Patient individual physical transfer key

A method for configurating a patient individual physical transfer key for transferring a virtually defined first position of a three-dimensional (3D) virtual representation of a physical model of a patient's dentition within a 3D virtual representation of a physical articulator to the physical model of the patient's dentition and the physical articulator, the method comprising:

• providing the 3D virtual representation of the physical articulator,
• providing the 3D virtual representation of the physical model of a patient's dentition, the 3D virtual representation of the dentition model comprising a 3D virtual representation of a model component of at least a part of the patient's upper jaw and a 3D virtual representation of a model component of at least a part of the patient's lower jaw,
• arranging a first one of the 3D virtual representations of the model components of the dentition model at the first position, wherein first and second support sections are defined for supporting the dentition model at the first position, the first support section being a section of the 3D virtual representation of the articulator and the second support section being a section of the first one of the 3D virtual representations of the model components of the dentition model,
• generating a 3D virtual representation of the physical transfer key, the transfer key being configured for being connected to the first support section of the articulator and supporting the first one of the model components of the dentition model via the second support section,
• providing the 3D virtual representation of the physical transfer key for generating the physical transfer key,
• generating the physical transfer key using the 3D virtual representation of the physical transfer key,
• providing the physical articulator,
• providing the physical model of a patient's dentition,
• connecting the physical transfer key to the first support section of the physical articulator,
• supporting the first one of the model components of the dentition model at the first position using the physical transfer key connected to the physical articulator,
• attaching the first one of the model components of the dentition model located at the first position to the physical articulator, and
• removing the physical transfer key;
• after the removal of the physical transfer key, arranging the second one of the model components of the dentition model at a second position relative to the first one of the model components of the dentition model, and
• attaching the second one of the model components of the dentition model located at the second position to the physical articulator.