US Patent Issued to WINVERTS on Nov. 3 for "Tooth preparation guide device and method of preparing tooth for dental prosthesis" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. RE51,102, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to WINVERTS INC. (Tustin, Calif.).

"Tooth preparation guide device and method of preparing tooth for dental prosthesis" was invented by Oh-Dal Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dental preparation uses a tooth preparation guide custom-made for fitting with teeth of a patient. The preparation guide includes one or more guide channels for guiding a cutting tool. The preparation guide enables modification of the teeth as planned with high level of precision. A dental prosthesis for installing onto prepared teeth of the patient is provided before preparation of the teeth. The pros...