patent specifications EP A 0182387, DE 407949 and US 3132647. From these methods the one mentioned first causes the least dis-comfort to the patient, but it is rather complicated.According to this method an acrylate resin bar is attached to both sides of the upper rear molars through an acrylate resin spacer in the rear region of the hard palate. This arrangement is, to some extent, capable of preventing snoring, but its use is inconvenient, and it is rather complicated and costly to prepare. Furthermore, it is un-suitable for reducing or preventing the night grinding and excessive clenching of the teeth.
The aim to be achieved is, by eliminating the above deficienciPs, to provide for a method simpler, easier to W092/09249 2 ~ ~ 7 ~ 2- PCT/~IU91/0~044 get accustomed to and more convenient in its use than thosa of earlier designs, the device being capable, at the same time or additionally, of preventiny snoring, reducing or impeding night grinding or excessive clenching of the teeth.
The devices developed for achieving the above alm is a shell-like or conchiform element convex at its outside and concave at its inner side, with its inner surface matching to the shape of the tip of the tongue and with its outer surface to the shape of the lower and upper rows of teeth and to that of the palate.
No clamping element is applied for fixing the above means either to the tongue or to the rows of tPeth or to the palate, the invention being based on the recognition that no fixing is required after a short period of getting accustomed to said properly shaped element placed into the mouth, said means being kept in place, even in the un-conscious state of sleeping, owing to the excellent innervating capability of the tongue. Even in the case of a slight displacement of said element the conditional reflex becomes active to bring about the adjustments re~uired for restoring proper position of the element. The corrective intervention of this reflex becomes increasingly effective after a not too long period of using the element.
By the same recognition, such a conchiform means is equally suitable for impeding or preventing the grinding and clenching of the teeth.
The element serving for the prevention of snoring is provided with an anti-tilting extension, preventing the element complying with the prevent intention from excessive tilting even with the mouth widely opened.
The outer arch of the element serving for impeding the grinding of the teeth is tightly fitted to the inside of the row of teeth in the direction perpendicular to that or the bite, preventing thereby lateral relative displacement between upper and lower row of the teeth (in the direction of grinding).
~'92/09249 _3_ PCT/~U91/00049 209728'1 The ~l~ment impeding the clenching of the teeth is designed to fit the cavity of the mouth being in a slightly opened state, i.e. with an arch in the plane of the direction of the bite, tightly fitting to the shape of the rows of teeth and palate in slightly opened position of the mouth. Owing to this shape of the element on clenching of the teeth an uncomfortable feeling of pressure arises in the mouth instinctively relieved by slight opening of the mouth, even while asleep.
The invention and its further features and advantages will be described with reference to the embodiments shown as examples in the attached drawings. In the drawing:
Fig. 1 is an embodiment of the invention to impede clenching of the teeth, Fig. 2 is an embodiment of the invention serving for preventing the grinding of the teeth, Fig. 3 is an embodiment of the invention to impede snoring, Fig. 4 is the embodiment of the invention provided with in retaining member shown inserted in the mouth with the rows of teeth in slightly opened position.
Fig. 5 shows relative position of the device complying with the invention and that of the tongue and rows of teeth during use, in the plane perpendicular to the direction of the bite, Fig. 6 is an embodiment of the device complying with the invention serving for the prevention of snoring.
Fig. 1 shows a device 10 impeding the clenching of the teeth, enclosing 1/3-1/4 part of the user's tongue at its frontal end or tip. The device 10 fits closely to the user's upper and lower rows of teeth 1, 2 and, respective-ly, the inner frontal part of the rows of teeth 1, 2 in the ~outh cavity in slightly opened position of the rows of W092/~249 2 0 9 7 2 8 ~ PCT/HU91/00~4~-`
teeth l and 2. It is easy to see that the rows of teeth l and 2 could only be clenched unhindered after withdrawing backwards the device lO and the tongue 3 to a considerable extent. In that case, however, on the one hand, the device lO would come into contact with parts of the mouth cavity causing an uncomfortable feeling and, on the other hand, a withdrawal of the tongue to such an extent would also cause inconvenience to the user, therefore the patient does not entirely close his rows of teeth l and 2 even when asleep, so the required effect can be achieved. The device shown in Fig. l can be used also for preventing the grinding of the teeth, but for this purpose a smaller device 20 is just as well suitable. This device 20 fits in lateral direction to the inside of the rows of teeth, with the jaws kept clamped or slightly opened correspondlng to an increased height of bite (i.e. the upper and lower teeth are slightly displaced from their closed position in vertical dircetion).
Lateral displacement of the rows of teeth l and 2 from biting position and thus the grinding of the teeth is prevented by the lateral fit. During sleep, the device 20 is maintained in the desirad position by the user's tongue.
An anti-snoring device 30 is shown in Figures 3, 5 and 6. The inner surface of the device fits to the frontal l/3-l/4 part of the patient's tongue 3, its outer surface to the closed rows l and 2 of the teeth and to the part of the mouth cavity adjacent to said rows. The device 30 is provided with an anti-tilting extension 31, with an indentation 32 at its middle part to receive the ligament of the tongue. The tongue 3 of the patient is enclosed almost equally from below and from above by the device 30, i.e. one half of the latter is located over the tongue 3 and the other half under it.
