Katja Malfliet;Wilfried Vancraen;Carl Van Lierde;Veerle Pattijn
发明人:
Katja Malfliet,Veerle Pattijn,Carl Van Lierde,Wilfried Vancraen
申请号:
US12596231
公开号:
US08706672B2
申请日:
2008.04.10
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
A method for automatic, or semi-automatic, planning of dental treatment for a patient comprises: (a) obtaining data about an area which is to be treated and data about a face of a patient; (b) performing a computer-assisted analysis of the data to determine properties of at least the face of the patient; (c) creating a modified tooth set-up using a set of stored rules which make use of the determined facial properties. A three-dimensional representation simulates the appearance of the modified tooth set-up and the patient's face surrounding the treatment area. The method also determines properties of existing teeth and creates a modified tooth set-up which is also based on the existing teeth of the patient. The method can be implemented as software running on a workstation.