Patent ID: 8177551

Claim:
An orthodontic treatment planning workstation comprising a computing platform having a graphical user interface, a processor and a computer storage medium containing digitized records pertaining to a patient, said digitized records including image data, text data, and a set of software instructions providing graphical user interface tools for providing a user with access to said digitized records for planning orthodontic treatment of a patient, wherein said set of instructions include: a) instructions for obtaining three-dimensional models of teeth of said patient; b) instructions for obtaining three-dimensional virtual template tooth roots; c) instructions for modifying said three-dimensional virtual template tooth roots to fit shapes of tooth roots of said patient, thereby creating modified three-dimensional virtual template tooth roots; and d) instructions for combining said three-dimensional models of teeth of said patient with said modified three-dimensional virtual template tooth roots; there by producing a complete set of three-dimensional models of teeth of said patient, including roots.