Patent Document ID: 20050271996
Application ID: 11133996
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for comprehensive treatment planning, evaluation and measurement of quality of care of an orthodontic patient comprising: a workstation having a computing platform comprising a graphical user interface, a processor and a computer storage medium; and a set of one or more reference databases accessible to said workstation; wherein said computer storage medium contains digitized records pertaining to a patient, said digitized records including image data, text data, and a three-dimensional virtual model of said patient wherein said virtual model includes a three dimensional dentition model of said patient; wherein said computer storage further contains a set of software instructions for planning and evaluating orthodontic treatment of said patient; wherein said computer storage further includes software instructions providing graphical user interface tools for providing a user with access to said digitized records for planning and evaluating orthodontic treatment of said patient; wherein said set of software instructions include instructions for evaluating at least one of the following criteria pertaining to orthodontic treatment: a) treatment efficiency criterion; b) treatment effectiveness criterion; c) patient connectedness to treatment criterion; d) treatment timeliness criterion; e) treatment safety criterion; and f) treatment equitability criterion.