Method for tracking, predicting, and proactively correcting malocclusion and related issues

A method for fabricating a dental appliance based on a predicted future condition of an intraoral object in a patient's intraoral cavity, the method comprising:

• receiving first digital image data representative of an intraoral cavity of the patient at a first time point;
• receiving second digital image data representative of the intraoral cavity at a second time point;
• evaluating a characteristic of an intraoral object of the intraoral cavity of the patient at the first time point and the second time point based on the first digital image data and the second digital image data;
• predicting that a future condition of the intraoral object is expected to occur at a third time point, wherein the third time point occurs subsequent to the first time point and the second time point;
• wherein the future condition is predicted based at least in part on the characteristic evaluated, wherein the future condition is predicted prior to the occurrence of the future condition, and wherein the future condition is selected from tooth crowding, tooth spacing, an overbite, an overjet, an underbite, a crossbite, an open bite, a loss of one or more teeth, or any combination thereof;
• determining one or more treatment options to treat the future condition;
• fabricating, using a fabrication machine, a dental appliance configured to facilitate at least one of the one or more determined treatment options.