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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2010
Rohit Sachdeva, Plano, TX (US);
Peer Sporbert, Berlin, DE;
Stephan Maetzel, Berlin, DE;
Hans Imgrund, Berlin, DE;
Claudia Strauss, Berlin, DE;
Phillip Getto, Plano, TX (US);
Sanjeev Taneja, Plano, TX (US);
Matthew Johnson, Dallas, TX (US);
John Penman, Plano, TX (US);
Justyna Badura, Berlin, DE;
Danesh DE Silva, Plano, TX (US);
Rohit Sachdeva, Plano, TX (US);
Peer Sporbert, Berlin, DE;
Stephan Maetzel, Berlin, DE;
Hans Imgrund, Berlin, DE;
Claudia Strauss, Berlin, DE;
Phillip Getto, Plano, TX (US);
Sanjeev Taneja, Plano, TX (US);
Matthew Johnson, Dallas, TX (US);
John Penman, Plano, TX (US);
Justyna Badura, Berlin, DE;
Danesh De Silva, Plano, TX (US);
Orametrix, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and workstation for orthodontic treatment planning of a patient. The workstation is based on a computing platform having a graphical user interface, a processor and a computer storage medium containing digitized records pertaining to a patient including image data (3D image data and/or 2D image data). The workstation further includes a set of software instructions providing graphical user interface tools which the user marks a midline and an aesthetic occlusal plane in a two- or three-dimensional virtual model of the patient, marks an occlusal plane in the virtual model; selects a reference tooth in the virtual model; aligns virtual teeth in the virtual model in a proposed arrangement to treat the patient; manages space between the virtual teeth in the proposed arrangement; and repeats one or more of these steps in an iterative fashion to make any further adjustments in the proposed arrangement. When the adjustments are complete, the user selects or identifies a finalized proposed treatment plan for treating the patient.