US Patent Issued to Global Dental Science on April 15 for "Bar manufacturing and denture reference and registration system" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,599, issued on April 15, was assigned to Global Dental Science LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Bar manufacturing and denture reference and registration system" was invented by Johannes Petrus Michael Grobbee (Tilburg, Netherlands) and Robert van der Meer (Rotterdam, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved denture system is disclosed. An improved denture system has a support bar and a denture material blank. The denture material blank has an oversize cutout to secure the support bar. The support bar has oversized implant interfaces and optional oversized tooth abutments. After securing the support bar in the denture material b...