Patent ID: 8024198

Claim:
A computer implemented method, comprising: generating a doctor profile of a doctor based on one or more parameters associated with treatment information of the doctor, wherein the treatment information comprises historical orthodontic treatment information of prior treated patients, wherein the generating of the doctor profile is performed by a computer; generating a patient dental profile of a patient based at least in part on a weighting of a portion of a plurality of orthodontic-related treatment parameters, the generating of the patient dental profile being performed by the computer and comprising: assigning a value to each orthodontic condition of a first set of orthodontic conditions to achieve an assigned set of values comprising a patient classification, the first set of orthodontic conditions being a selected set of current orthodontic conditions of the patient, wherein the position of each value within the assigned set of values represents an orthodontic-related treatment parameter of the plurality of orthodontic-related treatment parameters; receiving an identification of a set of orthodontic-related treatment parameters of the plurality of orthodontic-related treatment parameters that is important to the patient in the treatment of the first set of orthodontic conditions; weighting the set of orthodontic-related treatment parameters relative to the plurality of orthodontic-related treatment parameters; and providing one or more doctor referrals based on the generated doctor profile and the generated patient dental profile, wherein the providing the one or more doctor referrals is performed by the computer and comprises: determining which of the prior treated patients has a second set of orthodontic conditions similar to the first set of orthodontic conditions.