METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE REMOTE VIEWING AND COLLABORATION OF DENTAL IMAGES

摘要

A method of dental restoration treatment utilizing the electronic delivery of an electronic model image of the dental restoration treatment. The method includes generating an electronic model image of a proposed dental restoration treatment; storing the electronic model image within computer readable memory of a server­based computing system; delivering the electronic model image to a doctor having a remote client computer over a distributed communications network; and displaying the electronic model image upon the remote client computer and performing analysis of the electronic model image. The doctor is provided with a variety of viewing and analysis tools, and can add notations to the electronic model image.