Patent ID: 6648640
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: A61C,A61F,B33Y,G06Q,G06T,G16H

Abstract:
An interactive, orthodontic care system based on scanning of teeth, comprising:a hand-held scanner and associated processing system for capturing images of the dentition of the patient and processing the images to generate a full, virtual, three-dimensional model of the dentition; a data conditioning system processing the virtual, three-dimensional model and responsively generating a set of individual, virtual three-dimensional tooth objects representing teeth in the dentition of the patient; a memory storing virtual three-dimensional models of orthodontic appliances; and a workstation comprising a user interface for display of said set of individual, virtual three-dimensional tooth objects and software adapted for permitting a user to manipulate the virtual three-dimensional tooth objects and to select and place one or more of the virtual models of orthodontic appliances on said tooth objects to thereby design a target situation for the patient in three dimensions and design of a customized orthodontic appliance system including said orthodontic appliances for said teeth.