Patent ID: 8734150

Claim:
A system for use in repositioning a patient's teeth, the system comprising: one or more processors; and a tangible computer readable medium operatively coupled with the one or more processors and storing non-transitory instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to: receive an initial digital data set representing the teeth at an initial arrangement; generate a treatment plan comprising a first series of arrangements for the teeth including one or more intermediate arrangements toward which the teeth will move while moving from the initial arrangement toward a final arrangement, wherein data defining the first series of arrangements for the teeth are transmitted to an appliance fabrication system for use in producing a first plurality of successive appliances having cavities and wherein the cavities of successive appliances have different geometries shaped to receive and reposition teeth from the initial arrangement toward the final arrangement, wherein the first plurality of successive appliances is generated at a stage of treatment prior to the patient wearing any appliance of the first plurality so as to reposition the teeth; and receive information regarding progress of repositioning the patient's teeth following administration of the first plurality of appliances to the patient.