ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,918, issued on March 17, was assigned to IMPLANT PROTESIS DENTAL 2004 S.L. (Mataro Barcelona, Spain).

"Working model to perform a dental prosthesis for a tooth stump, and method to make the working model" was invented by Miguel Angel Nieves Perez (Mataro Barcelona, Spain) and David Espinach Villanueva (Mataro Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a working model to perform a dental prosthesis for a tooth stump, comprising a model mandible with teeth made from resin by means of 3D printing and a detachable model tooth stump. The model tooth stump comprises a main body made from resin by means of 3D ...