ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,167, issued on Sept. 29.

"Smart dental treatment chair, and a system utilizing artificial intelligence and computerized vision to monitor real-time progress of a dental treatment" was invented by Natalie Vidal (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Smart dental treatment chair, and a system utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computerized vision analysis to dynamically monitor real-time progress of a dental treatment, to dynamically report the progress to the patient, and to provide additional benefits to dental patients. A dental treatment chair includes video cameras that capture real time video, and a microphone tha...