US Patent Issued to James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics on July 15 for "Dental restoration preform and method of making the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,437, issued on July 15, was assigned to James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics Inc. (Newport Beach, Calif.).

"Dental restoration preform and method of making the same" was invented by David C. Leeson (North Tustin, Calif.), Marco A. Jokada (Diamond Bar, Calif.), Vaheh Golestanian Nemagrdi (Orange, Calif.) and Hossein Madanipour (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machinable preform for shaping into dental restorations is described that comprises material having suitable strength for use in dental applications without requiring further processing after shaping to strengthen the material (such as sintering). In one embo...