Patent ID: 11896452
Assignee: CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 10:
11. A method for visualizing a patient dentition orthodontic treatment comprising:
receiving a plurality of segmented teeth from a virtual model of an initial tooth arrangement;
identifying at least one unerupted tooth within the surface contour model, wherein the at least one unerupted tooth is identified using at least one of three-dimensional volume acquisition or panoramic radiography;
accessing shape and size information for the unerupted tooth based, at least in part, on the at least one of the three-dimensional volume acquisition or the panoramic radiography;
identifying a substitute model tooth based at least in part on the shape and size information for the unerupted tooth, wherein the substitute model tooth reflects a replacement permanent tooth model; and
generating a virtual setup of a target tooth arrangement wherein a location corresponding to the at least one tooth is replaced by the replacement permanent tooth model.