US Patent Issued to JENSEN INDUSTRIES on Oct. 27 for "Method for generation of opalescence in dental restorations" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,375, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to JENSEN INDUSTRIES INC. (North Haven, Conn.).

"Method for generation of opalescence in dental restorations" was invented by Yoonho Jun (Weatogue, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods for creating opalescence in dental materials and restorations, compositions used in such methods, and the resultant dental materials and restorations. More particularly, the opalescence may be created by directly embedding opalescent particles into a matrix material. In some embodiments, photonic crystals are embedded in the dental material to achieve the opalescent effect. Photonic crys...