Orthodontic treatment planning with user-specified simulation of tooth movement
    2.
    发明授权
    Orthodontic treatment planning with user-specified simulation of tooth movement 有权
    牙齿矫正治疗计划用户指定的牙齿运动模拟

    公开(公告)号:US07585172B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-09-08

    申请号:US10684252

    申请日:2003-10-09

    IPC分类号: A61C3/00

    摘要: An interactive, software-based treatment planning method to correct a malocclusion is described. The method can be performed on an orthodontic workstation in a clinic or at a remote location such as a lab or precision appliance manufacturing center. The workstation stores a virtual three-dimensional model of the dentition of a patient and patient records. The virtual model is manipulated by the user to define a target situation for the patient, including a target archform and individual tooth positions in the archform. Parameters for an orthodontic appliance, such as the location of orthodontic brackets and resulting shape of an orthodontic archwire, are obtained from the simulation of tooth movement to the target situation and the placement position of virtual brackets. The treatment planning can also be executed remotely by a precision appliance service center having access to the virtual model of the dentition. In the latter situation, the proposed treatment plan is sent to the clinic for review, and modification or approval by the orthodontist. The method is suitable for other orthodontic appliance systems, including removable appliances such as transparent aligning trays.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种基于软件的交互式治疗计划方法来纠正咬合错位。 该方法可以在诊所或远程位置的实验室或精密器具制造中心的正畸工作站上进行。 工作站存储患者和患者记录的牙列的虚拟三维模型。 虚拟模型由用户操纵以定义患者的目标情况,包括目标archform和archform中的单个牙齿位置。 矫正器具的参数,例如正畸托架的位置和正畸弓丝的形状,可以从牙齿运动模拟到目标情况和虚拟支架的放置位置获得。 治疗计划也可以由能够访问牙列的虚拟模型的精密设备服务中心远程执行。 在后一种情况下,拟议的治疗计划被送到诊所进行审查,并由正牙医生修改或批准。 该方法适用于其他矫正设备系统,包括可移动电器,如透明对齐托盘。

    Orthodontic treatment planning with user-specified simulation of tooth movement
    4.
    发明授权
    Orthodontic treatment planning with user-specified simulation of tooth movement 有权
    牙齿矫正治疗计划用户指定的牙齿运动模拟

    公开(公告)号:US06632089B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-10-14

    申请号:US09834412

    申请日:2001-04-13

    IPC分类号: A61C300

    摘要: An interactive, software-based treatment planning method to correct a malocclusion is described. The method can be performed on an orthodontic workstation in a clinic or at a remote location such as a lab or precision appliance manufacturing center. The workstation stores a virtual three-dimensional model of the dentition of a patient and patient records. The virtual model is manipulated by the user to define a target situation for the patient, including a target archform and individual tooth positions in the archform. Parameters for an orthodontic appliance, such as the location of orthodontic brackets and resulting shape of an orthodontic archwire, are obtained from the simulation of tooth movement to the target situation and the placement position of virtual brackets. The treatment planning can also be executed remotely by a precision appliance service center having access to the virtual model of the dentition. In the latter situation, the proposed treatment plan is sent to the clinic for review, and modification or approval by the orthodontist. The method is suitable for other orthodontic appliance systems, including removable appliances such as transparent aligning trays.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种基于软件的交互式治疗计划方法来纠正咬合错位。 该方法可以在诊所或远程位置的实验室或精密器具制造中心的正畸工作站上进行。 工作站存储患者和患者记录的牙列的虚拟三维模型。 虚拟模型由用户操纵以定义患者的目标情况,包括目标archform和archform中的单个牙齿位置。 矫正器具的参数,例如正畸托架的位置和正畸弓丝的形状,可以从牙齿运动模拟到目标情况和虚拟支架的放置位置获得。 治疗计划也可以由能够访问牙列的虚拟模型的精密设备服务中心远程执行。 在后一种情况下,拟议的治疗计划被送到诊所进行审查,并由正牙医生修改或批准。 该方法适用于其他正畸设备系统,包括可移动设备,如透明对齐托盘。

