US Patent Issued to iDentical on Nov. 4 for "Root-analog dental implants and systems, devices, and methods for designing and manufacturing same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,472, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to iDentical Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Root-analog dental implants and systems, devices, and methods for designing and manufacturing same" was invented by David Sanderson (Burlingame, Calif.), Michael Collins (San Marcos, Calif.), Brian Bowman (Carlsbad, Calif.), Colin Murphy (San Diego) and Brandon Duquesnel (Temecula, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A root portion of a root-analog dental implant may include a core positioned in an approximate center of the root portion of the dental implant. The core may provide mechanical strength and/or support for the dental implant and may include o...