Digital orthodontic setup using a prescribed ideal arch form

A system for digital orthodontic setup from a digital model of a patient's teeth, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory being coupled to the processor and including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
• select an arch form for the patient's teeth from a database of a plurality of arch forms;
• scale the selected arch form to fit at least one tooth in the digital model;
• generate a prescribed setup for the patient's teeth based on the scaled arch form;
• and
• prepare information in accordance with the prescribed setup to have an orthodontic appliance manufactured for treatment of the patient.

A computer program product useable to treat teeth of a patient comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium;
• and
• instructions stored on the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
• scale an arch form selected from a database of a plurality of arch forms to fit a digital model of the patient's teeth;
• generate a prescribed setup for the patient's teeth based on the scaled arch form;
• and
• prepare information in accordance with the prescribed setup to have an orthodontic appliance manufactured for treatment of the patient.