ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,982, issued on Sept. 2.
"Matrices including crowns for dental restoration" was invented by Itay Mishaeloff (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dental matrix for forming a crown on a tooth includes a body having a expandable tab, which allows the diameter of an opening to be expanded for removal of the matrix from the formed crown."
The patent was filed on April 14, 2022, under Application No. 17/659,179.
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