Patent ID: 8930219
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A61C,G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A dental treatment planning system, comprising: a computer comprising a display, a processor, and storage media comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to: receive scan image data of a patient's teeth; generate an input form to receive one or more dental patient diagnostic inputs from a practitioner; receive the one or more dental patient diagnostic inputs via the input form; prior to determining an initial desired arrangement of the patient's teeth, validate the one or more dental patient diagnostic inputs in a predetermined sequence comprising crosschecking the one or more dental patient diagnostic inputs against case selection criteria to determine if a treatment plan for repositioning the patient's teeth can be generated so as to be suitable for the condition of the patient's teeth as indicated by the one or more diagnostic inputs to ensure that the patient is acceptable for treatment; determine the initial desired arrangement of the patient's teeth; generate the treatment plan comprising a plurality of treatment phases in which the patient's teeth are repositioned to the initial desired arrangement, the treatment plan at least partially based on the one or more dental patient diagnostic inputs; and output data to a fabrication machine for generating dental appliances to move the patient's teeth from at least one treatment phase to another treatment phase in the plurality.