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Abstract

A dental model includes a base unit having a shape of a section of a jaw and gums of a patient, and at least one removable tooth component which is inserted along a z-axis into a dedicated tooth component recess of the base unit, wherein the removable tooth component includes a tooth section having the shape of a tooth or a tooth stump, the tooth component recess has a substantially cylindrical main recess, the removable tooth component has a plug-in section that is substantially cylindrical and is inserted in the main recess of the tooth component recess, an orientation projection is disposed on one surface of the tooth component away from the tooth section, extending along the z-axis, the tooth component recess that accommodates the orientation projection has an orientation recess adjoining the main recess to accommodate the orientation projection, and the orientation projection and the orientation recesses are designed and/or disposed such that it is only possible to insert the orientation projection into the orientation recess in a specific rotational orientation with respect to a central axis of the plug-in section.

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