Treatment analysis systems and methods
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1. A method for dental treatment planning, comprising:
- receiving, by one or more computers, a set of diagnostic data comprising one or more malocclusions and a current arrangement of a patient'"'"'s teeth;
executing, by the one or more computers, a first evaluation routine for the set of diagnostic data comprising validating the set of diagnostic data at least against one or more case selection criteria for a desired treatment system, wherein successful validation indicates that the patient'"'"'s teeth are acceptable for treatment using the desired treatment system;
after successful validation by the first evaluation routine, executing, by the one or more computers, a second evaluation routine that evaluates the distance the teeth move between the current arrangement and an initial desired arrangement against a magnitude of movement included in the one or more case selection criteria;
after successful evaluation by the second evaluation routine, generating, by the one or more computers, a treatment plan for moving the patient'"'"'s teeth from the current arrangement toward the initial desired arrangement of the patient'"'"'s teeth using the set of diagnostic data;
outputting the data sets to a fabrication machine, the data sets being a shape of a plurality of appliances for treating the patient, wherein the data sets are configured to control a fabrication machine to produce the plurality of appliances for treating the patient according to the outputted data sets; and
controlling, by the one or more computers, the fabrication machine using the data sets to produce the plurality of appliances for treating the patient according to the outputted data sets.
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Abstract
A dental treatment planning system includes an input form to receive one or more dental patient inputs; and an engine adapted to receive the dental patient data from the input form and validating the dental patient data in a predetermined sequence.
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1. A method for dental treatment planning, comprising:
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receiving, by one or more computers, a set of diagnostic data comprising one or more malocclusions and a current arrangement of a patient'"'"'s teeth; executing, by the one or more computers, a first evaluation routine for the set of diagnostic data comprising validating the set of diagnostic data at least against one or more case selection criteria for a desired treatment system, wherein successful validation indicates that the patient'"'"'s teeth are acceptable for treatment using the desired treatment system; after successful validation by the first evaluation routine, executing, by the one or more computers, a second evaluation routine that evaluates the distance the teeth move between the current arrangement and an initial desired arrangement against a magnitude of movement included in the one or more case selection criteria; after successful evaluation by the second evaluation routine, generating, by the one or more computers, a treatment plan for moving the patient'"'"'s teeth from the current arrangement toward the initial desired arrangement of the patient'"'"'s teeth using the set of diagnostic data; outputting the data sets to a fabrication machine, the data sets being a shape of a plurality of appliances for treating the patient, wherein the data sets are configured to control a fabrication machine to produce the plurality of appliances for treating the patient according to the outputted data sets; and controlling, by the one or more computers, the fabrication machine using the data sets to produce the plurality of appliances for treating the patient according to the outputted data sets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computerized system for dental treatment planning, comprising:
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a fabrication machine; and one or more computers that include one or more processors and memory, including instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more computers to at least; receive, by the one or more computers, a set of diagnostic data comprising one or more malocclusions and a current arrangement of a patient'"'"'s teeth; execute, by the one or more computers, a first evaluation routine for the set of diagnostic data comprising validating the set of diagnostic data at least against one or more case selection criteria for a desired treatment system, wherein successful validation indicates that the patient'"'"'s teeth are acceptable for treatment using the desired treatment system; after successful validation by the first evaluation routine, execute, by the one or more computers, a second evaluation routine that evaluates the distance the teeth move between the current arrangement and an initial desired arrangement against a magnitude of movement included in the one or more case selection criteria; after successful evaluation by the second evaluation routine, generate, by the one or more computers, a treatment plan comprising data sets for moving the patient'"'"'s teeth from the current arrangement toward the initial desired arrangement of the patient'"'"'s teeth using the set of diagnostic data; and output the data sets to the fabrication machine, the data sets being a shape of a plurality of appliances for treating the patient, wherein the data sets are configured to control a fabrication machine to produce the plurality of appliances for treating the patient according to the outputted data sets, and wherein the fabrication machine receives the outputted data sets and is controlled, by the one or more computers, using the data sets to produce the plurality of appliances for treating the patient according to the outputted data sets. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computerized system for dental treatment planning, comprising:
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a fabrication machine; and one or more computers that include one or more processors and memory, including instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more computers to at least; receive, by the one or more computers, a set of diagnostic data comprising one or more malocclusions and a current arrangement of a patient'"'"'s teeth; execute, by the one or more computers, a first evaluation routine for the set of diagnostic data comprising validating the set of diagnostic data at least against one or more case selection criteria for a desired treatment system, wherein successful validation indicates that the patient'"'"'s teeth are acceptable for treatment using the desired treatment system; after successful validation by the first evaluation routine, execute, by the one or more computers, a second evaluation routine that evaluates the distance the patient'"'"'s teeth move between the current arrangement and an initial desired arrangement against a magnitude of movement included in the one or more case selection criteria; after successful evaluation by the second evaluation routine, generate, by the one or more computers, a treatment plan for moving the patient'"'"'s teeth from the current arrangement toward the initial desired arrangement of the patient'"'"'s teeth using the set of diagnostic data; generate data sets corresponding to a shape of a plurality of dental appliances for treating the patient; generate fabrication instructions for the fabrication machine, the instructions being based on the data sets and configured to cause the fabrication machine to fabricate the plurality of dental appliances; and output the fabrication instructions to the fabrication machine, to cause the fabrication machine to produce the plurality of dental appliances, wherein the fabrication machine receives the fabrication instructions and is controlled, by the one or more computers, using the fabrication instructions to produce the plurality of dental appliances for treating the patient according to the outputted data sets. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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