WO2010076620A1 - Automated method and system for case matching assessment based on geometrical evaluation of stages in orthodontic treatment plan - Google Patents
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- a primary objective of orthodontics is to realign patients' teeth to positions where the teeth function optimally and have an aesthetic appearance.
- the goal of a doctor is to take the patient from their current condition ("initial” or “starting dentition”) to a final condition ("treatment goal”).
- treatment goal The result achieved is known as the "treatment outcome.”
- treatment options There may be many ways to achieve the goal and these are known as “treatment options.”
- the methodologies used by the doctor to get the patient to the goal are the known as the "treatment plan.”
- doctors establish the goal as "ideal” and discontinue treatment when they are as close as they can possibly get to the ideal.
- the doctor can actually establish a custom treatment goal specific to each individual patient, and this goal may be a limited treatment goal and not ideal in every component of the bite. This is important because if the doctor is able to achieve 100% of the intended limited goal, the treatment may still be deemed a success, whereas it may be possible that if the doctor only achieves 75% of a completely "ideal" treatment goal, the treatment might not be deemed a success even though the amount of measured improvement on an absolute scale in the latter situation might be higher than in the limited treatment situation.
- appliances such as fixed braces and wires are applied to a patient's teeth to gradually reposition them from an initial arrangement to a final arrangement.
- the diagnosis and treatment planning process of orthodontic cases can be imprecise as the final dentition of a patient is based on the knowledge and expertise of the treating doctor in assembling various parameters in an assessment of each patient's condition and in a determination of a final position for each tooth.
- Different clinicians will vary in their definitions of individual orthodontic parameters and their definition of how a case should ideally be treated will also often vary.
- various indices have been used to more objectively define a patient's initial dentition and final outcome.
- the PAR (Peer Assessment Rating) index identifies how far a tooth is from a good occlusion. A score is assigned to various occlusal traits which make up a malocclusion. The individual scores are summed to obtain an overall total, representing the degree a case deviates from ideal functional alignment and occlusion. The PAR grader is then calibrated to a known standard set of orthodontic conditions so this individual is able to rate new cases similarly.
- a score of zero would indicate ideal alignment and positioning of all orthodontic dental components as defined by generally accepted occlusal and aesthetic relationships the orthodontic community has adopted, and higher scores would indicate increased levels of irregularity.
- the overall score can be recorded on both pre- and post-treatment dental casts. The difference between these scores represents the degree of improvement as a result of orthodontic intervention.
- other indices may be used such as ICON, IOTN and ABO. These indices also rely on individual dental measurements in order to derive an assessment of deviation from an ideal.
- a method in one aspect may include receiving an initial dentition of a patient, generating an initial profile representing the initial dentition of the patient, identifying an initial malocclusion from the initial profile, comparing at least a portion of the initial profile with one or more reference profiles of reference dentitions, wherein said one or more reference profiles includes a reference malocclusion substantially similar to the initial malocclusion, and calculating a value for the closeness of the initial profile and the reference profile.
- a system for characterizing a dentition of a patient in one embodiment includes a central controller unit configured to generate an initial profile representing the initial dentition of the patient, to identify an initial malocclusion from the initial profile, and to compare at least a portion of the initial profile with one or more reference profiles of reference dentitions, wherein said one or more
- -4- reference profiles includes a reference malocclusion substantially similar to the initial malocclusion and calculate a value for the closeness of the initial profile and the reference profile.
- a method for finding a best match reference dentition profile may include receiving an initial dentition of a patient, generating an initial profile representing the initial dentition of the patient, identifying an initial malocclusion from the initial profile, identifying a first set of parameters in the initial profile, comparing the first set of parameters to a corresponding first set of parameters for a plurality of reference profiles, determining an initial set of reference profiles with the first set of parameters matching the first set of parameters in the initial profile, calculating a value for the closeness of the initial profile and each reference profile in the set of reference profiles with a first set of parameters matching the first set of parameters in the initial profile, and determining the best match reference profile based on the calculated value.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the overall system for practicing the various embodiments of the present disclosure
- FIG. 2 illustrates a tabular representation of the indexing system stored in the storage unit of FIG. 1 in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 3 illustrates a representation of possible treatment goals for any given orthodontic case in one aspect of the present disclosure
- FIG. 4 illustrates a matrix representation for the possible treatment goals shown in FIG. 3 formatted in accordance with the tabular representation shown in FIG. 2 in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 5 illustrates the lower arch length category for use in the indexing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 6 illustrates the selection process display for use in the indexing system for the identified primary concern as "buck teeth" in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary selection process display for capturing one component of the sagittal dimension discrepancy for the patient's right side in one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 8 illustrates an exemplary selection process display for capturing one component of the sagittal dimension discrepancy for the patient's left side in one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 9 illustrates an exemplary selection process display for capturing one component of the vertical dimension in one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 10 illustrates an exemplary selection process display for capturing one component of the horizontal/transverse dimension in one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 11 an exemplary selection process display for capturing one component of the arch length discrepancy category in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 12 illustrates an exemplary selection process display for capturing another component of the arch length discrepancy category in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 13 illustrates an exemplary patient summary display displayed on terminal for use in the indexing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 14 illustrates a patient database in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 15 illustrates the selection process for representative components for use in the indexing system in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 16 illustrates an exemplary series of database addresses generated by combining the initial condition address with the treatment goal address in one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 17 illustrates an exemplary database for a patient in another embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 18 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure for identifying a dentition profile using the indexing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 19 is a data table representation of a graph of connections for determining the weight of dentition parameters in one aspect.
