ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,300, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to INSTITUT STRAUMANN AG (Basel, Switzerland).

"Dental connection assembly, dental replacement part kit and intermediate insert" was invented by Felix Fischler (Hagenthal-le-Haut, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental connection assembly for connecting an artificial denture to a jaw comprises a retention insert, an abutment structure, a fixation screw and an intermediate insert. The retention insert has a retention end portion and a retention skirt portion forming a retention cavity. The retention insert and the abutment structure are configured to be snap-fit connected by the retention c...