System and Method for Three-Dimensional Maxillofacial Surgical Simulation and Planning

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• computer-executable instructions carried on the computer-readable medium, the instructions executable by one or more processors and configured to cause the one or more processors to:
• display one or more interactive two-dimensional images, each two-dimensional image representing at least bony tissue cranio-facial features of a patient and each two-dimensional image having one or more portions each associated with a corresponding portion of the patient's bony tissue such that a user may, via a user input device, cause movement of at least one of the one or more portions of such two-dimensional image to simulate movement of the corresponding portion of the patient's bony tissue in an osteotomy procedure;
• display a three-dimensional image representing exterior soft-tissue cranio-facial features of the patient;
• receive input from a user regarding movement of a particular portion of the one or more portions of the two-dimensional image;
• and
• redraw the three-dimensional image based at least on the movement of the particular portion of the two-dimensional image to simulate response of the exterior soft-tissue cranio-facial features of the patient to movement of a portion of the patient's bony tissue corresponding to the particular portion of the two-dimensional image.

A computing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and having stored thereon a program of instructions configured to, when executed by the processor:
• display one or more interactive two-dimensional images, each two-dimensional image representing at least bony tissue cranio-facial features of a patient and each two-dimensional image having one or more portions each associated with a corresponding portion of the patient's bony tissue such that a user may, via a user input device, cause movement of at least one of the one or more portions of such two-dimensional image to simulate movement of the corresponding portion of the patient's bony tissue in an osteotomy procedure;
• display a three-dimensional image representing exterior soft-tissue cranio-facial features of the patient;
• receive input from a user regarding movement of a particular portion of the one or more portions of the two-dimensional image;
• and
• redraw the three-dimensional image based at least on the movement of the particular portion of the two-dimensional image to simulate response of the exterior soft-tissue cranio-facial features of the patient to movement of a portion of the patient's bony tissue corresponding to the particular portion of the two-dimensional image.