ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,914, issued on March 17, was assigned to EXOCAD GMBH (Darmstadt, Germany).
"Digital tooth model replacement" was invented by Iurie Chiosa (Weiterstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for replacing first three-dimensional digital tooth models by second three-dimensional digital tooth models. The method comprises receiving a three-dimensional digital anatomic model of an oral anatomic structure of a patient and the first three-dimensional digital tooth models arranged with respect to the three-dimensional digital anatomic model at tooth positions with tooth orientations. The first three-dimensional digita...