Patent ID: 8738340

Claim:
A method comprising: acquiring a digital surface representation of one or more intraoral structures; processing the digital surface representation to obtain a three-dimensional digital model including a plurality of separate components for at least one arch of the one or more intraoral structures, each one of the plurality of separate components including a mechanical registration feature to orient the component in a dental articulator having a predetermined alignment geometry and at least one of the plurality of separate components including a die for a dental restoration to be placed on a tooth in the one or more intraoral structures prepared for the dental restoration, wherein the plurality of separate components have a correct orientation within the dental articulator according to the predetermined alignment geometry to physically reproduce the one or more intraoral structures; and fabricating the three-dimensional digital model as a dental model including the plurality of separate components; and assembling the plurality of separate components onto the dental articulator according to the predetermined alignment geometry.