ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,470, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Organic dental device and method of preparation thereof" was invented by ABM Sharif Hossain (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Hasan Ahmed Rudayni (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Mohammad Saad Aleissa (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Fazliny Abdul Rahman (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An organic dental device includes a biobased matrix including a nanocomposite, a pigment composition, an organic composition, a plasticizer mixture, an adhesive component, ZnO nanoparticles, and at least one plasticizer. The nanocomposite includes a...