ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,021, issued on Sept. 15.

"Certificate system for tracking dental material as it becomes a prosthetic" was invented by Benjamin Jung (West Valley City, Utah) and Daniel Yonil Jung (West Valley City, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technology is described for a certification system for tracking bulk dental material as it becomes a dental restoration. The bulk dental material, such as yttria stabilized zirconia, is used to form multiple different dental restorations. A trackable code is associated with and carried with the bulk dental material. The trackable code is associated with bulk information of the bulk dental material, su...