ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,058, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to DENTLYTEC G.P.L. LTD. (Hod Hasharon, Israel).

"Dental device with probe and methods associated therewith" was invented by Benny Pesach (Rosh Haayin, Israel), Amitai Reuvenny (Kfar-Saba, Israel), Dana Shemuly (Kfar-Sava, Israel), Lev Goldentouch (Rishon LeZion, Israel), Blanc Zach Lehr (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Ygael Grad (Tel-Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the present disclosure include, for example, a method for automatically entering content into a periodontal chart. Such methods include, for example, providing an Intra Oral Scanner (IOS) with an elongate probe ext...