ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,237, issued on April 21, was assigned to NISSIN DENTAL PRODUCTS INC. (Kyoto, Japan) and Kilgore International Inc. (Coldwater, Mich.).

"Model teeth table, dental model, and articulator" was invented by Michael Gregory (Coldwater, Mich.), Koshiro Matsuo (Kameoka, Japan), Teruyuki Iwasaki (Kameoka, Japan), Yuhei Matsuoka (Kameoka, Japan), Michiyuki Wada (Kameoka, Japan) and Atsushi Tashiro (Kameoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a dental model in which a model tooth having a root portion similar to an actual tooth is attachable to and detachable from a gum portion, and an articulator. A dental model 1 according to t...