Clinician review of an orthodontic treatment plan and appliance
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1. A method of providing a custom orthodontic appliance for repositioning teeth of a patient, the method comprising:
- providing for display on a computer screen, with interaction by an operator, data of images of the teeth of the patient in suggested post-treatment tooth positions and orientations that are based on three-dimensional information of the shapes of the teeth of the patient;
receiving feedback information on the suggested post-treatment positions and orientations from a person, other than the operator, who has interactively viewed a display of the provided images on the computer screen; and
providing a custom orthodontic shell appliance configured to reposition teeth of the patient based on the suggested tooth positions and orientations in accordance with the feed back information, the shell appliance having cavities shaped to receive and resiliently reposition teeth.
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Abstract
A computer is used to create a plan for repositioning an orthodontic patient'"'"'s teeth. The computer receives an initial digital data set representing the patient'"'"'s teeth at their initial positions and a final digital data set representing the teeth at their final positions. The computer then uses the data sets to generate treatment paths along which teeth will move from the initial positions to the final positions.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of providing a custom orthodontic appliance for repositioning teeth of a patient, the method comprising:
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providing for display on a computer screen, with interaction by an operator, data of images of the teeth of the patient in suggested post-treatment tooth positions and orientations that are based on three-dimensional information of the shapes of the teeth of the patient; receiving feedback information on the suggested post-treatment positions and orientations from a person, other than the operator, who has interactively viewed a display of the provided images on the computer screen; and providing a custom orthodontic shell appliance configured to reposition teeth of the patient based on the suggested tooth positions and orientations in accordance with the feed back information, the shell appliance having cavities shaped to receive and resiliently reposition teeth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of providing a custom orthodontic appliance configured to the individual anatomy of a patient for repositioning teeth of the patient, the method comprising:
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providing for display on a computer screen images of the teeth of the patient in suggested post-treatment tooth positions and orientations that are based on three-dimensional information of the shapes of the teeth of the patient; receiving feedback information on the suggested post-treatment positions and orientations from a person who has interactively viewed a display of the provided images on a computer screen wherein the feedback information includes one or more of; information approving at least some of the suggested post-treatment positions and orientations, and information changing at least one of the suggested post-treatment tooth positions or orientations; and providing a custom orthodontic shell appliance configured to reposition teeth of the patient based on the suggested post-treatment tooth positions and orientations in accordance with the feedback information, the shell appliance having cavities shaped to receive and resiliently reposition teeth. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of providing a custom orthodontic appliance, configured to the individual anatomy of a patient, for orthodontically repositioning teeth of the patient, the method comprising:
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providing digital data of suggested post-treatment tooth positions and orientations of teeth of the patient that are based on three-dimensional information of the shapes of the teeth of the patient; providing images of teeth of the patient from the digital data, for display on at least one computer screen to an orthodontic practitioner in the suggested post treatment tooth positions and orientations for either (a approval for use in creating a custom orthodontic appliance for the patient or (b revision; receiving from an orthodontic practitioner, who has interactively viewed on a computer screen a display of the provided images, feedback information approving the suggested post-treatment positions and orientations; and providing a custom orthodontic shell appliance configured to the individual anatomy of the patient to reposition teeth of the patient based on the suggested post-treatment tooth positions and orientations approved in accordance with the feedback information, the shell appliance having cavities shaped to receive and resiliently reposition teeth. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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