Prosthesis manipulation in dental prosthesis design

A system for prosthesis manipulation in dental prosthesis design, comprising one or more computing devices, said computing devices being configured to:

• present, via a computer-implemented interface, a virtual multi-tooth prosthesis, said virtual multi-tooth prosthesis comprising two or more 3D models of individual teeth, said virtual multi-tooth prosthesis being presented relative to a 3D representation of a multi-tooth area of a patient's mouth that is to be reconstructed, said computer-implemented interface running on one or more computing devices;
• receive a command to manipulate a subset of the teeth in the virtual multi-tooth prosthesis, from an operator, via the computer-implemented interface;
• modify, based on the manipulation command, one or more parameters for the shape of the virtual multi-tooth prosthesis, said one or more parameters being related to the subset of teeth;
• and
• generate production data related to the virtual multi-tooth prosthesis.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for prosthesis manipulation in dental prosthesis design, said computer-executable instructions, when running on one or more computing devices, performing a method comprising:

• presenting, via a computer-implemented interface, a virtual multi-tooth prosthesis, said virtual multi-tooth prosthesis comprising two or more 3D models of individual teeth, said virtual multi-tooth prosthesis being presented relative to a 3D representation of a multi-tooth area of a patient's mouth that is to be reconstructed, said computer-implemented interface running on one or more computing devices;
• receiving a command to manipulate a subset of the teeth in the virtual multi-tooth prosthesis, from an operator, via the computer-implemented interface;
• modifying based on the manipulation command, one or more parameters for the shape of the virtual multi-tooth prosthesis, said one or more parameters being related to the subset of teeth;
• and
• generating production data related to the virtual multi-tooth prosthesis.

A computer-implemented method for prosthesis manipulation in dental prosthesis design, comprising:

• presenting, via a computer-implemented interface, a virtual prosthesis, said virtual prosthesis being presented relative to a 3D representation of an area of a patient's mouth that is to be reconstructed, said 3D representation of the area of the patient's mouth that is to be reconstructed having a corresponding antagonist area of teeth, said computer-implemented interface running on one or more computing devices;
• receiving one or more prosthesis manipulation commands from an operator, via the computer-implemented interface;
• for each prosthesis manipulation command of the one or more prosthesis manipulation commands, modifying, using one or more computing devices, the virtual prosthesis based on the prosthesis manipulation command and based on an occlusion of the prosthesis relative to the corresponding antagonist area of teeth;
• and
• generating production data related to the virtual prosthesis.

A system for prosthesis manipulation in dental prosthesis design, comprising one or more computing devices, said computing devices being configured to:

• present, via a computer-implemented interface, a virtual prosthesis, said virtual prosthesis being presented relative to a 3D representation of an area of a patient's mouth that is to be reconstructed, said 3D representation of the area of the patient's mouth that is to be reconstructed having a corresponding antagonist area of teeth, said computer-implemented interface running on one or more computing devices;
• receive one or more prosthesis manipulation commands from an operator, via the computer-implemented interface;
• for each prosthesis manipulation command of the one or more prosthesis manipulation commands, modify the virtual prosthesis based on the prosthesis manipulation command and based on an occlusion of the prosthesis relative to the corresponding antagonist area of teeth;
• and
• generate production data related to the virtual prosthesis.