US Patent Issued on Jan. 13 for "Dental prosthesis system and prosthetic structure for use with a dental implant inserted into the jaw bone of a patient" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,212, issued on Jan. 13.

"Dental prosthesis system and prosthetic structure for use with a dental implant inserted into the jaw bone of a patient" was invented by Holger Zipprich (Malchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental prosthesis system (30) with a dental implant (32) and with a prosthetic structure (34) mountable on the dental implant (32). The dental implant (32), for mounting of the prosthetic structure (34), forms a bearing face (52) serving as a support face for the prosthetic structure (34), and the prosthetic structure (34) forms a base face (54) adapted in terms of its contour to the bearing face (52), wherei...