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Orthodontic treatment planning software.

Noroozi H

Dental Research Center, Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. NorooziH@yahoo.com

A new software is described that can receive patient data in both graphic and numeric forms and then propose a treatment plan for nonsurgical orthodontic patients. The concepts of fuzzy logic enable the software to work with nominal parameters; the human brain is naturally accustomed to fuzzy variables. The computer program can propose treatment for some special cases, such as incomplete dentition.

Published 13 June 2006 in Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop, 129(6): 834-7.
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