I-Corps: Full Arch Device for a Comprehensive Dental Hygiene Routine

I-Corps：用于全面牙齿卫生常规的全牙弓装置

• 批准号: 2329736
• 负责人: Radi Masri
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland at Baltimore
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-06-01 至 2023-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2329736&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Full; Arch; Device; Comprehensive

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is that the proposed device will disrupt the dental industry. This novel oral hygiene device will ultimately replace the need to brush teeth. The initial market will be dental implants and prosthetics in adult patients in the United States. With epidemiological data projecting an expanding elderly population, this device will be beneficial for geriatric populations that especially lack access to cost-effective and quality oral health care. If successful, the envisioned device will be a high-impact innovation that revolutionizes personalized oral hygiene care and heightens the standards and quality of care.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a novel comprehensive oral hygiene device that capitalizes on the science behind fluid dynamics and sanitization using light therapy. Fluid jet will be used to target high-risk dental areas at once. The envisioned device will significantly enhance the effectiveness of fluid-based plaque debridement. Furthermore, by incorporating a novel light-sensitive fluid, the system will completely disinfect all areas of the mouth to simplify the dental hygiene routine. This device challenges the existing oral health paradigm that mechanical action is the most effective mode of plaque and food debris debridement.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是，所提出的设备将破坏牙科行业。这种新颖的口腔卫生装置最终将取代刷牙的需求。初始市场将是美国成年患者的牙科植入物和假肢。随着流行病学数据预测不断扩大的老年人群，该设备将对老年人口有益，这些老年人群体尤其缺乏获得成本效益和优质的口腔保健服务。如果成功的话，设想的设备将是一种高影响力的创新，它彻底改变了个性化的口腔卫生护理，并提高了护理的标准和质量。该I-Corps项目基于开发新型的综合口腔卫生设备，该设备利用了利用光治疗的流体动力学和卫生化的科学利用。流体射流将一次用于靶向高风险牙齿区域。设想的设备将显着提高基于流体的斑块清创术的有效性。此外，通过结合一种新型的光敏液体，该系统将完全消毒口腔的所有区域，以简化牙齿卫生常规。该设备挑战了现有的口腔健康范式，即机械作用是牙菌斑和食品碎片清创的最有效模式。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估标准来评估值得支持的。