Patent ID: 8807999

Claim:
A method for developing a dental treatment plan comprising: a) creating a virtual model of a dental patient's dentition in a first configuration, the dentition including teeth; b) transforming the virtual model of the dentition using one of virtual orthodontics and virtual prosthodontics into an intermediate virtual model of the dentition in an intermediate configuration; c) if the virtual model has been transformed into the intermediate virtual model using virtual orthodontics, transforming the intermediate virtual model of the dentition into a subsequent virtual model of the dentition in a subsequent configuration using virtual prosthodontics, and if the virtual model has been transformed into the intermediate virtual model using virtual prosthodontics, transforming the intermediate virtual model of the dentition into a subsequent virtual model of the dentition in a subsequent configuration using virtual orthodontics; d) determining from the subsequent virtual model whether a predefined restorative parameter associated with the subsequent configuration has a value that is within a desired range of values; e) if the value of the restorative parameter is not within the desired range of values, returning to step b) using the subsequent virtual model as the virtual model; and e) if the value of the restorative parameter is within the desired range of values, generating an orthodontic treatment plan and a prosthodontic treatment plan based upon the subsequent virtual model.