Patent ID: 7837469
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: A61C,B33Y,G06F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computer program for use in a system for defining a fit between a set of upper and lower teeth in a masticatory system of a patient and planning orthodontic treatment, the computer program residing on a computer-readable storage medium and comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to: determine an occlusion from a computer model of a set of upper and lower teeth of a patient's teeth; model the set of teeth in a plurality of different arrangements representing successive repositioning of the patient's teeth from a first arrangement toward a desired arrangement; and output data for generating a patient removable appliance for each of a plurality of the arrangements, the patient removable appliances having teeth receiving cavities, the cavities of successive appliances having different geometries shaped to receive and resiliently reposition the teeth from one arrangement toward a successive arrangement.