US Patent Issued to 3SHAPE on Sept. 30 for "Snapping of denture teeth" (Danish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,998, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to 3SHAPE A/S (Kobenhavn K, Denmark).

"Snapping of denture teeth" was invented by Rune Fisker (Virum, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for digitally designing a denture for a patient, where the denture includes a plurality of denture teeth, where designing the denture includes transforming denture teeth of the denture, wherein the method includes obtaining a 3D scan of the upper jaw and lower jaw of the patient; obtaining a digital 3D arrangement of the denture teeth, where the denture teeth are pre-set in occlusion; digitally arranging the 3D scan of the upper jaw and lower jaw r...