ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,800, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics Inc. (Newport Beach, Calif.).
"Computer-implemented dental restoration design" was invented by Sergey Vladimirovich Nikolskiy (Coto de Caza, Calif.), Sergei Azernikov (Irvine, Calif.) and Shawn Andrews Ramirez (Santa Ana, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer-implemented methods of designing dental restorations and systems for performing the described methods are provided. In an embodiment, a method includes providing a virtual three dimensional representation of at least a portion of the patient's dentition that includes at least one preparation tooth,...