US Patent Issued to Burton Dental Innovations on March 24 for "Dental wedges, matrix bands, and dental separator rings for use in direct composite restoration techniques" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,503, issued on March 24, was assigned to Burton Dental Innovations LLC (Hinsdale, Ill.).

"Dental wedges, matrix bands, and dental separator rings 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 dental separator ring for use in a dental restoration procedure in a mouth of a patient. The dental separator ring includes a first arm, a second arm, a central portion coupled to both the first arm and the second arm, a first pad coupled to the first arm, the first pad adapted to be positioned on a lingual side of adjacent teeth in the mouth of the patient, a...