Prosthetic teeth and mold making and polishing therefor

A method of molding a family of artificial dental teeth each having a molded back layer and a molded enamel layer, comprising:

• milling substrate material to form a set of mold parts by executing a first pass with a first mill and executing a second pass with a second mill,
• polishing said set of mold parts comprising first and second milled tooth mold parts using a first and second tool path program to form first and second tooth polished mold parts adapted to mold artificial dental teeth each having a molded enamel layer, and
• repeatedly molding in said set of mold parts, high definition artificial dental teeth each having a molded back layer and a molded enamel layer.

A method of molding artificial teeth each having a molded enamel layer, comprising:

• milling mold making material to form first, second and third tooth mold parts by executing a first pass with a first mill and executing a second pass with a second mill to form a set of milled first, second and third tooth mold parts,
• polishing said set of milled first, second and third tooth mold parts to form first, second and third polished mold parts, said polishing being directed by first, second and third polishing programs which use data representative of the surface of one of said first, second and third tooth mold parts, said data being adapted by said polishing programs to direct said polishing,
• repeatedly manufacturing high definition artificial teeth in said set of polished mold parts.