Patent Document ID: 8478698
Application ID: 12726327
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for diagnosing and identifying a treatment for an orthodontic condition, which comprises: (a) providing a server on which a centralized website is hosted, wherein the server is configured to receive patient data through the website, wherein the server is configured to identify a location and position of a plurality of teeth in the patient data in three-dimensional space; (b) providing a database that comprises or has access to (i) information derived from textbooks and scientific literature and (ii) dynamic results derived from ongoing and completed patient treatments; (c) operating at least one computer program within the server, which is capable of analyzing the patient data and identifying at least one diagnosis of the orthodontic condition based on said information derived from textbooks and scientific literature and dynamic results derived from ongoing and completed patient treatments, wherein identifying at least one diagnosis of the orthodontic condition is performed by: (i) assigning coordinates to each tooth within the plurality of teeth, wherein said coordinates are correlated to a location and position of each tooth; (ii) comparing the coordinates for each of the plurality of teeth to a table contained within the database, wherein the table comprises a series of diagnostic data sets with each diagnostic data set comprising coordinates, or a range of coordinates, which are correlated with (y) a known location and position of a plurality of teeth and (z) a previously diagnosed orthodontic condition; (iii) instructing the server to identify a diagnostic data set contained within said database which represents a statistical best fit, or most closely resembles, the coordinates for the plurality of teeth of the patient; and (iv) instructing the server to diagnosis the orthodontic condition based on the diagnostic data set identified in step (c)(iii); (d) assigning a probability value to the at least one diagnosis, wherein the probability value represents a likelihood that the diagnosis is accurate; and (e) instructing the computer program to identify at least one treatment approach, a corrective appliance, or a combination thereof for the at least one diagnosis.