Patent ID: 7452210

Claim:
A method of graphically depicting dental data, said method comprising: selecting indicia from a set of indicia representing dental data relevant to a specific site in a patient's mouth; and depicting said selected indicia in a graphical display comprising a plurality of regions, each region associated with a given site in the patient's mouth; wherein: said graphical display is a chart with a row of boxes aligned with a graphical representation of the patient's actual teeth and gums; said row of boxes includes a plurality of mid-surface boxes, and an intermediate box on each side of and adjoining each of said mid-surface boxes; each of said mid-surface boxes is aligned with a selected tooth in said graphical representation of the patient's actual teeth and corresponds to the mid-surface of said selected tooth; each of said intermediate boxes is aligned with the papillae of a selected tooth with which the adjoining mid-surface box is aligned and corresponds to a distal surface or mesial surface of said selected tooth; each mid-surface box has a width substantially equal to the distance from line angle to line angle of the tooth with which said mid-surface box is aligned; each intermediate box is substantially fit to the width of the papilla with which said intermediate box is aligned divided by two; and depicting said selected indicia comprises depicting said indicia in said mid-surface or intermediate boxes to indicate dental data relevant to the corresponding selected tooth.