ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,205, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to THE FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (Shaanxi, China).

"Preparation guide plate and removable partial denture support model construction method and fabrication method" was invented by Jiang Wu (Shaanxi, China), Xianghui Zhao (Shaanxi, China) and Bo Gao (Shaanxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a method for constructing and fabricating a preparation guide plate and a removable partial denture bracket model. The method includes: simulating implant placement in CBCT data of an oral cavity, and determining an implant placement site and an implant placement di...