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1. Apparatus comprising, in combination,
a computer-readable medium storing data representing a unified three dimensional virtual craniofacial and dentition model of actual, as-is static and functional anatomy of a patient, the data comprising: (a) data representing facial bone structure of the patient including the upper jaw and lower jaw; (b) data representing facial soft tissue of the patient; (c) data representing teeth including crowns and roots of the patient, the data including information of the position of said roots relative to each other and relative to the facial bone structure of the patient including said upper jaw and said lower jaw; wherein the data representing parts (a), (b) and (c) of said unified three dimensional virtual craniofacial and dentition model of said patient are constructed solely from digital data obtained by scanning as-is anatomy of craniofacial and dentition structures of said patient with a volume scanning device; (d) data representing three dimensional virtual models of the patient's upper and lower gingiva, wherein said data represent three dimensional virtual models of said patient's upper and lower gingiva are constructed from scanning said patient's upper and lower gingiva either (a) with a volume scanning device, or (a) with a surface scanning device; said data (d) subsequently associated with data (c); and (e) data representing function of the patient's jaw movements and smile; wherein said data representing function of the patient's jaw movements and smile are obtained through video imaging, jaw tracking, or photographs; wherein data (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) are represented in the medium as individual static and/ or dynamic anatomical object(s) of said patient; and a viewing program for viewing data (a), (b) (c), (d) and (e) on a display of a workstation wherein data (a), (b) (c), (d) and (e) can be displayed individually or in any combination on command of a user of the workstation using the viewing program. |
