US Patent Issued to OSSTEM IMPLANT on Sept. 22 for "Facial shape classification method and denture design device therefor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,850, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to OSSTEM IMPLANT Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Facial shape classification method and denture design device therefor" was invented by Young Seok Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea), In Ho Cho (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyoo Ok Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a facial shape classification method and a denture design device therefor. A facial shape classification method according to an embodiment and a denture design device therefor classify and provide an artificial tooth shape according to the facial shape of a patient, and thus can minimize a user's manipulation,...