ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,108, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to SICHUAN UNIVERSITY (Chengdu, China).

"Axial direction and depth checking guide plate for implanting and manufacture method thereof" was invented by Haiyang Yu (Sichuan, China), Chenyang Xie (Sichuan, China), Tinglu Fang (Sichuan, China) and Yingkai Wang (Sichuan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure a manufacture method of axial direction and depth checking guide plate for implanting, comprises the following steps: S1: obtaining dentition data by an optical scanner, obtaining a preoperative model; virtually arranging the teeth to obtain a virtual waxing; taking Cone Beam ...