Patent ID: 7422430

Claim:
An orthodontic servicing system for selecting suitable generic archwire receptacle and bonding agent for treating an orthodontic patient, comprising: a site orthodontic system; wherein said site orthodontic system scans the patient's orthodontic structure and converts the scanned images of the orthodontic structure to a digital model of the orthodontic structure; wherein said digital model of the orthodontic structure comprises teeth, gums, lips, upper and lower arches, and/or other facial features; a communication network; and an orthodontic server; wherein said orthodontic server comprises a processing module; and memory operably coupled to the processing module; wherein the memory stores operational instructions that causes, or with the assistance of a user of said processing module enables, the processing module to (a) receive said digital model of the orthodontic structure from said site orthodontic system via said communication network; wherein said site orthodontic system and said orthodontic server are operably connected with each other over said communication network; (b) select, through digital simulation, a desired combination of a digital model of an arch wire receptacle, from a plurality of generic digital models of archwire receptacles, digital placement of said digital model of an arch wire receptacle on one or more of said teeth; wherein one archwire receptacle is placed on one tooth, and the bonding agent thickness based on said digital model of the orthodontic structure, a digital model of an arch wire, a desired force system, and the bonding agent properties; wherein said bonding agent is used to secure an archwire receptacle to a given tooth of the orthodontic structure; and (c) (i) increase said bonding agent thickness such that a digitally drawn vertical line from said model of an arch wire receptacle does not intersect the tooth to which said model of an arch wire receptacle is attached; and (ii) adjust the placement of said digital model of an arch wire receptacle on said tooth to which said model of an arch wire receptacle is attached in order to realize said desired force system.