Patent ID: 7155373
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of orthodontic appliance selection, the method comprising: providing tooth/arch model data; defining a three-dimensional maloccluded tooth/arch model using the tooth/arch model data as a function of patient information; presenting a user interface to receive from a user prescription data representative of user-specified desired final positions for one or more teeth of the defined three-dimensional maloccluded tooth/arch model; providing bracket data representative of one or more parameters defining a plurality of predefined and existing orthodontic brackets; executing bracket selection software to select one or more of the plurality of predefined and existing orthodontic brackets for use in moving one or more teeth of the defined three-dimensional maloccluded tooth/arch model to the user-specified desired final positions based on at least the prescription data; and displaying the selected one or more predefined and existing orthodontic brackets.