Patent ID: 8758014

Claim:
A method for positioning artificial teeth, the method comprising: arranging a first molar tooth on a first base, the first molar tooth having a lingual cusp and a central groove; arranging a second molar tooth on a second base, the second molar tooth having a fossa and a buccal cusp; adjusting the relative position of the first molar tooth and the second molar tooth, so as to present the first molar tooth and the second molar tooth in a central occlusal position, by: (i) engaging the lingual cusp of the first molar tooth with the fossa of the second molar tooth such that a fossa-cusp engagement is established at a fossa-cusp engagement point; and (ii) rotating at least one of the first molar tooth and the second molar tooth about the fossa-cusp engagement point until the buccal cusp of the second molar tooth engages the central groove of the first molar tooth, wherein one of the first molar tooth and the second molar tooth is a maxillary molar tooth and the other of the first molar tooth and the second molar tooth is a mandibular molar tooth.