How can you make a 3D model of a single tooth?

Answer 1

Not sure what you're asking exactly.
What size, view, and complexity did you want?... for example:
a small tooth, shown only from the outside? ...a tooth as big as a person, in cross section? . . . or what?

As for modeling materials you could use almost anything... again depending on size, complexity, and availability.
For a small tooth, you could use any number of air-dry clays or a polymer clay from the craft store, or various homemade doughs like bread clay or salt dough clay or even homemade paper mash (as simple as shaped wet toilet paper)
... or for a large tooth, you could build a substructure with chicken wire or other wire (and maybe wood), then cover it with some type of papier mache, etc.

As for color, you could build it in by coloring the modeling materials,or you could paint on top of it later, etc.

If you wanted to make the tooth in cross-section or add any other things that would be not-white, you'd have to create those separately and stick them all together, or draw them on, or add other materials, or just lots of other ways.


Diane B.

Answer 2

Model Of A Tooth

Answer 3

This is hard to do, but if you have a copy of 3DSMAX and you are familiar with 3D design, you could make one from scratch. Otherwise, you might be able to find them on Google. Or, if you've got a friend in the dentistry business, I think that they use their X-Ray machines to create 3D renditions of their patients' teeth, and could maybe let you borrow one?

Hope this helps

Answer 4

go to google.com and ask that question again!!