Digital dental modeling

1. A system, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to:

receive:

a two-dimensional image corresponding to at least a portion of an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a patient; and

a three-dimensional digital dental model including the upper jaw and the lower jaw of the patient;

generate a treatment plan using the three-dimensional digital dental model;

correlate a number of first points marked on the two-dimensional image with a number of second points on the three-dimensional digital dental model of the upper jaw and the lower jaw of the patient;

set an initial position of the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model with respect to the upper jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model based on the number of first points correlated with the number of second points and according to a class of occlusion associated with the patient's upper jaw and lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model;

simulate anatomical movement by applying simulated forces to the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model, the simulated forces including an axial force, a number of photo attraction forces, and a number of reaction forces from interaction of the upper jaw and the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model;

report a bite set where the axial force, the number of photo attraction forces, and the number of reaction forces reach an equilibrium such that the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model ceases moving; and

cause a physical dental appliance to be created for a particular stage of the treatment plan based on the initial position of the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model with respect to the upper jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to receive the two-dimensional image as a photograph.

3. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to receive the three-dimensional digital dental model from at least one of:

a scan of the patient's teeth; and

one or more scans of a physical model of the patient's teeth.

4. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to receive the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional digital dental model at a same stage of patient treatment.

5. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

receive the three-dimensional digital dental model at a first stage of patient treatment; and

receive the two-dimensional image at a later stage of patient treatment than the first stage.

6. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the class of occlusion includes a normal occlusion, and wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to set the initial position of the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model with respect to the upper jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model based on the normal occlusion.

7. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the class of occlusion includes an overbite, and wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to set the initial position of the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model with respect to the upper jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model based on the overbite.

8. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the class of occlusion includes an underbite, and wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to set the initial position of the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model with respect to the upper jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model based on the underbite.

9. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the two-dimensional image corresponds to at least a portion of an upper jaw and a lower jaw of the patient that are in a bite configuration, and wherein the three-dimensional digital dental model corresponds to at least a portion of the upper jaw and the lower jaw of the patient that are not in a bite configuration.

10. A non-transitory computing device-readable medium storing instructions executable to:

receive a two-dimensional data set including a two-dimensional image corresponding to at least a portion of an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a patient;

receive a three-dimensional data set including a three-dimensional digital dental model including the upper jaw and the lower jaw of the patient;

generate a treatment plan using the three-dimensional digital dental model;

map two-dimensional data of the two-dimensional data set to the three-dimensional digital dental model by transforming a coordinate system of the two-dimensional data to a coordinate system of the three-dimensional data set;

set an initial position of the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model with respect to the upper jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model based on the two-dimensional data set mapped to the three-dimensional data set and according to a class of occlusion associated with the patient's upper jaw and lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model;

simulate anatomical movement by applying simulated forces to the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model, the simulated forces including an axial force, a number of photo attraction forces, and a number of reaction forces from interaction of the upper jaw and the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model;

report a bite set where the axial force, the number of photo attraction forces, and the number of reaction forces reach an equilibrium such that the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model ceases moving; and

cause a physical dental appliance to be created for a particular stage of the treatment plan based on the initial position of the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model with respect to the upper jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model.

11. The medium of claim 10 , including instructions to determine a pivot point for the lower jaw in the three-dimensional digital dental model.

12. The medium of claim 10 , including instructions to determine a range of motion for the lower jaw in the three-dimensional digital dental model.

13. The medium of claim 10 , wherein the two-dimensional image corresponds to at least a portion of an upper jaw and a lower jaw of the patient that are in a bite configuration, and wherein the three-dimensional digital dental model corresponds to at least a portion of the upper jaw and the lower jaw of the patient that are not in a bite configuration.

14. A method for digital dental modeling, comprising:

receiving a plurality of two-dimensional data sets each corresponding to at least a portion of an upper jaw and a lower jaw of a patient that are in a bite configuration;

receiving a three-dimensional data set including the upper jaw and the lower jaw of a three-dimensional digital dental model that are not in a bite configuration;

generating a treatment plan using the three-dimensional digital dental model;

mapping two-dimensional data of the plurality of two-dimensional data sets to the three-dimensional digital dental model by transforming a coordinate system of the two-dimensional data to a coordinate system of the three-dimensional data set;

setting an initial position of the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model with respect to the upper jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model based on the two-dimensional data set mapped to the three-dimensional data set and according to a class of occlusion associated with the patient's upper jaw and lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model;

simulating anatomical movement by applying simulated forces to the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model, the simulated forces including an axial force, a number of photo attraction forces, and a number of reaction forces from interaction of the upper jaw and the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model;

reporting a bite set where the axial force, the number of photo attraction forces, and the number of reaction forces reach an equilibrium such that the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model ceases moving; and

creating a physical dental appliance for a particular stage of the treatment plan based on the initial position of the lower jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model with respect to the upper jaw of the three-dimensional digital dental model to perform the treatment plan.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the method includes two-dimensionally imaging a patient's upper jaw and lower jaw in a plurality of relative positions to generate the plurality of two-dimensional data sets.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the method includes marking, via a user input, at least three points on a plurality of two-dimensional images corresponding to the plurality of two-dimensional data sets.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the method includes marking, via a user input, at least three points on the three-dimensional data set of the three-dimensional digital dental model.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the method further includes mapping the two-dimensional data of the plurality of two-dimensional data sets to the three-dimensional digital dental model using the at least three points on the plurality of two-dimensional images and the at least three points on the three-dimensional data set of the three-dimensional digital dental model.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the two-dimensional image corresponds to at least a portion of an upper jaw and a lower jaw of the patient that are in a bite configuration, and wherein the three-dimensional digital dental model corresponds to at least a portion of the upper jaw and the lower jaw of the patient that are not in a bite configuration.