Molded denture and method and apparatus of making same

A method of making a denture comprised of a denture base and a plurality of denture teeth joined to the base, the method comprising:

• a) creating three-dimensional models of a top denture base mold, a bottom denture base mold, and a top denture tooth mold and a first bottom denture tooth mold;
• b) fabricating the top and bottom denture base molds, and the top denture tooth mold and first bottom denture tooth mold;
• c) removably joining the bottom denture base mold to the top denture base mold to form a mold cavity defining the shape of the denture base;
• d) injecting fluid synthetic denture base material into the denture base mold cavity and curing the denture base material to form the denture base;
• e) removing the bottom denture base mold and the top denture base mold from the denture base;
• f) removably joining the top denture tooth mold and first bottom denture tooth mold with the denture base contained therebetween to form a first tooth mold cavity bounded by the first bottom tooth mold and the denture base and defining the shape of at least a portion of the denture teeth;
• g) injecting fluid first synthetic denture tooth material into the first tooth mold cavity and curing the first denture tooth material to form at least the portion of the denture teeth joined to the denture base;
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• h) removing the first bottom denture tooth mold from the top denture tooth mold, while leaving the denture base and at least the portion of the denture teeth in the top denture base mold.