- FIG. 20 is a flow chart illustrating a process for finding best match cases of orthodontic treatment profiles in one aspect of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the overall indexing system 100 for practicing the various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the indexing system 100 in one embodiment includes a terminal 101 , which may be configured as a personal computer, workstation, or mainframe, and which includes a user interface input device 103 and a user interface output device 105, a storage unit 107, and a central server 109.
- the user interface input device 103 may include a keyboard and may further include a pointing devices and/or a scanner, including x-ray or intra-oral scanner.
- the pointing device may be an indirect pointing device such as a mouse, trackball, touchpad, or graphics tablet, or a direct pointing device such as a touchscreen incorporated into the user interface output device 150.
- Other types of user interface input devices, such as voice recognition systems, may be used within the scope of the present disclosure.
- the user interface output device 105 may include a printer and a display subsystem, which includes a display controller and a display device coupled to the controller.
- the display device may be a cathode ray tube (CRT), a flat-panel device such as a liquid crystal display, or a projection
- the display subsystem may also provide nonvisual display such as audio output.
- the indexing system 100 shown in FIG. 1 also includes the data storage unit 107 which is configured to, under the access and control of either a central server 109 or a client application, to maintain the basic programming and data constructs that provide the functionality of the present disclosure.
- Software is stored in storage unit 107 which may include a memory unit and file storage unit.
- the memory unit may include a main random access memory (RAM) for storage of instructions and data during program execution and a read-only memory (ROM) in which fixed instructions are stored.
- RAM main random access memory
- ROM read-only memory
- the file storage unit of the data storage unit 107 may provide persistent (nonvolatile) storage for program and data files, and typically includes at least one hard disk drive and at least one CD-ROM drive (with associated removable media). There may also be other devices such as a floppy disk drive and optical drives (all with their associated removable media). Additionally, the file storage unit 113 may include drives of the type with removable media cartridges, such as hard disk cartridges and flexible disk cartridges. One or more of the drives may be located at a remote location, such as in central server 109 on a local area network or at a site on the Internet's World Wide Web or the entire system may be a stand-alone software application resident on the user's system..
- the central server 109 may be configured to communicate with the terminal 101 and storage unit 107 to access software stored in the storage unit 107 based on and in response to the input received from terminal 101 , and to perform additional processing based on procedures and/or routines in accordance with the instructions or input information received from the terminal 101.
- the indexing system 100 in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure organizes orthodontic needs by the most common configurations of orthodontic discrepancies in the different dimensions: sagittal, vertical, horizontal/transverse, and arch length.
- the categories may be expanded to specifically capture other components such as facial profile,
- each category there may be a predetermined number of individual components to characterize the potential conditions for that dimension.
- a predetermined combination of different possible conditions may be created.
- This collection of predefined combinations for each component, where each component belongs to one of the four main categories described, in one embodiment defines a matrix such that any patient at any time point may be defined as a specific address within the matrix. Both the matrix and address matrix may be stored in storage unit 107.
- FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary tabular representation of the indexing system matrix stored in the storage unit 107 of FIG. 1 in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the exemplary table 200 of FIG. 2 illustrates a simplified version of the possible conditions for one component within each of the four categories.
- the table 200 includes a category field 201 , a reference component field 202, and the pre-defined options field 203.
- Table 200 also includes a number of options field 204.
- the category field 201 in one embodiment includes the categories for which reference dentition condition information is stored. In the exemplary embodiment, the categories may include: sagittal, vertical, horizontal, and arch length.
- the reference component field 202 includes one common component within each dimension by which malocclusion is judged.
- the common pre-defined options field 203 includes the various levels of malocclusion for that dimension of the category.
- the common malocclusions for the right canine component of the sagittal category are: Full class 2+ (greater than full cusp Class 2), Full (Cusp) Class 2, Partial Class 2 (also called end-on Class 2), and so on.. Within each dimensional component selection is also a selection for "normal.” Referring to FIG. 2, the number of options field 204 in one embodiment includes the number of possible reference conditions in each category, and also
- each of these 2401 patient case combinations is stored in a database in storage unit 107 (FIG. 1), for example, by the central server 109 (FIG. 1).
- the total number of combinations that can be used to describe a patient may be substantially higher, but at the same time, will be a finite number such that it may be indexed, catalogued, and queried as described in FIG. 1.
- an identifier may be composed of a four-position, or "four-bit” matrix: ABCD.
- ABCD four-bit matrix
- the "A" position in the matrix corresponds to the sagittal dimension
- the "B” position in the matrix corresponds to the vertical dimension
- the "C” position in the matrix corresponds to the horizontal dimension
- the "D” position in the matrix corresponds to the arch length dimension.
