ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,473, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TruBridge Dental LLC (Bainbridge Island, Wash.).
"System and method for full arch, teeth-only bridge design" was invented by Helena Soomer Lincoln (Bainbridge Island, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a teeth-only, gingiva-free dental restoration device for a full-arch dental replacement of a replacement arch of a patient may include using a computing device for: receiving a model of a replacement arch of a patient having post-extraction tooth sockets defined by a substantially original interdental and interradicular ridge of the patient; generating a model of a teeth-only, ...