Figs. 5 and 6 show the device 30 of the invention in-serted in the user's mouth. Especially from Fig. 6 it can clearly be seen that the shape of the device 30 fits well into the mouth cavity, and its displacement from the desired position is effectively prevented by the anti-~``92/09249 -5- PCT/HV91/00049 tilting extension 3l. 2 0 9 7 2 g ~
The devices lO, 20, 30 of the invention are made of an innocuous elastic or rigid material, e.g. some kind of plastic used in dentistry, preferably acryl resin. Wall thicknesses are between approx. 2 and 3 mm, depending on the strength of the material used and on the physiological endowments of the patient. An impression can be taken from the respective parts of the mouth cavity to enable individual forming of the device, because this i5 the safest way to obtain the desired result and, at the same time, accommodation problems can also be minimized.
The use of the devices lO, 20, 30 complying with the invention can easily be accustomed to, since they do not modify the position of the patient's tongue. Before starting with the night use of the device, it is expedient to wear it in waXing state for the sake of accomodation through a period of few days, pre~erably in the evenings before going to bed. In the accommodation period the wRar ~ ng time can be increased gradually, while the~f~reign body in the mouth becomes more and more tolerated. The night use can be attempted after a few days and on wakening from the first sleep (even half asleep) the device may be taken out.
In spite of getting accustomed to it easily and of its safety, some patients feel fear of using the device comply-ing with the invention. To avoid this psychic inhibition and in order to increase safety by means of an elastic or rigid coupling me~ber 34 shown in Figure 4 or by e.g.
dental floss, a large-size light-weight restraining element 35, non-ohstructing the breathing, can be attached that may be discarded after ceasing of psychic inhibition. This be-comes soon possible due to the excellent innervation of the tongue, rendering it capable, even when the patient is asleep, of keeping the device in the desired position, while the slightest displacement will give rise to an immediate corrective reaction. The coupling element may though increase the height of bite (generally this is the W092/09249 2a9728~ -6- PCT/~1U91/0004 case with all embodiments), but this increase is not disturbin~.
According to the evidence of several hundred cases, the device complying with the invention and if properly used can safely be applied, easily be accustomed to, without disturbing the sleep of the user.
Not a single case of swallowing or inhaling (sucking into the trachea) has occured. Obviously, the device complying with the invention cannot be used if the mouth cannot be kept closed, i.e. in all cases when breathing through the nose is hampered with caughing, sneezing, nasal discharge, in febrile condition, with facial paralysis, in states following an attack of apoplexy, with epilepsy, asthma, in the case of Sjorgren syndrome (chronic dryness of the mouth) but its use should be avoided under alcoholic influence, while being under the effect of dormitives or narcotics, by pateints having cerebral sclerosis or being other~ise mentally retarded and, generally, in all cases when ~ ~is~ would be involved with its use. The risk can, of course, be reduced or excluded by means of a retaining element 35, making the device l0, 20, 30 of the invention act like a baby comforter.
Experience has also shown that the device complying with the invention prevents the tongue from sliding back as a shapeless mass obstru~ting passage of the air. That is why the condition close to suffocation does not develop -otherwise characteristic of snoring that may several times, night by night - overburdening the heart and blood circulation. The patients' sleep becomes restful and they awake more nimbly than before. After prolonged use, conditional reflexes acting also while asleep develop, and in certain cases the device can be applied less frequently, or it may be fully omitted. In some cases the size of the device can be reduced after one or two months, and it has to be kept in the mouth every other night only.
Removing the device on awakening from first sleep or being haIf asleep, the spastic compression or grinding of U ~ 92/09249 7_ PC~r/H U91/00049 2~9728~
the teeth do no more reoccur - at least in the majority of cases - during the rest of the night. This observation does not apply to snoring, since in the case of such complaint the device 30 complying with the invention has, generally, to be kept inserted during the entire period of the sleep.
of course, the success of using the devices 10, 20, 30 is also dependent on the posture assumed during sleeping.
The most favourable position is to lie on the side, whereas lying on one's back, the snoring, and in the case of lying prone, the clenching and grinding of the teeth are those most probably occuring, due to the stretched state of the masticatory muscle.
Experience has shown that in some cases the application of the devices 10, 20, 30 can be omitted once for all, after some period of time. The time of omission cannot be determined in advance, because this will depend, among other factors, on the patient's age, severity of complaints and on how long the complaints subsisted. Omission should be attempted gradually, or the size of ~.he device can be reduced. However, especially, in the case of snoring, frequent relapse can occur. In such cases the conditional reflexes can quickly be reactivated by repeated use of the device through a period of few successive nights.
Claims (4)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. Device to prevent or reduce night compression or grinding of the teeth or to impede snoring, adapted to be placed into a patient's mouth cavity, said device comprising a conchiform element fitting into the mouth cavity proximal to the essentially closed position of upper and lower rows of teeth, the inner surface of said element being adapted to enclose the tip of the patient's tongue, said device, when in use, being entirely within the mouth cavity of the patient.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1, comprising an extension to be located under the tongue when said device is in use, said extension carrying indentation to receive the tongue ligament and additionally comprising an outer surface adapted to fit the patient's essentially closed rows of teeth.
3. The device as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein a retaining member is fixed to the outer surface of the conchiform element through a coupling element, said retaining member being of a size preventing sucking of the element.
4. A device adapted to be placed into a patient's mouth cavity to prevent or reduce night compression or grinding of teeth, said device being conchiform and comprising an outer surface adapted to fit against inside surfaces of said patient's essentially closed rows of teeth and an inner surface adapted to enclose the tip of said patient's tongue, said device, when in use, being entirely within the mouth cavity of the patient.
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