Patent Issued for Dental implants with markers for determining three-dimensional positioning (USPTO 11559379).

The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the scanning apparatus comprises at least one of a computed tomography (CT) scan machine, x-ray machine, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. For example, at present, a patient typically is required to visit the practitioner multiple times as various iterations of the prosthetic are developed and fitted to the implant installed in the patient's jaw, and to interface the prosthetic with the surrounding hard and soft tissues of the patient. Such imaging techniques may include, but are not particularly limited to CT imaging, MRI imaging, x-ray imaging, and ultrasound. [Extracted from the article]