Create program¶

When the user opens ConsulOS from IntraoralScan or FScan, the software will create the program based on the order from IntraoralScan or FScan. The user can add intraoral data in FScan.

Caution

Select Orthodontics as the Dentistry Type to enable the orthodontic simulation function.
Lip line should be extracted in advance in FScan. More details can be found in Lip line extraction.

There are three steps: Model adjustment, Teeth confirm and Program confirm. Change program is also supported.

Click Auto creation to start.

Note

Click on the top right corner to exit the window of creating program. And the original model is displayed on the main interface.
Click ➕ on the top of the main interface again to create more programs.
Up to three new programs can be created.

Model adjustment¶

In this window, the software will automatically adjust the model and show multi-views. The user can manually adjust the perspectives of models.

Teeth model only	Teeth model and facial model
There are four views of the teeth model. If the user adjust the model in one view, the other views will be changed correspondingly.	There are two views of the facial model. The software will automatically generate the face middle line and the Frankfort Horizontal Plane. To adjust the plane, the user can select and move the points on the facial model.

Operation

Operation	Description	Operation	Description
Rotate the model	Press and hold the left or right mouse button and move the cursor.	Guidance	Click to pop up the guidance. Click to set wether to automatically pop up guidance.
Move the model	Press and hold the left and right mouse button at the same time and move the cursor.	Reset	Click to restore the models.
Straighten	Click to straighten the model. The Frankfort Horizontal Plane is parallel to the horizontal plane, and the middle line is perpendicular to the horizontal plane. Note Straighten can be used only when importing facial model and tooth model.	Zoom in	Click to zoom in the view. Note Zoom-in can be used when importing teeth model only.
Undo	Click to undo operations.	Redo	Click to redo operations.

Teeth confirm¶

In this window, models of upper jaw and lower jaw are displayed separately. The software automatically recognizes each tooth with different colors and displays teeth numbers.

Users can preview the upper jaw and lower jaw from different perspectives, check the teeth numbers, edit teeth areas, remove teeth and add teeth. Click the number on the Table of contents to check the certain function.

① Views¶

Click to change the views of the model.

② Tooth number¶

Enabled by default. When enabled, the teeth numbers are displayed.

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With tooth number

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Without tooth number

③ Texture¶

When enabled, the model is colored.

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With texture

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Without texture

④ Area¶

Enabled by default. When enabled, teeth are differentiated from each other with different colors.

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With area

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Without area

⑤ Modify Area¶

Click to enter the interface of tooth selection. Select a certain tooth to modify its area.

: Click to select the tooth area. Drag the slider to adjust the thickness of the brush.
: Click to delete the selected area. Drag the slider to adjust the thickness of the eraser.
: Undo the last operation.
: Redo the last operation.
Draft: Click to save the current operation and return to the tooth selection interface to select other teeth.
Cancel: Cancel all operations and exit Modify Area.
Confirm: Save all operations and return to the teeth confirm interface.

Note

When tooth regions are wholely erased, a tip of "Delete all teeth areas is not allowed" will pop up.

⑥ Change tooth number¶

Click to change tooth number.

Cancel: Click to cancel all operation and exit.
Confirm: Click to confirm and save all operations.

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The red number means tooth position is repeated. When confirming, a tip will pop up.

⑦ Remove teeth¶

Steps

Click to enter the interface of removing teeth.
Select the tooth which should be deleted and the tooth number is displayed in red.
Click to delete it. If more than one tooth needs to be deleted, repeat steps 1-3.
Click Confirm to save the change, or click Cancel to cancel all operations and exit.

⑧ Add teeth¶

Steps

Click to enter the interface of adding teeth.
Double-click the position where the tooth should be added.
Select the tooth number in the pop-up window.
Click Confirm to save, or click Cancel to cancel all operations and exit.
Repeat steps 1-4 to add more teeth.

Note

The tooth number should be different.
If the tooth area is not satisfied, please double-click the tooth area to re-select or modify the area.

Program confirm¶

In this window, the user can change the program name, choose the shape of dental arch and select tooth types.

Click the name box to change the program name.
The shapes of dental arch are: Oval, Squircle and Vesica piscis.
Tooth types: normal tooth, extracted tooth, virtual tooth and missing tooth.

Note

Click Reset to reset all tooth types.

Change program¶

To change program, pleas click (when importing facial model, click ) to enter the interface of Model adjustment. Click to enter the interface of Teeth confirm.

Caution

After changing the program, the software will clear all programs and a tip will pop up. Click Continue creating to confirm the changes.