System and method for interactive orthodontic treatment planning

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and a system for generating an orthodontic treatment plan, by a user, for a patient having an initial dentition. The system includes a server network interface for connection, via a network, to a user-operated device having a user interface including an input interface and a display. The system further includes a server processor and a server storage medium having stored instructions forming a simplified-2D-presentation-engine. The instructions include instructions to obtain a three-dimensional digital model of teeth of the patient, where each tooth is represented as an individual and complete object, instructions to determine a mesial-distal direction of each tooth in the model, instructions to determine a buccal-lingual dimension of each tooth in the model, and instructions to generate a simplified two-dimensional representation of teeth in the three-dimensional digital model, which includes, for each tooth, an outline and a length in the mesial-distal direction.

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