US Patent Issued to 3SHAPE on Sept. 23 for "Method and system for evaluating a dental preparation surface" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,932, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to 3SHAPE A/S (Copenhagen K, Denmark).

"Method and system for evaluating a dental preparation surface" was invented by Thomas Lundgaard Hansen (Copenhagen K, Denmark) and Karl-Josef Hollenbeck (Copenhagen O, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method and system of evaluating a dental preparation surface, including obtaining a digital oral situation and/or a portion thereof including a preparation surface, evaluating an attainable thickness based on the preparation surface and surroundings and comparing the attainable thickness to minimum thickness."

The patent was filed on Apr...