- an identifier of 3256 represents: a right canine partial Class 2, with moderate anterior deep bite, upper midline to the left 0-1 mm, and lower moderate crowding.
- This "3256" identifier corresponds to an address in an indexing database stored in storage unit 107 which has stored in the database, related clinical information for the particular pairing of "3256" to a user-defined treatment goal (for example, discussed in further detail below with reference to FIG. 4).
- the indexing system 100 in one embodiment of the present disclosure may also be used to represent one or more teeth within a patient's dentition.
- an adult patient's dentition includes 32 teeth.
- Dentists usually characterize five surfaces of each tooth: mesial, occlusal/incisal, distal, buccal/facial, and lingual. Each of these surfaces may be natural or covered by a restoration such as silver amalgam, composite, porcelain, gold, or metal crown.
- the tooth may also be missing or have been treated with a root canal or an implant.
- each tooth in a patient's dentition there may be a number of possible conditions based on the characteristics of the tooth, such as the surface of the tooth and whether the tooth as been treated or is missing.
- the combinations of different possible conditions of the teeth define a matrix.
- An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a 32-position address within the matrix, where each position in the address corresponds to a tooth in a patient's dentition and includes a sub-address in which alphanumeric characters or other representations represent the current condition of the tooth.
- a "5-bit" sub-address for each tooth includes positions 12345 where each of the positions "1" to "5" represents one of the five surfaces of the tooth.
- position 1 of the sub-address corresponds to the mesial surface of the tooth
- position 2 of the sub-address corresponds to the occlusal or incisal surface of the tooth
- position 3 of the sub-address corresponds to the distal surface of the tooth
- position 4 of the sub-address corresponds to buccal or facial surface of the tooth
- position 5 of the sub-address corresponds to the lingual surface of the tooth.
- each of the following characters "A” to “N” corresponds to a condition of the particular surface of the tooth in the sub-address.
- the identifier 1 : NAN BN would represent: tooth number 1 of a 32-bit address which has a natural mesial surface (subaddress position 1), an occlusal amalgam (subaddress position 2), a natural distal surface (subaddress position 3), a buccal/facial composite (subaddress position 4), and a natural lingual surface (subaddress position 5).
- target dentition treatment goal
- final dentition such example may be configured as:
- each of the of the 1-32 may further include an addition sub-matrix of 1-5 surfaces as previously described.
- dentists may easily query their practice database to determine how much dental work has been done and remains to be done. They can also track trends of use in their practice and what are the most common procedures in the practice.
- the patient matrix may also be used in forensics for patient identification purposes, as well as for national security and other security purposes.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an exemplary tabulation of the possible treatment goals of the indexing system treatment goal matrix stored in the storage unit 107 of FIG. 1 in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- Four examples of treatment goals are the following:
- Treatment Goal 1 Align for restorative dentistry - the objective of this goal is to better position specific teeth for the purpose of improved placement of dental restorations such as crowns, bridges, and implants. Some of the patient's dental components may be left as is (untreated) if they do not contribute to the purpose of improvement of the restorative goal.
- Treatment Goal 2 Esthetic alignment - the objective of this goal is to align the patient's anterior teeth for the purpose of improved esthetics. Generally speaking, the patient's bite may be left as is (untreated) if it does not contribute to the purpose of improving the esthetic component of the patient's smile.
- Treatment Goal 3 Align to Class 1 canine function - the objective of this goal is to improve the anterior function of the teeth while also improving the anterior esthetic component. Generally speaking, the patient's posterior occlusion may be left as is if it does not contribute to the improvement of the canine function and/or anterior esthetics.
- Treatment Goal 4 Align to ideal - the objective of this goal is to make the entire bite to "textbook" ideal, including both the canine and molar function.
- FIG 4 illustrates an expanded version of FIG 3 using the characteristics as defined by the tabulation shown in FIG 2. More specifically, each of the four treatment goals identified in FIG. 3 may be further refined and formatted according to the tabulation and indexing shown in FIG. 2 to describe the target objective of treatment in greater detail according to each individual component.
- an example of this goal according to the 4-bit matrix format in FIG. 2 may be XXX4 where the "X" is the patient's existing relationship for that component left untreated, and only the fourth digit is planned for treatment.
- an example of this goal according to the 4-bit matrix format in FIG, 2 may be XX44 where "X" is the patient's existing relationship for that component left untreated, and only the third and fourth digits (representing the transverse and arch length components, respectively) are planned for treatment.
- Another method involves using a visual image-based interface.
- a user compares the patient's dentition to images of reference dentition conditions which depict the severity of malocclusion, or lack thereof. The user then identifies where the patient's dentition condition falls within a range of reference conditions depicting malocclusion and selects the image that either best represents the patient, or selects a relative position of the patient's condition from a continuous gradient of patient image depictions of the specific problem.
- the visual image interface can
- Visual images have been previously described in the ICON indexing system for example, to describe an esthetic component of the patient.
- the assessor selects 1 of 10 images which best represents the patient's anterior esthetic component. Through calibration, multiple users are then able to determine a patient's esthetic component with reasonable consistency.
- the use of a visual interface to capture every component of the patient's orthodontic dental condition has not previously been described as an interface for creation of a digital patient database.
