Patent Document ID: 9456882
Application ID: 14350765
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A dental modeling assembly, comprising: a pre-formed dental model base comprising: a support surface; a plurality of pin apertures formed in the support surface, each pin aperture being positioned at an average tooth location for a given mouth size; at least one indexing member positioned on the support surface adjacent to each pin aperture; a mounting plate comprising a plate portion and a plurality of alignment pins, the plate portion being configured to support a model of a person's teeth; an alignment jig, comprising: a support base; a pedestal extending vertically from the support base; a support stand extending vertically from the support base; a pin locator mounted to the support stand and comprising a plurality of locator pins; wherein the dental model base is releasably mounted to the pedestal and the mounting plate is releasably mounted to the dental model base with the plurality of alignment pins extending into pin apertures of the dental model base; wherein when a model of a person's teeth is supported on the plate portion, the alignment jig is operable to position the locator pins adjacent to teeth portions of the model.