    Three-dimensional occlusal and interproximal contact detection and display using virtual tooth models
    7.
    发明授权
    Three-dimensional occlusal and interproximal contact detection and display using virtual tooth models 有权
    使用虚拟牙齿模型进行三维咬合和邻间接触检测和显示

    公开(公告)号:US07442041B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-10-28

    申请号:US11010994

    申请日:2004-12-13

    IPC分类号: A61C5/00 A61C11/00

    摘要: A method for monitoring tooth wear and a method for monitoring tooth wear and gingival recession and erosion by comparing three-dimensional virtual models at different times are described, as well as occlusal contact between upper and lower virtual three-dimensional teeth of a patient when the upper and lower arches are in an occluded condition are determined and displayed to the user on a user interface of a general purpose computing device. Various techniques for determining occlusal contacts are described. The areas where occlusal contact occurs is displayed on the user interface in a readily perceptible manner, such as by showing the occlusal contacts in green. If the proposed set-up would result in a interpenetration of teeth in opposing arches, such locations of interpenetration are illustrated in a contrasting color or shading (e.g., red). The ability to calculate distances and display occlusal contacts in a proposed set-up assists the user in planning treatment for the patient. The process can be extended to interproximal contact detection as well. The concepts also apply to dental prosthetics, such as crowns, fillings and dentures.

    摘要翻译: 描述了通过比较不同时间的三维虚拟模型来监测牙齿磨损的方法和通过比较三维虚拟模型来监测牙齿磨损和牙龈退缩和侵蚀的方法,以及当患者的上部和下部虚拟三维牙齿之间的咬合接触时 在通用计算设备的用户界面上确定并显示给用户上下拱形物处于闭塞状态。 描述了用于确定咬合接触的各种技术。 咬合接触发生的区域以易于察觉的方式显示在用户界面上,例如通过将咬合接触显示为绿色。 如果所提出的设置将导致相对拱形中的相互渗透,则这种相互渗透的位置以对比色或阴影(例如,红色)示出。 在建议的设置中计算距离和显示咬合接触的能力有助于用户规划患者的治疗。 该过程也可以扩展到邻近接触检测。 这些概念也适用于牙齿假肢,如冠,填充物和假牙。

    Method and workstation for generating virtual tooth models from three-dimensional tooth data
    8.
    发明授权
    Method and workstation for generating virtual tooth models from three-dimensional tooth data 有权
    用于从三维牙齿数据生成虚拟牙齿模型的方法和工作站

    公开(公告)号:US07740476B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-22

    申请号:US11438109

    申请日:2006-05-19

    IPC分类号: A61C3/00

    摘要: A method is described for taking a three-dimensional virtual model of the dentition and associated anatomical structures of a patient and isolating individual teeth from the rest of the anatomical structure, e.g. gums, to thereby produce individual, virtual three-dimensional tooth objects. The individual tooth objects can be displayed on the display of an orthodontic workstation and moved independently from each other, and thereby form the basis of planning treatment for the patient. The individual, virtual three-dimensional tooth objects are created by comparing the virtual model of the dentition to virtual, three-dimensional template teeth that are stored in memory in a process described in detail herein. The template teeth can include roots as well as crowns. The template teeth can be stored objects acquired from some external source or alternatively developed from a database of patient scans. Virtual three-dimensional brackets are also stored in the memory of the workstation. The virtual brackets can be placed on the virtual teeth and moved relative to the teeth as needed in a preliminary step in treatment planning.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种用于采取患者的牙列和相关解剖结构的三维虚拟模型的方法,并将个体牙齿与解剖结构的其余部分隔离,例如, 牙龈,从而产生单独的虚拟三维牙体。 各个牙齿物体可以显示在正畸工作台的显示器上,彼此独立地移动,从而形成患者的计划治疗的基础。 通过将齿列的虚拟模型与在本文详细描述的过程中存储在存储器中的虚拟三维模板齿进行比较来创建个体虚拟三维牙对象。 模板牙齿可以包括根和冠。 模板牙齿可以是从一些外部来源获取的或者从病人扫描的数据库开发的储存物体。 虚拟三维支架也存储在工作站的存储器中。 虚拟支架可以放置在虚拟牙齿上,并在治疗计划的初步步骤中根据需要相对于牙齿移动。