Dental implant system and method

Abstract

A method includes receiving an input indicative of a user's geographic location and providing a listing of providers available for use in planning and implementing a dental implant treatment plan based on the user's geographic location. A listing of dental implant treatment and planning software options available for use in planning and implementing the dental implant treatment plan for the patient are provided and selected by the user. Dental implant information for the patient is received from the user. A listing of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options is provided. A cost associated with the user selectable dental implant treatment plan options available for inclusion in the dental implant treatment plan are provided and the cost is updated based on the user's selection of the user selectable dental implant treatment plan options.

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         62 . A method, comprising:
 providing, on a graphical user interface of a computer device, a listing of one or more dental implant treatment and planning software options available for use in planning and implementing a dental implant treatment plan for a patient;   receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of a user's selection of one of the one or more available dental implant treatment and planning software options;   providing, on the graphical user interface of the computer device, a request for dental implant information for the patient;   receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of dental implant information for the patient from the user;   providing, on the graphical user interface of the computer device, a listing of a plurality of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options, wherein the listing of the plurality of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options is generated based, at least in part, on the selected dental implant treatment and planning software option and the dental implant information for the patient;   providing a cost associated with a set of the user selectable dental implant treatment plan options available for inclusion in the dental implant treatment plan, wherein the cost is configured to be displayed in a cost display region of the graphical user interface;   receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of a user selection of one or more of the user selectable dental implant treatment plan options available for inclusion in the dental implant treatment plan; and   updating the cost displayed in the cost display region of the graphical user interface in response to receiving the input of the user selection of the one or more user selectable dental implant treatment plan options available for inclusion in the dental implant treatment plan.   
     
     
         63 . The method of  claim 62 , further comprising receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of the user's geographic location. 
     
     
         64 . The method of  claim 62 , further comprising providing, on the graphical user interface of the computer device, a listing of one or more providers available for use in planning and implementing the dental implant treatment plan for the patient. 
     
     
         65 . The method of  claim 64 , further comprising receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of the user's selection of one of the one or more providers available for use in planning and implementing the dental implant treatment plan for the patient. 
     
     
         66 . The method of  claim 64 , wherein the list of available providers is generated based on one or more user preferences. 
     
     
         67 . The method of  claim 66 , wherein at least one of the user preferences comprises the user's geographic location. 
     
     
         68 . The method of  claim 64 , further comprising displaying the cost display region of the graphical user interface simultaneously with displaying the listing of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options. 
     
     
         69 . The method of  claim 64 , further comprising displaying the cost display region and the listing of the plurality of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options in one or more web-pages. 
     
     
         70 . The method of  claim 64 , further comprising retrieving cost information from a cost repository of the computer system, wherein the updated cost is based at least in part on the retrieved cost information. 
     
     
         71 . A method, comprising:
 providing, on a graphical user interface of a computer device, a listing of one or more providers available for use in planning and implementing a dental implant treatment plan for a patient;   receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of a user's selection of one of the one or more providers available for use in planning and implementing the dental implant treatment plan for the patient;   providing, on the graphical user interface of the computer device, a listing of one or more dental implant treatment and planning software options available for use in planning and implementing the dental implant treatment plan for the patient;   receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of the user's selection of one of the one or more available dental implant treatment and planning software options;   providing, on the graphical user interface of the computer device, a request for dental implant information for the patient;   receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of dental implant information for the patient from the user;   providing, on the graphical user interface of the computer device, a listing of a plurality of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options, wherein the listing of the plurality of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options is generated based, at least in part, on the selected provider, the selected dental implant treatment and planning software option, and the dental implant information for the patient;   providing a cost associated with a set of the user selectable dental implant treatment plan options available for inclusion in the dental implant treatment plan, wherein the cost is configured to be displayed in a cost display region of the graphical user interface;   receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of a user selection of one or more of the user selectable dental implant treatment plan options available for inclusion in the dental implant treatment plan; and   updating the cost displayed in the cost display region of the graphical user interface in response to receiving the input of the user selection of the one or more user selectable dental implant treatment plan options available for inclusion in the dental implant treatment plan.   
     
     
         72 . The method of  claim 71 , further comprising receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of the user's geographic location. 
     
     
         73 . The method of  claim 71 , wherein the list of available providers is generated based on one or more user preferences. 
     
     
         74 . The method of  claim 73 , wherein at least one of the user preferences comprises the user's geographic location. 
     
     
         75 . The method of  claim 64 , further comprising displaying the cost display region of the graphical user interface simultaneously with displaying the listing of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options. 
     
     
         76 . The method of  claim 64 , further comprising displaying the cost display region and the listing of the plurality of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options in one or more web-pages. 
     
     
         77 . A method, comprising:
 providing, on a graphical user interface of a computer device, a listing of one or more dental implant treatment and planning software options available for use in planning and implementing a dental implant treatment plan for a patient;   receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of a user's selection of one of the one or more available dental implant treatment and planning software options;   providing the user's selection of one of the one or more available dental implant treatment and planning software options to a central implant coordinator located on a computer system;   providing, on the graphical user interface of the computer device, a request for dental implant information for the patient;   receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of dental implant information for the patient from the user;   providing the dental implant information for the patient to the central implant coordinator;   providing, on the graphical user interface of the computer device, a listing of a plurality of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options;   receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of a user selection of one or more of the user selectable dental implant treatment plan options available for inclusion in the dental implant treatment plan;   providing the user selected dental implant treatment plan options to the central implant coordinator;   assessing a cost associated with a set of the user selectable dental implant treatment plan options available for inclusion in the dental implant treatment plan, wherein the cost is assessed using a database of costs associated with available dental implant treatment plan options accessed by the central implant coordinator; and   displaying the assessed cost in a cost display region of the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         78 . The method of  claim 77 , further comprising receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of an updated user selection of one or more of the user selectable dental implant treatment plan options available for inclusion in the dental implant treatment plan. 
     
     
         79 . The method of  claim 78 , further comprising updating the assessed cost displayed in the cost display region of the graphical user interface in response to receiving the input of the updated user selection of the one or more user selectable dental implant treatment plan options available for inclusion in the dental implant treatment plan. 
     
     
         80 . The method of  claim 77 , wherein the listing of the plurality of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options is generated based, at least in part, on the selected dental implant treatment and planning software option and the dental implant information for the patient. 
     
     
         81 . The method of  claim 77 , further comprising receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of the user's geographic location. 
     
     
         82 . The method of  claim 81 , further comprising providing the input indicative of the user's geographic location to the central implant coordinator, wherein the listing of the plurality of user selectable dental implant treatment plan options is generated based, at least in part, on the user's geographic location. 
     
     
         83 . The method of  claim 77 , further comprising receiving, at the computer device, an input indicative of the user's selection of at least one of one or more providers available for use in planning and implementing the dental implant treatment plan for the patient, and providing the input indicative of the user's selection to the central implant coordinator.