- FIG. 5 illustrates the lower arch length component 500 for use in the indexing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- This illustration of the lower arch length component 500 is an exemplary visual scale allowing the user to select an image which is similar to the patient's dentition condition.
- images 501-507 represents the 7 images corresponding to the individual fields for the "Lower Arch Length" component of "Arch Length” dimension of FIG 2.
- the user simply selects which of the seven images is best represented in the patient. Or they may be able to select where in between two adjacent images the patient can be best described. They do not need to know what the technical label or term is; they simply need to select an image or area between two images based on direct comparison of the existing condition to the pictures presented.
- each of the seven images are shown in the patient.
- 501-507 has a corresponding predefined alphanumeric character.
- the associated predefined alphanumeric character is added to the identifier address of the patient.
- the patient's dentition may be characterized through alphanumeric addressing.
- the output to the user may explain the specific details of their selection in greater detail, including the technical description and
- an alphanumeric character may be generated when the user selects the area in between adjacent images, representing that the patient's condition falls in between the condition of the adjacent images selected.
- the user interface may also be a combination of both direct selection of the image as well as in-between selection of images.
- FIG. 6 an exemplary doctor and patient information display 600 for the indexing system 100 is illustrated in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- This display 600 includes information input by a user into fields 601-603 to identify a patient.
- a patient's name is input into field 601
- a patient's gender is input into field 602
- a patient's primary concern(s) is input into field 603.
- the field 603 includes a check-box selection of pre-defined possible conditions which can then be catalogued according to the selections of the user. It will be appreciated that other patient information may be added.
- a user can select a predefined input command or button to move onto the next display, which is illustrated in FIG. 7.
- an exemplary selection process display 700 is shown for the sagittal dimension (matrix address position "A" in FIG. 2) - right buccal, right canine/cuspid component .
- a series of images of reference dentition conditions 701-703 are displayed in conjunction with buttons 704 allowing the images to be scrolled to the left or right.
- buttons 704 allowing the images to be scrolled to the left or right.
- the exemplary selection process display 700 also includes buttons 706-709 to allow a user to go back, access a glossary, ask for advice, and save the information, respectively.
- an exemplary selection process display 800 is shown for the sagittal category - left buccal, left cuspid component.
- a series of images of reference dentition conditions 801-803 are displayed in association with buttons 804 allowing the images to be scrolled to the left or right.
- the exemplary selection process display 800 also includes buttons 806-809 to allow a user to go back, access a glossary, ask for advice, and save the information, respectively.
- an exemplary selection process display 900 is shown for the vertical dimension (matrix address position "B" in FIG. 2) - anterior overbite component.
- a series of images of reference conditions 901-903 are displayed in conjunction with buttons 904 allowing the images to be scrolled to the left or right.
- buttons 904 allowing the images to be scrolled to the left or right.
- the exemplary selection process display 900 also includes buttons 906-909 to allow a user to go back, access a glossary, ask for advice, and save the information, respectively.
- an exemplary selection process display 1000 is shown for the horizontal/transverse dimension (matrix address position "C" in FIG 2) - upper and lower midline components.
- An image 1010 representing a reference dentition condition is altered by clicking the upper arrows 1001-1002 corresponding to the upper arch of the image 1010, and by clicking the lower arrows 1003-1004 corresponding to the lower arch of the image 1010 to best
- buttons 1006-1009 to allow a user to go back, access a glossary, ask for advice, and save the information, respectively.
- an exemplary selection process display 1100 is shown for the upper arch length category.
- An image of a reference dentition condition 1101 and descriptions of reference dentition conditions 1102, 1103 are displayed in association with buttons 1104 allowing the reference dentition condition image and descriptions to be scrolled to the left or right.
- buttons 1104 allowing the reference dentition condition image and descriptions to be scrolled to the left or right.
- the exemplary selection process display 1100 also includes buttons 1106-1109 to allow a user to go back, access a glossary, ask for advice, and save the information, respectively.
- an exemplary selection process display 1200 is shown for the arch length dimension (matrix position "D" in FIG. 2) - lower arch length component.
- buttons 1204 allowing the reference dentition condition image and descriptions to be scrolled to the left or right.
- a user clicks the left or right arrow buttons 1204 to select the image or description of the reference dentition condition that is similar to a patient's lower arch length from the occlusal view.
- the user is instructed to use the net amount of crowding or spacing. It may be possible however to capture crowding and spacing independently in order to derive the net discrepancy.
- buttons 1206-1209 to allow a user to go back, access a glossary, ask for advice, and save the information, respectively.
- FIG. 13 illustrates an exemplary patient summary tabulation 1300 for output display on terminal 101 for use in the indexing system in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the exemplary patient summary display 1300 is generated from the information input from previous displays 600- 1200, as illustrated in corresponding FIGS. 6-12, respectively. Referring to FIG. 13, the selections made during the processes and displays described above and illustrated in conjunction with FIGS. 6-12 are summarized as shown in the summary display 1300 in one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the corresponding malocclusion reference component for example, right canine, anterior overbite, upper midline relative to lower midline ,and lower arch length, respectively
- a selected one of the pre-defined options for example, right canine partial Class 2, moderate anterior deep bite, upper midline to left 0-1 m, and lower moderate crowding, respectively.
