Patent ID: 8416984

Claim:
A method for generating an electronic dental chart for a patient, executed at least in part by a processor, comprising: obtaining image data for each of a plurality of teeth of the patient; generating a template dental chart for the patient representing the position of each of the plurality of teeth with a symbol according to the obtained image data, wherein the template dental chart is representative of one or more features of each of the plurality of teeth obtained from the image data; populating the template dental chart for each symbol to form the electronic dental chart by, for each of the plurality of teeth: (i) associating the obtained image data to the corresponding symbol in the template dental chart for the tooth; (ii) analyzing the obtained image data to identify a condition of the tooth; and (iii) associating the identified condition with the symbol for the tooth; and displaying the populated electronic dental chart, wherein the displayed electronic dental chart provides a visual indication of the identified condition.