Damping structure and scanning pen

The invention discloses a damping structure and a scanning pen, relates to the technical field of intelligent equipment, and aims to solve the problem of short service life of the damping structure. The damping structure comprises an end face cam, an end face concave wheel and a first reset piece, the end face concave wheel is provided with concave wheel inner protruding parts and concave wheel outer protruding parts, concave wheel outer grooves are formed between the adjacent concave wheel outer protruding parts, and concave wheel inner grooves are formed between the adjacent concave wheel inner protruding parts. A first cam outer protruding part of the end face cam can be matched with the concave wheel outer groove or abut against the concave wheel outer protruding part, a second cam inner protruding part can be matched with the concave wheel inner groove or abut against the concave wheel inner protruding part, and the first cam inner protruding part can support the first cam outer protruding part in the ra