Denture and method and apparatus of making same

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

• a) forming a first cavity in a block of a denture base material, the first cavity formed to match the contour of natural teeth as arranged on maxillae or on a mandible;
• b) filling the first cavity with a first fluid synthetic tooth material and solidifying the first fluid synthetic tooth material into a first solid synthetic tooth material;
• c) forming a second cavity by removing a portion of the first solid synthetic tooth material, the second cavity formed to match the contour of natural teeth as arranged for the contour of the first cavity;
• d) filling the second cavity with a second fluid synthetic tooth material and solidifying the second fluid synthetic tooth material into a second solid synthetic tooth material;
• e) removing a portion of the second solid synthetic tooth material to form the plurality of teeth;
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• f) removing a portion of the block of denture base material to form the denture base.