US Patent Issued on March 3 for "Dental wedge" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,477, issued on March 3.

"Dental wedge" was invented by David J. Clark (Tacoma, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The dental wedge has an elongated body extending from an outer end to an opposite inner end. The body includes a longitudinal intermediate wall, a longitudinal first side wall connected to the intermediate wall, and a longitudinal second side wall connected to the intermediate wall. The first side wall and the second side wall each flare away from the intermediate wall such that a first distal end of the first side wall and a second distal end of the second side wall are spaced apart creating an inverted generally V-sha...