US Patent Issued on Oct. 21 for "Dental preform, method for manufacturing one such preform and method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis from one such preform" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,995, issued on Oct. 21.

"Dental preform, method for manufacturing one such preform and method for manufacturing a dental prosthesis from one such preform" was invented by Bruno Clunet-Coste (Saint-Etienne-de-Crossey, France), Bernard Maneuf (Voiron, France) and Andre Collombin (Voiron, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental preform comprises a central portion formed by a plurality of first wire-like elements extending mostly in a first direction, and a first resin. An annular peripheral portion passes round the central portion perpendicularly to the first direction. The peripheral portion comprises second wire-like elements a...