- FIG. 13 the selected value of the selected pre-defined options 203 (FIG. 2) as tabulated and illustrated in FIG. 2.
- the user is also able to edit the dentition condition information in each of the categories by selecting the corresponding "EDIT"
- the information input by the user during the selection process is indexed and catalogued in a patient database (for example, the database 1400 shown in FIG.
- FIGS. 6-12 illustrate the selection process display 600 for use in the indexing system 100 for various categories in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure. This is the selection process for inputting a patient's dentition information. It will be appreciated that although FIGS. 7-12 illustrate reference dentition conditions represented by pictorial images, the present disclosure is not intended to be limited to such representations.
- the reference dentition conditions may also be represented by symbols, icons, descriptions, graphs, 3-D objects, radiographs, forms, and other types of images.
- the reference conditions may also be user-defined through an interactive graphical image such that the user best recreates the condition observed in the patient as a means of input for the system.
- FIG. 14 illustrates a patient database 1400 for use in the indexing system 100 in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the patient database 1400 includes a patient field 1401 , an indexing database address field 1402, and one or more category fields 1403.
- a patient field 1401 a patient field 1401 , an indexing database address field 1402, and one or more category fields 1403.
- the category fields 1403 include a sagittal category field 1404, a vertical category field 1405, a horizontal category field 1406, an upper arch length category field 1407, a lower length category field 1408, a rotation field 1409, a vertical correction field 1410, and a midline correction field 1411.
- the patient field 1401 includes the patient name.
- the indexing database address field 1402 includes the patient identifier. This patient
- the -20- identifier corresponds to an address in the indexing database 300, for example, as shown in FIG. 3.
- the address in the indexing database 300 is associated with treatment information for that particular diagnostic combination.
- the category fields 1403, which in this exemplary embodiment are the sagittal category field 1404, the vertical category field 1405, the horizontal category field 1406, the upper arch length category field 1407, the lower length category field 1408, the rotation field 1409, the vertical correct field 1410, and the midline correct field 1411 , include the patient's one or more dentition conditions in the respective categories.
- patient L. Smith's dentition condition in the sagittal category field 1404 is class I.
- Patient M. Jones' dentition condition in the upper arch length category field 1407 is normal spacing.
- the category fields also indicate whether the particular reference condition is eligible for treatment.
- the patient identifier may be configured to represent the patient conditions. For example, referring to the indexing database address field
- L. Smith's identifier is 55772752. Since the identifier includes eight positions, the identifier is an eight-position matrix. The number in each position of the identifier represents a particular condition within a particular category. In this exemplary embodiment, the first position of the identifier matrix represents the patient condition in the sagittal category. For example, the sagittal category field 1404 indicates that L. Smith has a class I malocclusion. Thus, the number 5 in the first position of the identifier represents a class I malocclusion in the sagittal category.
- the second position of the identifier matrix represents the patient condition in the vertical category.
- the vertical category field 1405 indicates that L. Smith has normal occlusion.
- the number 5 in the second position of the identifier represents a normal occlusion in the vertical category.
- the third position of the identifier matrix represents the patient condition in the horizontal category.
- the horizontal category field 1406 indicates that L. Smith has a cross bite.
- -21- number 7 in the third position of the identifier represents cross bite in the horizontal category.
- the fourth position of the identifier matrix represents the patient condition in the upper arch length category.
- the upper arch length category field 1407 indicates that L. Smith has moderate crowding.
- the number 7 in the fourth position of the identifier represents moderate crowding in the upper arch length category.
- the fifth position of the identifier matrix represents the patient condition in the lower arch length category.
- the lower arch length category field 1408 indicates that L. Smith has moderate spacing.
- the number 2 in the fifth position of the identifier represents moderate spacing in the lower arch length category.
- the sixth position of the identifier matrix represents the patient condition in the rotation category.
- the rotation category field 1409 indicates that L. Smith has ⁇ 20° rotation.
- the number 7 in the sixth position of the identifier represents ⁇ 20° rotation in the rotation category.
- the seventh position of the identifier matrix represents the patient condition in the vertical correct category.
- the vertical correct category field 1410 indicates that L. Smith has no intrusion/extraction.
- the number 5 in the seventh position of the identifier represents no intrusion/extraction in the vertical correct category.
- the eighth position of the identifier matrix represents the patient condition in the midline correct category.
- the midline correct category field 1411 indicates that L. Smith has > 2MM midline correct.
- the number 2 in the eighth position of the identifier represents > 2MM midline correct in the midline correct category.
- the conditions in the categories are arranged in ascending order by difficulty and the categories are sorted in order of difficulty so that it is possible to define a matrix where 11111 is the mildest case and 33233 is the most severe case. Additionally, each index in the matrix is weighted to derive a composite score of the overall case.
- FIG. 15 illustrates an alternate embodiment of the present disclosure for capturing an address in the selection process for use in the indexing system.
- FIG. 15 illustrates the table 200 of FIG. 2 used directly as a graphical interface.
