Patent ID: 9510918
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A61C,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for dynamically manipulating a three-dimensional virtual model representing a patient's teeth so as to facilitate visualization of an orthodontic treatment plan being applied thereto, said method comprising the steps of: rendering said three-dimensional virtual model based, at least in part, upon one or more images of a patient's teeth, said three-dimensional virtual model comprising a plurality of teeth, said plurality of teeth comprising two sets of oppositely-oriented teeth; and manipulating said three-dimensional virtual model via a translational movement in a two-dimensional computer display area and along a plane vertically oriented relative to said oppositely-oriented teeth, wherein said translational movement is configured to simultaneously impose a translational manipulation upon a first one of the two sets of oppositely oriented teeth and a rotational manipulation upon a second one of the two sets of oppositely oriented teeth, said simultaneous manipulation being configured to open said two sets of oppositely oriented teeth relative to one another so as to facilitate visualization of an orthodontic treatment plan for the patient's teeth.