Method and system for providing dynamic orthodontic assessment and treatment profiles
Granted: June 14, 2007
Application Number:
20070134613
Method and system for projecting a first orthodontic related image at a predetermined location within a display unit, selecting a second orthodontic related image on the display unit, and projecting the second orthodontic related image at the predetermined area within the display unit such that a difference between the first orthodontic related image and the second orthodontic related image is displayed at the predetermined area within the display unit are provided.
Method and system for providing dynamic orthodontic assessment and treatment profiles
Granted: June 7, 2007
Application Number:
20070128573
Method and system including receiving one or more parameters associated with an orthodontic condition, receiving a treatment goal information associated with the orthodontic condition, and providing a predefined template associated with the received treatment goal information, wherein the predefined template includes at least one orthodontic condition related information, are provided.
Method and system for providing dynamic orthodontic assessment and treatment profiles
Granted: June 7, 2007
Application Number:
20070128574
Method and system for receiving one or more dentition conditions of a patient, associating a first set of one or more treatment goals based on the one or more dentition conditions, generating a case difficulty assessment based on the one or more treatment goals, detecting a modification to the case difficulty assessment, retrieving a second set of one or more treatment goals associated with the modified case difficulty assessment, and displaying the second set of one or more treatment…
Method and system for providing dynamic orthodontic assessment and treatment profiles
Granted: June 7, 2007
Application Number:
20070129991
Method and system for providing dynamically generated orthodontic profile and associated treatment information is provided.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING TEETH
Granted: April 26, 2007
Application Number:
20070092850
A method to create a digital model of a patient's teeth includes creating an impression of the patient's teeth; and scanning the impression using an X-ray source to generate the digital model.
Tooth path treatment plan
Granted: January 4, 2007
Application Number:
20070003907
Systems and methods are disclosed to prepare a malocclusion treatment plan by selecting a tooth treatment pattern from a library of predetermined tooth treatment patterns; and generating the malocclusion treatment plan implementing the selected tooth treatment pattern.
Computer automated development of an orthodontic treatment plan and appliance
Granted: December 21, 2006
Application Number:
20060286501
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 the teeth will move from the initial positions to the final positions.
Guide apparatus and methods for making tooth positioning appliances
Granted: November 23, 2006
Application Number:
20060263738
A method for manipulating a three-dimensional model of a patient's teeth for making one or more tooth positioning appliances involves: forming at least one three-dimensional model of the patient's teeth; acquiring an initial digital data set representing at least part of the three-dimensional model; manipulating a digital model derived from the initial digital data set to move at least one tooth from an initial position to a first intermediate position; forming a first guide from the…
Methods for correcting tooth movements midcourse in treatment
Granted: November 16, 2006
Application Number:
20060257814
Appliances are made using a dental mold representing a patient's dental configuration. In particular, thermoformable plastic positioning appliances which fit over the patient's teeth may be formed over a three-dimensional mold of the patient's dentition. An apparatus and methods which employ a manipulable or reconfigurable mold to model patient dentition and gingiva at each stage of treatment. The apparatus and methods are particularly useful for performing midcourse corrections during…
Method and kits for forming pontics in polymeric shell aligners
Granted: August 31, 2006
Application Number:
20060194163
Systems and methods are disclosed for forming a pontic in a polymeric shell dental appliance, including providing a polymeric shell dental appliance of the type which is removably placeable over a patient's dentition, said shell having a concave trough which conforms to the teeth when the appliance is placed over the dentition and a location in the trough corresponding to a missing tooth; and depositing a flexible, durably affixed material in the location to form the pontic.
Method and kits for forming pontics in polymeric shell aligners
Granted: August 24, 2006
Application Number:
20060188848
Systems and methods are disclosed for forming a pontic in a polymeric shell dental appliance, including providing a polymeric shell dental appliance of the type which is removably placeable over a patient's dentition, said shell having a concave trough which conforms to the teeth when the appliance is placed over the dentition and a location in the trough corresponding to a missing tooth; and depositing a flexible, durably affixed material in the location to form the pontic.
Manipulable dental model system for fabrication of a dental appliance
Granted: June 8, 2006
Application Number:
20060121408
A dental appliance fabrication system includes a reconfigurable dental model including a frame having one or more tooth members disposed on the frame; and one or more micro-positioners each coupled to one tooth member to move the tooth in six degrees of freedom relative to the frame.
Dental appliance sequence ordering system and method
Granted: April 6, 2006
Application Number:
20060073437
The present invention provides systems and methods for providing dental appliances, particularly orthodontic appliances, to a patient wherein the patient is easily able to determine the order or sequence in which the appliances should be worn. Typically the appliances are to be worn in a particular sequence to provide desired treatment, such as a progressive movement of teeth through a variety of arrangements to a final desired arrangement.
Health-care e-commerce systems and methods
Granted: March 23, 2006
Application Number:
20060064329
A virtual health-care electronic commerce community includes a network to communicate information relating to the community; one or more patients coupled to the network; one or more treating professionals coupled to the network; and a server coupled to the network, the server storing data for each patient and performing patient data visualization in response to a user request.
Systems and methods for varying elastic modulus appliances
Granted: January 12, 2006
Application Number:
20060008760
The present invention provides improved devices, systems and methods for repositioning teeth from an initial tooth arrangement to a final tooth arrangement. Repositioning is accomplished with a system comprising a series of polymeric shell appliances configured to receive the teeth and incrementally reposition individual teeth in a series of successive steps. The individual appliances may be formed from layers having different stiffnesses (elastic moduluses), and the stiffnesses of…
Methods for correcting deviations in preplanned tooth rearrangements
Granted: January 5, 2006
Application Number:
20060003283
Orthodontic treatment is achieved using a series of successive, removable repositioning appliances, such as thin polymeric shell appliances referred to as aligners. A set of aligners is originally provided to the patient. If the patient's treatment goes off course using the original set of aligners, further aligners are designed and fabricated to move the deviant tooth arrangement back to a target tooth arrangement which was part of the original treatment program.
Method and system for incrementally moving teeth
Granted: November 3, 2005
Application Number:
20050244782
A system for repositioning teeth comprises a plurality of individual appliances. The appliances are configured to be placed successively on the patient's teeth and to incrementally reposition the teeth from an initial tooth arrangement, through a plurality of intermediate tooth arrangements, and to a final tooth arrangement. The system of appliances is usually configured at the outset of treatment so that the patient may progress through treatment without the need to have the treating…
Interproximal reduction treatment planning
Granted: November 3, 2005
Application Number:
20050244791
Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying a digital model of a patient's teeth by determining interproximal information associated with each tooth; and annotating a graphical representation of the model of the tooth to provide a visual display of the interproximal information.
Dynamically specifying a view
Granted: November 3, 2005
Application Number:
20050246154
Systems and methods to provide a UI includes providing a program with a dynamic content to specify a view; and rendering the view based on the dynamic content.
Systems and methods for generating an appliance with tie points
Granted: October 6, 2005
Application Number:
20050219242
Systems and methods are described for integrating anatomical information from a plurality of sources of information. The system receives two or more three dimensional (3D) anatomical maps sharing a common plane specified by three or more marker points common to the two or more maps; places one or more marker points on one or more teeth; generates a digital teeth model with the marker points; and aligns the two or more 3D anatomical maps and the teeth model using the marker points.