- each reference condition as shown and illustrated in tabular format as rectangles may be represented as user input buttons with text which may be clicked to highlight and select the appropriate reference condition.
- the assumption for this type of interface is that the user understands the definitions of the text in order to select the appropriate button.
- the buttons are pressed to select a particular reference condition, the selections are highlighted (shown in bold in FIG. 15). Clicking any button twice will deselect the initial selection so that another selection can be made.
- the generated address would be "3256.”
- the "Selected Value" column on the right side of FIG. 15 is in one embodiment, transparent to the user/patient, and not displayed to the user since the address has no relevance to the end user, and is important only for the database query.
- FIG. 16 illustrates an exemplary series of database addresses generated by combining the initial condition address with the treatment goal address in one embodiment of the present disclosure. As indicated from the exemplary table
- an identifier address points to one of the 2,701 possible combinations in the database.
- Each identifier is associated with a field stored in a database of the storage unit 107 (FIG. 1).
- An identifier may be extended so that it represents the patient's condition at different time points.
- the database may be structured such that time points for initial dentition, target dentition, and actual final dentition are captured as separate addresses. For example, consider the following address:
- the first four positions "A" to "D” of the matrix represent the patient's initial dentition (as previously described), positions “A"' to “D'” of the matrix represent the patient's target dentition or treatment goal, and positions “A"" to “D”” of the matrix represent the patient's actual final dentition or treatment outcome. Because the number of positions in the matrix may be variable, and since each position can include symbols, alphanumeric characters or other representations, the depth of individual patient cases that is stored is may be detailed and specific to the patient and/or the associated profile or condition. Using the 4 possible treatment outcomes illustrated in FIG. 4 and the
- FIG. 17 illustrates an exemplary database for a patient with an index address of "3256" and the four possible treatment goals of 1 through 4.
- the resulting four combined addresses have different data for each of the parameters. This information is reported to the user either (1) upon completion of the case characterization, whereby all possible treatment goal options are presented to the user or (2) upon completion of the case characterization and selection of a single treatment goal, whereby only the information from this address-goal pair is presented to the user.
- a combined address can be created, with database assets in a "digital mailbox" associated with each address.
- Assets for each digital mailbox can include, but is not limited to: treatment plan information related to the case-treatment goal pairing, such as a text description of the treatment condition and goals, treatment precautions, treatment length estimates, doctor skill set requirements, prescription data, sample case data, and case difficulty. This data may be generated using expert opinion, computational algorithms, and/or historical case content.
- Each of the addresses can be populated with information specific to the case-treatment goal combination. All four options can be simultaneously displayed to the user as "treatment options" or the user can select a specific treatment goal and have a single specific resulting treatment option data displayed. It is also conceivable that the user may also select any number of specific goals, and each of the data associated with each goal selected is reported to the user depending on the initial condition parameters selected.
- FIG. 18 illustrates a process 1800 for identifying a dentition condition of a patient.
- the process 1800 is discussed more fully in conjunction with FIGS. 6- 17.
- the user starts by entering identification information such as doctor and patient name, in addition to patient main concern(s) (FIG. 6).
- this comparison may be performed by the central server 109 (FIG. 1) based on information received, for example, from the terminal 101 , and/or based on stored information retrieved from the data storage unit 107.
- This and other related transactions in the process may be performed over a data network such as the internet via a secure connection.
- the user selects one of two user interfaces to input the patient's dental condition.
- the visual-user interface FIG. 7-12
- the advanced user will likely prefer the alternative user interface (FIG. 15) illustrated as step 1803.
- an initial dentition condition of a patient in each category is compared to one or more reference conditions in the same category.
- the selected reference condition similar to the initial patient condition in the same category is received.
- the patient identifier is then generated based on the combination of alphanumeric characters corresponding to the selected reference conditions. Edits may be made to the inputs during the summary page review (step 1804) until the user is satisfied with the information submitted.
- the output following the completion of the data input is a translation summary (FIG. 13), which formats the user input into technically relevant and correct terminology.
- the user input is also translated into a database address representing the current patient condition (FIG. 15) - step 1805.
- the database address is created, the user can choose to view all possible treatment options for this patient (OPTION 1), or specifically select a treatment goal and view the specific goal associated with the user's selection (OPTION 2).
- the database (FIG. 17) is queried at step 1806, and all data associated with the input address is presented to the user at step 1807 (END 1).
- the specific goal is first defined by the user through a selection interface at step 1808 (FIG. 3), and the selection is then translated into a database address at step 1809 (FIG. 4), and the two addresses (patient condition and treatment goal) merged to create a combined address or index at step 1810 (FIG. 16).
- This combined address is then used to query the database at step 1811 (FIG. 17) in order to produce data specific to a single patient condition-treatment goal combination at step 1812 (END 2).
- OPTION 2 it may also be possible that the user can select multiple goals and only the data specific to those selected goals be produced for the user.
- the user interface can provide one or more patient cases from the indexing database that matches the patient's concern or condition. Additionally, a range of patient cases from the indexing database that address specific components of the patient's concern or condition may be provided.
- search tools may be generated to analyze or otherwise perform statistical evaluation using the patient identifiers. For example, one search request may be to find all
- X represents any character in the fourth position of the address.
