US Patent Issued to Clayton Dental Laboratory on Oct. 27 for "Sequential dental surgical guide and model system and method" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,297, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Clayton Dental Laboratory Inc. (Troy, Mich.).

"Sequential dental surgical guide and model system and method" was invented by Randall C. Groscurth (Troy, Mich.) and Shoko U. Groscurth (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental surgical guide set includes at least one fixation element. Each fixation element is independently capable of fixation to an oral structure. The dental surgical guide set includes a dental appliance having at least one fixation connector integral therewith removably engageable with the at least one fixation element after the fixation element is fixed to the oral s...