US Patent Issued to Burton Dental Innovations on Aug. 11 for "Dental wedges and matrix bands for use in direct composite restoration techniques" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,527, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Burton Dental Innovations LLC (Hinsdale, Ill.).

"Dental wedges and matrix bands for use in direct composite restoration techniques" was invented by Matthew Burton (Hinsdale, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wedge for use in a dental restoration procedure for a tooth. The wedge includes a handle portion, a body portion coupled to and extending outward from the handle portion, the body portion adapted to be at least partially disposed in an approximal space between the tooth and a second tooth adjacent the tooth, a first arm extending from the body, away from the handle portion, a second arm...