Patent ID: 9123147
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying teeth of a patient, the method comprising: generating a three-dimensional model of the patient's teeth; displaying the generated three-dimensional model with an occlusal orientation; displaying an image showing a cross-sectional view of the teeth according to a position of a cutting plane extending through the three-dimensional model with the occlusal orientation, where the cutting plane is used to indicate the axial reference plane that extends through the three-dimensional model with the occlusal orientation at a designated height and is generated and used to provide cross-sectional views of the maxillary and mandibular arches and their corresponding occlusion at the designated height; and adjusting the relative position of the cutting plane according to an operator instruction, wherein an orientation of the displayed cross-sectional view is directly determined by the position of the cutting plane, where the orientation of the displayed cross-sectional view is a maxillary view or a mandibular view, where when the cutting plane is moved to change and be predominantly in the maxillary arch then the display of the cross-sectional view automatically changes so the incisors appear at the top of the display, and where when the cutting plane is moved to change and be predominantly in the mandibular arch the display of the cross-sectional view automatically changes so the incisors appear at the bottom of the display.