ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,124, issued on March 25.
"Dental robot" was invented by Amrish Patel (Virginia Beach, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Herein disclosed are robotic dentistry methods comprising tooth extraction and crown preparation. Robotic tooth extraction may comprise determining if the correct tooth is targeted, based on a scanned image; determining a decay state of the tooth based on the scanned image; selecting an extraction technique determined as a function of the decay state; and extracting the tooth using the selected extraction technique. Robotic crown preparation may comprise receiving an initial reduction plan to reduce a tooth; prese...