US Patent Issued to Biomet 3i on April 14 for "Temporary dental prosthesis for use in developing final dental prosthesis" (Florida, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. RE50,859, issued on April 14, was assigned to Biomet 3i LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Temporary dental prosthesis for use in developing final dental prosthesis" was invented by Zachary B. Suttin (Jupiter, Fla.), Stephen M. Herrington (Naples, Fla.) and Ross W. Towse (San Marcos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a permanent prosthesis for attachment to a dental implant installed in a mouth of a patient includes scanning a patient specific temporary prosthesis (PSTP) to obtain scan data. The PSTP is attached to the dental implant in the mouth of the patient. Gingival tissue surrounding the PSTP is permitted ...