PORTABLE ELECTRONIC TOOTH SCALAR WITH INTRAORAL CAMERA AND ANTI BACTERIAL TREATMENT FACILITY

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

This research work relates generally to an electronic dental instruments and more particularly, to tooth scalers having a vibrating scaling tip. The most abundantly available portable tooth scalers in the market are generally cheap & low quality products whose vibration intensities are not at par with that desired by the dentists to do the job satisfactorily and hence plaque removal becomes difficult especially in remote areas where the highly sophisticated dental chair cannot be set up. This research aims at modifying the design of these unserviceable low quality dental scalers so as to enhance their usability. It aims to increase the vibration intensity of the scaling tip so that plaque removal becomes easier. The designed modified apparatus consists of a lower main body and two removable upper parts - one consisting of the dental scaler, and the other 3D printed detachable upper part consisting of a 470 nm blue LED [3] and an intraoral camera. Controls are provided to increase and decrease the intensity of the vibrating scaler. The proposed modified dental scaler can be conveniently used to treat patients at remote locations without using bulky scaling setup as well as other dental instruments, such as intraoral dental mirror .

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