- the search request would be to find all patient identifiers having "131" as the first 3 digits of their patient identifier address.
- a catalog of orthodontic treatment can be created for future reference when planning treatment and assessing treatment outcomes. The result is a front-end user interface for capturing the description of an orthodontic condition and classifying the orthodontic condition in a systematic scalable way.
- one or more treatment options can be determined using information generated from a database query.
- the generated one or more treatment options may be stored in the data storage unit 107 (FIG.
- a case matching system may be incorporated into methods and systems for finding related treatment profiles. Related treatment profiles are identified based on two or more orthodontic cases having similar dentition parameters. However, in some instances, an orthodontic case may have more dentition parameters in common with a certain treatment profile than any other, however, that treatment profile may not necessarily be the closest match. Therefore, it is advantageous to incorporate importance of each parameter into a calculation for the purposes of determining the best match treatment profiles. This may be done by using a distance function, or in other words a function that measures the closeness of two orthodontic cases for the purposes of finding the best match case.
- dist(case ⁇ , easel) ⁇ W(p) ⁇ dist _ p(value[p](casel), value[p](case2)) p
- W(p) is a weight of the parameter
- dist_p is the distance definition of the parameter
- the weight of the parameter, or the importance of the parameter may be determined through various methods, including, but not limited to, a graph of connections as defined by experts in a table, for example, as shown in FIG. 19 which illustrates a data table representation of a graph of connections for determining the weight, or importance, of dentition parameters, or algorithms. That is, for example, FIG. 19 illustrates a tabular representation of connections for determining the weight or importance of dentition parameters or algorithms using, for example, Markov Chain Theory and Random Walk on Graphs Theory, such as PageRank algorithm, an example of which is shown by the following algorithm:
- a regularization procedure may be used in conjunction with the above algorithm, such as replacing the matrix W with the following matrix WW:
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating a process for finding best match cases of orthodontic treatment profiles in accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure.
- the set of values of orthodontic classes for a patient is obtained (2010). This set of values will be referred to as easel .
- a search may be performed in a database of treatment profiles based on the values for easel (2020), and a group of cases matching the most sensitive parameters of easel is returned.
- the group of most sensitive or important parameters may include, but is not necessarily limited to, the upper incisor overjet parameter, the incisor overbite parameter, the upper arch length parameter, the lower arch length parameter, and the lower midline to upper midline parameters.
- the search may additionally be limited to only return treatment profiles with parameters matching a set of parameters that do not allow deviation, as determined by the orthodontist or other treating professional.
- the search results may be further limited by matching other parameters that fall within a certain predetermined level of deviation.
- the treatment profiles that meet the limitations set by the search criteria are referred to as case2 through caseN.
- a distance function such as the distance function described above, is applied (2030) to determine the "closeness" of the treatment profile to patient profile, easel .
- the results of applying the distance function to the treatment profiles are sorted (2040) in ascending order for review by the orthodontist or other treating professional. From either the entire set of results, or a limited set, for example the top five results after applying the distance function to the treatment profiles, a sub-set of results is determined by comparing the distance function results to a calculated threshold value (2050).
- the threshold value calculation may be found in the following manner:
- case an input case set of parameters from Case Assessment.
- caseT be a case from database.
- UA(case) number of upper aligners for a case. Steps of calculating AVG(UA(case)) for similar cases. 1. Select all cases that match most important 5 parameters exactly.
- D Denote this set of cases as D. 2. For each case from D identify if it belongs to intervals of values allowed for this each of remaining parameters. Denote this set of cases as D1. 3. For each case from D1 calculate dist(case, caseT), ln(dist(case,caseT) and sort these values in ascending order.
- C is a value of threshold and ThresholdCoeff is a parameter of algorithm, initial value is 1.
- This sub-set of results in one aspect represents the closest matches for patient treatment profile for the chosen treatment goal. This same procedure may then be repeated for each orthodontic treatment goal of the patient (2060) and from the results, a best match profile may be determined (2070).
- the indexing system provides a comprehensive, robust, and a substantially objective approach to establishing the patient diagnosis, treatment goal, and treatment plan.
- the patient identifier of the present disclosure which represents the patient's case, as well as the target treatment goal and final outcome enables treatment outcome profiles to be objectively catalogued, and for the catalog to be evaluated based on probabilities and distributions. Indices such as prognosis and case difficulty can be assigned to matrix combinations, enabling similar cases to be treated like similarly successful cases. Treatment options may be correlated for completeness and ease of use. Treatment products, such as appliances, may be associated with specific matrix combinations so that their suggested use is more closely tied to a successful outcome.
- a configurable three-dimensional model may be used to input the information.
- the user may recreate the patient dentition condition for the dimension.
- a three-dimensional graphics model may be staged to represent the entire range of possible reference conditions for any given dimension.
- a user manipulates a slider to match a stage of the range which is closest to the actual patient condition.
- this method of objectively characterizing a case according to individual components is not limited to the time points of pre- treatment, treatment goal, and post-treatment, and that any time point during treatment and following treatment may be also catalogued in a similar fashion using the same input and database system.
