Patent ID: 6884068

Claim:
A dental model base comprising a dental model base body, the dental model base body comprising: (a) a dental model support surface said dental model support surface being configured for the formation of an aperture corresponding to a model of a specific damaged tooth, wherein the aperture is formable in the dental model support surface only after a mold of the specific damaged tooth is aligned with the dental model support surface to determine a proper location on the dental model support surface for formation of the aperture, said dental model support surface being void of preformed apertures therein that are suited for mounting said model to said dental model base; (b) an internal wall extending from said dental model support surface; and (c) an external wall extending from said dental model support surface and at least partially defining opposing first and second end walls of the dental model base, at least one of the first and second end walls being configured to be disengagably connected to an articulator attachment plate.