US Patent Issued to ADA FORSYTH INSTITUTE on Aug. 18 for "Method and system for detecting molar incisor hypomineralization using high resolution Raman analyses of tooth composition" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,271, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ADA FORSYTH INSTITUTE INC. (Somerville, Mass.).

"Method and system for detecting molar incisor hypomineralization using high resolution Raman analyses of tooth composition" was invented by Felicitas B. Bidlack (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method provides in vivo identification of hypomineralization and distinction between enamel defects. Chemical composition measurements of enamel on a target surface of a tooth are obtained using a Raman spectroscope. A system creates an evaluation profile of the target surface by evaluating the Raman intensity associated value...