- a method for characterizing a dentition of a patient may comprise receiving an initial dentition of a patient, generating an initial profile representing the initial dentition of the patient, identifying an initial malocclusion from the initial profile, comparing at least a portion of the initial profile with one or more reference profiles of reference dentitions, wherein said one or more reference profiles includes a reference malocclusion substantially similar to the initial malocclusion, and calculating a value for the closeness of the initial profile and the reference profile.
- the method may further include the step of selecting at least one of the one or more reference profiles, wherein said one or more reference profiles has a related final reference dentition.
- the method may further include the step of providing a target dentition of the patient based on the final reference dentition.
- the step of generating an initial profile may include visually categorizing the initial dentition of the patient.
- the method may further include the step of identifying one or more treatment options associated with the one or more reference profiles.
- a system for characterizing a dentition of a patient may comprise a central controller unit configured to generate an initial profile representing the initial dentition of the patient, to identify an initial malocclusion from the initial profile, and to compare at least a portion of the initial profile with one or more reference profiles of reference dentitions, wherein said one or more reference profiles includes a reference malocclusion substantially similar to the initial malocclusion and calculate a value for the closeness of the initial profile and the reference profile.
- the system may further include a user terminal operatively coupled to the central controller unit, the user terminal configured to transmit the initial dentition of the patient.
- the central controller unit may be further configured to select at least one of the one or more reference profiles, wherein said one or more reference profiles has a related final reference dentition.
- the central controller unit may be further configured to provide a target dentition of the patient based on the final reference dentition.
- the central controller unit may be further configured to visually categorize the initial dentition of the patient. Moreover, the central controller unit may be further configured to identify one or more treatment options associated with the one or more reference profiles.
- system may further include a storage unit configured to store one or more of an initial profile an initial malocclusion, and a reference malocclusion.
- a method for finding a reference dentition profile match may comprise receiving an initial dentition of a patient, generating an initial profile representing the initial dentition of the patient, identifying an initial malocclusion from the initial profile, identifying a first set of parameters in the initial profile, comparing the first set of parameters to a corresponding first set of parameters for a plurality of reference profiles, determining an initial set of reference profiles with the first set of parameters matching the first set of parameters in the initial profile calculating a value for the closeness of the initial profile and each reference profile in the set of reference profiles with a first set of parameters matching the first set of parameters in the initial profile, and determining the best match reference profile based on the calculated value.
- the method may further comprise identifying a second set of parameters in the initial profile, comparing the second set of parameters to a corresponding second set of parameters for the initial set of reference profiles, and determining a sub-set of reference profiles with the second set of parameters matching the second set of parameters in the initial profile.
- the corresponding second set of parameters of the reference profiles may be within a predetermined deviation from the set of parameters of the initial profile.
- a method of calculating a value for the closeness of an initial dentition profile and a reference dentition profile may comprise determining the importance
- the value for the closeness of a parameter of an initial profile may be based on the comparison of the value of the parameter of the initial profile to the value of the parameter of the reference profile.
- the value of the importance of each of the plurality of parameters may be determined by a look-up table. In yet another aspect, the value of the importance of each of the plurality of parameters may be determined by a mathematical algorithm.
- an apparatus for performing a reference dentition profile match may comprise a storage unit, and one or more processors operatively coupled to the storage unit to store data or retrieve data from the storage unit, the one or more processors configured to retrieve an initial dentition of a patient, generate an initial profile representing the initial dentition of the patient, identify an initial malocclusion from the initial profile, identify a first set of parameters in the initial profile, compare the first set of parameters to a corresponding first set of parameters for a plurality of reference profiles, determine an initial set of reference profiles with the first set of parameters matching the first set of parameters in the initial profile, determine a value for the closeness of the initial profile and each reference profile in the set of reference profiles with a first set of parameters matching the first set of parameters in the initial profile, and calculate the best match reference profile based on the calculated value.
- the one or more processors may be configured to identify a second set of parameters in the initial profile, compare the second set of parameters to a corresponding second set of parameters for the initial set of reference profiles, and determine a sub-set of reference profiles with the second set of parameters matching the second set of parameters in the initial profile.
- the corresponding second set of parameters of the reference profiles may be within a predetermined deviation from the set of parameters of the initial profile.
- An apparatus may comprise a memory for storing data, and a processing unit operatively coupled to the memory, the processing unit configured to determine the importance of each of a plurality of parameters, assign a value to the importance of each of the plurality of parameters, calculate a value for the closeness of a first parameter of an initial profile to a corresponding first parameter of a reference profile taking into account the value for the importance of the first parameter, calculate a value for the closeness of each of the remaining of the plurality of parameters of an initial profile to the corresponding remaining parameters of the reference profile, taking into account the value for the importance of each of the remaining parameters, and to determine a sum of values for the closeness of the plurality of parameters.
- the value for the closeness of a parameter of an initial profile may be based on the comparison of the value of the parameter of the initial profile to the value of the parameter of the reference profile.
- the value of the importance of each of the plurality of parameters may be determined by a look-up table. In yet another aspect, the value of the importance of each of the plurality of parameters may be determined by a mathematical algorithm.
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